WEEK3_KelseyCrawford

 Eugene Richards
                                                                                 The Run on of Time

In this long on going photo series, Eugene Richards strives to capture all aspects of American society. He records intimate moments with all walks of life that are realistic and more truthful than other documentary photographers. More important he focuses on subjects that are "comfortably ignored". Richards points out, "The responsibility of the photographer is to respect people while utilizing all your skills to reveal something true about their lives and their humanity." This photo series is a lot like what I would like to focus on for this semester and I enjoy the way that Richards has captured these intimate moments with keeping them extremely real.

https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/eugene-richards-the-run-on-of-time 


Samanta Helou Hernandez 
This Side of Hoover

These photographs are apart of a series called This Side of Hoover by Samanta Helou Hernandez. The importance of this series is that they focus on the gentrification of a community near Los Angeles called 'Virgil Village'. Hernandez was going through this change as she is apart of the community herself and documents the challenges the people around her face through her photography. It is a sore subject for most people as they have had to relocate, pay higher rents, and continuously are losing the original community. One thing in particular that stuck out to me was the picture of the Toast and Coffee with a mass of white people behind it. She explained how the shop was one of the first to begin the gentrification of the area. The prices were high for the products and brought in a wealthier white crowd. The picture next to it is the same exact place just when they are closed with workers baking and prepping for the next day. These workers are predominately Latinx. This is just a mere example of the change happening in the community. I love that her photos are capturing these changes in the community and how they portray a lot of emotions. 

 

https://hyperallergic.com/439842/a-photographers-visual-record-of-her-gentrifying-los-angeles-neighborhood/
https://www.instagram.com/thissideofhoover/