Tag: Pete Marovich

  • Pennsylvania Steel Town Memories – The New York Times

    Pennsylvania Steel Town Memories – The New York Times

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    Pennsylvania Steel Town Memories While Pittsburgh enjoys a renaissance, Pete Marovich returned to the nearby steel town of his youth to see how it has coped after its life-sustaining industry fled. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/14/pennsylvania-steel-town-memories/ A year ago, Pete Marovich began noticing articles boasting about a Pittsburgh “resurgence.” He knew these pieces weren’t telling the…

  • A Collective Determined to Share the Untold American Stories

    A Collective Determined to Share the Untold American Stories

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    A Collective Determined to Share the Untold American Stories American Reportage is a new photography collective determined to share untold American stories. Here’s the inspiration behind the project. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/07/collective-determined-share-untold-american-experience/ Just recently, a handful of talented photographers launched American Reportage, a collective dedicated to telling stories about the American experience. Founded by photographers…

  • Pete Marovich – Shadows of the Gullah Geechee | LensCulture

    Pete Marovich – Shadows of the Gullah Geechee | LensCulture

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    Shadows of the Gullah Geechee – Photographs and text by Pete Marovich | LensCulture For hundreds of years, the direct descendants of enslaved Africans have kept alive their unique cultural traditions in the southeastern United States via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/pete-marovich-shadows-of-the-gullah-geechee The Gullah Geechee people are direct descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to America from…

  • NPPA $6K Short Grant Winners Announced | NPPA

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    NPPA $6K Short Grant Winners Announced Today the National Press Photographers Association announced the winners of the NPPA’s Short Grants. This year’s winners are Preston Gannaway, Stephen Reiss, Brendan Hoffman, Michael Forster Rothbart, Pete Marovich, and Richard Tsong-Taatarii. The photogr via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/nppa-6k-short-grant-winners-announced ATHENS, GA (April 7, 2015) – Today the National Press Photographers Association…

  • Echoes of Africa Along the Carolina Coast

    Echoes of Africa Along the Carolina Coast

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    Echoes of Africa Along the Carolina Coast Pete Marovich has been documenting the Gullah communities he first encountered as a teenager in South Carolina, which maintain traditions despite the challenges of encroaching development. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/echoes-of-africa-along-the-carolina-coast/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0#/4/ Africa endures in the language and customs of the Gullah people, descendants of slaves who have lived along…

  • Shadows of the Gullah by Pete Marovich

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    Shadows of the Gullah Descendants of enslaved Africans, the Gullah/Geechee are fighting to hold on to their land and culture in the face of development. via Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1957876924/shadows-of-the-gullah Descendants of enslaved Africans, the Gullah/Geechee are fighting to hold on to their land and culture in the face of development.