Eli-Durst on The Click

The Very American, Very Intense World of High-School Debate

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The photographer Eli Durst travelled with students to district tournaments in Arkansas and California and to national tournaments at Harvard and the University of Kentucky. Jay Caspian Kang writes about what happens when ethical and political questions become a high-speed game.

Photographing How Texas Shapes Its Youth

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Rachel Monroe reviews “The Children’s Melody,” the newest monograph by the photographer Eli Durst, who takes pictures of Texas’s youth.

Juxtapoz Magazine - Eli Durst's "The Community"

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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…

Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/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 fundamental search for community in America. The activities depicted in his series “The Community” range from Boy Scout meetings to New Age spiritual practices to corporate team-building exercises and were all made in multipurpose community spaces that are ubiquitous throughout the United States. “I became intrigued by the way one activity bleeds into another,” writes Durst, “creating a symbolic space of communal introspection. Put simply, these photographs are about the search for purpose and meaning in a world that both demands and resists interpretation.”

Photographers on Photographers: Lindley Warren Mickunas and Eli Durst | LENSCRATCH

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Photographers on Photographers: Lindley Warren Mickunas and Eli Durst - LENSCRATCH

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 interview with Lindley Warren Mickunas‘ interview with Eli Durst. – Aline Smithson and Brennan Booker I

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2019/08/photographers-on-photographers-lindley-warren-mickunas-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 interview with Lindley Warren Mickunas‘ interview with Eli Durst. – Aline Smithson and Brennan Booker

Juxtapoz Magazine - The Work of Eli Durst

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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…

Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/2016-aperture-portfolio-prize-winner-eli-durst/

Durst was a recent winner of the 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize

Eli Durst Wins 2016 Aperture Portfolio Prize

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

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

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/03/eli-durst-awarded-2016-aperture-portfolio-prize.html

“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.