Photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz discusses her controversial documentary coverage of a domestic violence incident she photographed when she was a student at Ohio University with Esquire.com photo editor Elizabeth Griffin.
Photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz discusses her controversial documentary coverage of a domestic violence incident she photographed when she was a student at Ohio University
Sara Lewkowicz is a native New Yorker pursuing a master’s degree in visual communication from Ohio University in Athens and received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has won several grants and awards, including the 2013 Alexia Student Grant and the 2013 Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award, 2014 World Press Photo 1st prize for Contemporary Issues stories and she has been named the 2013 College Photographer of the Year by POYi.
Luceo is proud to announce Sara Lewkowicz, of Ohio University, as the recipient of the 2013 Luceo Student Project Award. Her project titled, “Shane and Maggie”, is a powerful story about violence against women.
it’s important also to speak out for the role of the camera as well as the photographs. First of all, who can say where this couple and the attack would have gone without a camera present?
