B.A. Van Sise – First Place Winner
On the National Language In “On the National Language”, the photographer – who specializes in the intersection between poetry and the visual image- works with speakers of America’s roughly 100 endangered languages to create poignant images that reflect not only the subjects but their underlying languages and cultures. Many of...
Victor Ramos is from Los Angeles, California. Victor became interested in photography at a young age by watching his father take snapshots of the family with a 35mm Kodak camera. When Victor was 12, he asked to borrow the camera. His father never got it back. Victor has exhibited in the US and internationally...
Zaydee Sanchez is a Mexican American visual storyteller, documentary photographer, and writer from Tulare, California, in the San Joaquin Valley. She seeks to highlight underreported communities and overlooked narratives, with a focus on labor workers, gender, and displacement. Zaydee is an International Women’s Media Foundation grantee and both a USC...
Leba Marquez is a Los Angeles-based social documentary photographer with a discerning eye for color, composition, and narrative. Her photos, captured around the world, focus on the theme of “Who Are We?” She has exhibited throughout the US: The Los Angeles Center of Photography, St. John’s College in Santa Fe,...
Born and raised in Cleveland, OH., Dubber earned double B.A.’s, one in German and the other in Studio Art from Cleveland State University. Making her way to Los Angeles in 2003, she began a career as a unit still photographer in the entertainment industry where she currently works on feature...
Nearly two decades ago, I launched a career as a documentary/portrait photographer with a series of black and white portraits of breast cancer survivors. My camera of choice has been predominately the Mamiya RZ and the Mamiya 645. Black and white film is my “thing” which is what I chose...
Warren Perlstein, recently retired, has had a 50+ year career as a commercial, industrial, architectural and fine art photographer. He has taught and mentored at the Chicago Photography Center in Chicago, IL. Through the Richard Stromberg Chicago Photography School and via Zoom, he hosts a popular Wine and Photo Critique...
An article written about me while working as Staff Photographer at the Tri City Voice Newspaper in Fremont,Ca says it best: “What may first captivate you about the work of freelance photographer Rick Smith is his unique perspective. Smith can transform a glass sky scraper – one you might pass...
Debe Arlook is a fine art photographer based in Santa Monica, California. Her projects are influenced by a dedicated meditation and spiritual practice. The work reflects her inward and outward gaze using natural and man-made landscape. Her BA in Film & Media, Minor in Psychology, American University, Washington D.C. and...
Janet Milhomme is a Los Angeles-based photographer and mixed-media artist. Her work is influenced by a career in journalism and an abiding interest in storytelling. While her subjects are varied and her portfolios distinct—spanning architectural, documentary and conceptual images—her common focus is on technical precision, artistic composition, and thematic expression....