Timeline: An Archive of the Moment

About

Started in 2026, Timeline is a real-time exploration of our changing world through the photographic lens—a living, evolving archive built by documentarians, photojournalists, and street photographers capturing what is happening right now in the places they call home, documenting a nation in flux and creating a visual record for next generations.

Curator and Project Lead: Dr. Rotem Rozental

Cohorts

2026 - San Francisco

Mentor: Ed Kashi
Karen Friedmann
Pets and Their Peeps  explores the relationships between people and the animals they call family. 

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Philip Sager
This project is a layered portrait of San Francisco’s Mission District, seen through its streets, storefronts, windows, shop interiors, posters, murals, and everyday encounters.
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Chris Stevens-Yu
I undertook this project to better understand the Castro as it exists today and to imagine how those early gay pioneers experienced a time of newfound freedom, visibility, and belonging.
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Xan Walker
The Geography of Memory. These photographs trace the geography of my youth in San Francisco. During those years I was a street kid, and the city became both my refuge and my teacher.
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2026 - Los Angeles

Mentor: Ibarionex Perello
David Ellis
Ghost Town, Impressions of Ventura Boulevard, 2026. Ventura Boulevard is a study in cognitive dissonance; a vortex of immense activity within a startling emptiness.

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Patricia Lemke
Articulating a sense of place, for me, involves the regret that comes with irrevocable change. Often I only notice something when it is slipping away. The images in this series are part of my process to decide whether I stay in Los Angeles or move somewhere else. 
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Julie Pawlowski
Fleeting: Navigating LA Streets and Motherhood. Shuttling my fifteen-year-old son across Los Angeles for school and soccer, our car has become an extension of our home.

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Nicole Schwegman
I should have come earlier. In October 2025, my little sister came to live with my husband and me in Los Angeles permanently. These pictures are a visual journal of what our life in Los Angeles has been like since she arrived.
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