Abuelo y Maria Esther.

All Photos © Katrina M. d’Autremont

Katrina M. d’Autremont’s relationship to her South American family and the search to find her place amidst different cultures and generations is the subject of 26 color prints in her series “Si Dios Quiere” (If God Wants). The Philadelphia-based photographer was recently selected as the winner of the Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship Competition for this body of work, currently on view in a solo exhibit at Silver Eye in Pittsburgh through March 20.

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Award-winning photographer Bastienne Schmidt presents this conceptual series of photographs depicting herself in the role of a “Housewife,” blending in and out into different public and private environments. “Home Stills” will be published as a book in the fall of 2010 by Jovis. (Schmidt’s previous book, ShadowHome, explores her native Germany in photographs taken between 1989 – 2004.)

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All photos © Susan Barnett

Fine-art photographer Susan Barnett took to the streets of New York City recently to ask over 900 people to pose and have the back of their t-shirts photographed. Above is a sampling of some of the most interesting ones she encountered. Says Barnett: “My success rate has been almost 100 percent but sometimes I am given short shrift. One t-shirt read ‘A t-shirt can change the world!’ I really liked that one but ironically that fellow refused to stop!” Barnett used her 49-year-old Leicaflex SL2 camera with 35mm Ektar and Portra Vivid Color film to get the shots.

Yaxcopol, Mexico

All photos © Jose Villa

Jose Villa—a film-based, fine-art wedding and portrait photographer in Solvang, California—has been working on a book project on Holga images for the past eight years.  All of the photos above were taken in the Yucatan Peninsula.

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