50 Young Progressive Activists who are Changing America

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Photographer Bruce Myren

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Hey girls!

I wanted to share with you my experience of working with photographer Bruce Myren. He was actually a photo professor of mine last year when I took a photography class at Amherst College. He made me think about photography more than an art than I ever have before. He made us question everything we did…but in a GOOD way. “Why did you take a picture of that? But WHY?” He made photographing more than just taking a photo.

In his work, Bruce investigates issues of place and space. Every photograph is thought out and executed to perfection. One project of his that I am inspired by is called “Markers: Memory”.  In this project, Bruce went back to Amherst, MA, the town he grew up in, to make pictures of places and spaces that he had a special memory of. He accompanies each photograph with one phrase.

How do you think you would photograph a space? What spaces are important to you that are worth sharing? http://www.brucemyren.com/

Alexandra Baran - 17 Year Old Photographer

Hey, check out these picture by an awesome youth photographer! Alexandra Baran is just 17 years old and already has a bunch of photo experience under her belt. She started photography in 8th grade (just like some of you all!) and has since won several contests and awards, including a National Art Honor Society award. She's had her work in two of the  Drexel University "High School Photography" exhibitions (which you all can enter in high school too!) and was featured in a magazine called "Emerging Photographer."

She does a lot of really conceptual studio portrait photography, often depicting issues that are close to her heart, such as depression and human trafficking.

Just think, this could be any of you lovely ladies in just a matter of time!!!

Here are two of the pieces that were featured in her article in "Emerging Photographer!"

Post Secret

Photos from our Post Secret making event!!

Places We Live, Play & Learn

 Abby

 Abby

 Alanna

 Alanna

 Aolani

 Aolani

 Natalie

Natalie

Rebekah

Lilly

Rebekah

Jazmin

Lilly

Post Secret

So ladies - there's this thing called post secret and... we're going to be writing our own secrets and sending them in.

Basically, people write secrets and mail them into a fellow who posts them online. Some of the greatest secrets (I think) are ones about random acts of kindness, the ways that people help each other out and ones about identity.

Why do you think people have secrets? Why do you think people can share them anonymously to the world but not in person to those they know?

Photographer Helen Van Meene

 

Hey girls!

Helen van Meene is a Dutch photographer. I was originally taken with her photos because she chooses to only photograph girls and women (which I thought was appropriate for GEV!). Her subjects either already know her or are people she befriends. Sometimes she chooses to photograph them repeatedly, documenting their growth. She does not create candid shots- it is very clear that their poses are carefully planned and executed. Helen van Meene plays around with a sort of muted light and a lot of the younger girls she photograph seem sad or emotionally contained. What do you think she is trying to convey?

http://hellenvanmeene.com/