Broad Strokes III: Joan Haseltine: The Girl Who Escaped and Other Stories – LENSCRATCH

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Broad Strokes III: Joan Haseltine: The Girl Who Escaped and Other Stories – LENSCRATCH

The Leica Gallery in Los Angeles has just opened Broad Strokes III, featuring the work of Joan Haseltine, that will run through April 8th. This is the 3rd iteration of Leica exhibitions that celebrate women in photography, and the exhibition also features the work of Julie Pacino, Javiera Estrada, and Nathalie Gordon. Haseltine with present

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2024/03/joan-haseltine-the-girl-who-escaped/

Some years after losing my husband, I decided to reinvent my life, so I purchased a small ranch in Montana and a camera, neither of which I knew how to operate. I began visiting small towns at night. A woman standing alone on the streets after dark with a camera naturally aroused suspicion and distrust in these old Montana towns. I was stopped and questioned, and even the police were called. I felt vulnerable and very alone.

http://lenscratch.com/2024/03/joan-haseltine-the-girl-who-escaped/