Robert B. Menschel (1929-2022): In Memoriam
Robert B. Menschel (1930-2022)
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Light Work Receives $50,000 National Endowment for the Arts CARES Act Grant
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Light Work a $50,000 grant as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Light Work is one of 855 organizations that the NEA selected from 3,100 applicants nation-wide who requested $157 million with $45 million available in direct assistance. The non-matching funds […]
Re:Collection / Memoriam: Cjala Surratt on John Pfahl
“Strangers with puzzled looks were amazingly cooperative in letting me into their rooms with my photographic gear. They let me take down the curtains, wash the windows, and rearrange the furniture. Often, too, they expressed their desire to share their view with others, as if it were a nondepletable treasure. I liked the idea that […]
Light Work Receives 2019 NEA Art Works Grant
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) acting chairman, Anne Carter announced on Wednesday, February 13 that Light Work is one of 1,000 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded more than $5 billion in grants to […]
Light Work Receives 2018 NEA Art Works Grant
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced on Wednesday, February 7 that Light Work is one of 936 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients […]
Light Work Receives 2017 NEA Art Works Grant
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $40,000 to Light Work to support Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet: The Light Work […]
Nathan Lyons (1930-2016)
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Nathan Lyons. Nathan passed away last night in Rochester, NY at the age of 86. It’s difficult to sum up the life and contributions of a visionary like Nathan. He began many important conversations about the medium of photography at a […]
Light Work Receives 2016 NEA Art Works Grant
In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients in every state and U.S. jurisdiction, the only arts funder in the nation to do so. Today, the NEA announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year […]
Light Work Receives 2015 NEA Art Works Grant
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced today that Light Work is one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The grant will support Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual. Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen […]
The Girl Next Door: Visiting Photographer’s Scoop on How She Finds Stories
The Girl Next Door: Visiting Photographer’s Scoop on How She Finds Stories By Lauren Cavalli Adjectives. Adjectives and adverbs. When trying to capture a person’s character, professional documentary photographer Melissa Lyttle says to, “Ask people: How would you describe yourself to people who don’t know you?” Then, she recommends trying to embody one of the […]