for the next consecutive 70 days. We are also extending this challenge to the public,
as part as of a photo competition where the winner wins free classes in Spring 2013
and also gets to be part of Iris PhotoCollective's exhibition in the fall. If you think you have
the skills then please let us know at ipcvisuallab@gmail.com. Each image must be
produced in the vein of photojournalism. No digital manipulation or photoshop trickery,
and definitely no setups. All images must be by a single photographer with cutlines
and other meta data information. Good luck, now let see what IPC Visual Lab student,
Zeus Shama, has submitted.
Hard to Enjoy: Day 1
September 22, 2012
This
photo breaks my heart and is hard to share. This is my wife and son
sitting on a stone wall down in Key Largo, Florida. We drove down on a
Sunday morning in September to get away from the stress of my current
jobless situation but it proved to be more difficult than anticipated.
No Kids to Play With: Day 2
September 23, 2012
This image is part of the "Down Turn" series that was shot within a
two block radius of my home in Cutler Bay neighborhood of my home in
Miami, Florida. It is late September, the end of Hurricane season, and
this backyard has no children as the family that lived in this home
abandoned it due to being "upside down on their mortgage". Families are
fleeing their homes not because of natural disasters but man-made ones.
Barren Landscape: Day 3
September 24, 2012
This is an image is also part of the "Down Turn" series that was shot within blocks of my home in Cutler Bay neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It is late September, the end of Hurricane season, this is prime plot of land that was scheduled to start construction for a Mall. But due to the economic downturn in the economy, the project has been abandoned indefinitely.
ZShama
Not only are these pics great, the stories behind them hit home to me more then some, because I too am from Cutler Bay, Florida and have seen the man made disasters. Great Pics Zeus!
ReplyDeleteSmart, insightful, and relatively honest to how many of us in the Middle Class feel - let down, abandoned, and disregarded. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments! Must admit, this was harder to do than anticipated. Shooting everyday and choosing to share this subject brings to surface my anger and frustration with being jobless and trying to hold it all together. Every time I look at these images, I can feel my heart rate rising. Not easy.
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