Juxtapoz Magazine - Eli Durst's "The Community"
What began as an initial desire by Eli Durst to photograph the insides of church basements quickly expanded into a much broader series examining the f...
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Photographers on Photographers: Lindley Warren Mickunas and Eli Durst
This month, we feature our annual August project, Photographers on Photographers, where visual artists interview colleagues they admire. Thank you to all who have participated for their time, energies and for efforts. Today we are happy to share this inte
Juxtapoz Magazine - The Work of Eli Durst
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Eli Durst graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University in 2011, where he majored in American studies and French stud...
Durst was a recent winner of the 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize
Eli Durst Wins 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize | PDNPulse
Photographer Eli Durst has won the 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize for his series “In Asmara.” The prize, which includes $3,000 and an exhibition at Aperture Gallery in New York, is intended to identify trends in contemporary photography and highlight artis
“In Asmara” documents Durst’s time visiting the capital city of East African country Eritrea. The city is renowned for its large collection of intact modernist buildings, however, Durst’s series documents the life going on around the buildings—a trash dump, a table set for dinner, the backseat of a car.