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Michaela Lawson deconstructs Kendrick Lamar Grammy album
Photography student Michaela Lawson was struck last August by inspiration so strong for Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy album Damn that she was compelled to “speak her truth” about it. Unintimidated by the album’s stature, she became part of an informal community of artists independently responding to it. “My photography is not only inspired by the visual…
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Kristin Gates captures the cold truth about Polar Bears
For over a month in late winter on the Coney Island Boardwalk, Kristin Gates met with her Projects in Advanced Style and Media class for Sunday breakfast at Tom’s coffee shop. She and her classmates then went out shooting. They were there to photograph members of the storied Coney Island Polar Bear Club. “The ‘Bears’ come from…