Stephen Marc: Street Cat Tales and Tangled Times – LENSCRATCH
Every spring, I try to attend the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) annual conference to reconnect with friends, hear and learn from a variety of artists, and discover new work through portfolio reviews and the portfolio walk. Last year, the conference took place in St. Louis, MO and was every bit as fun and inspiring as
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As a documentary/street photographer and digital montage artist, I am exploring American identity and sense of place. My long-term project, is an eclectic urban documentation of everyday life to special events, addressing style, character, and social atmosphere. Often my focus is on public spaces featuring the details of socio-cultural signifiers referencing popular culture and contemporary trends (including hair, body art, and fashion), national history, seasonal traditions, and current news where I observe people’s attempts to simultaneously stand out yet fit in somewhere.
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