Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant recipients Daniella Zalcman, Jake Naughton and Alice Proujansky take you on the inside of photographing long-term projects.
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant recipients Daniella Zalcman, Jake Naughton and Alice Proujansky take you on the inside of photographing long-term projects. From procuring funding to demystifying what it’s really like to complete self-generated work, these photographers discuss the responsibility of exploring under-reported issues worldwide. They share how they make project work a sustainable part of their careers and what drives them to keep going.
When Alice Proujansky was pregnant with her first child, a man at a party came up to her and remarked, “You’ll never want to go back to work when you see those baby’s eyes.” Ms. Proujansky doesn’t remember her reply. “Probably something like, ‘Well, I doubt that will happen,’ ” she said. “Documentary photography isn’t exactly the kind of career people are lukewarm about or just fall into and out of. And my children’s eyes are beautiful, but they won’t pay my student loan bills either!”
