Photography
Born of Ourselves by Corey Poluk
I got the idea for this piece during a seemingly never-ending period of uncertainty during last year. Things as I knew them had just been completely upended, and it was then that I had this moment of clarity. A moment that reminded me that though I was being held down by these incidents, I too was holding myself down.
Photographs by Maggie Murphy
Maggie Murphy has taken these remarkably serene, yet haunting moments throughout New York. Each of these images evokes a nostalgia, a longing for a previous and more precious moment; this moment could very well be contained in the wingspan of a bird, an empty room, two empty picture frames, or the way the Statue of Liberty floats against an overcast sky.
Photographs by Hannah Getz
The photographs contributed by Hannah Getz pose a dilemma. They are rich and vibrant offerings of dissatisfaction and, simultaneously, desire. Each image seems to refer to American standards of consumption and the notion that we may not be content with all that we have. It’s no surprise that this work fits superbly with this question of why are we not in paradise?.
