photography
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Orlando Vigil at Stonewall Inn: Photos
This post was originally featured at Philadelphia Printworks. By Zenzile Greene-Daniel I arrived at the Stonewall Inn candlelight vigil in honor of those slain in Orlando just a few minutes before it began. The photos I have taken capture the silent reverence of those attending, the solemn yet hopeful messages that decorated the shrine and…
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Artists-in-Residence: SPS Workers Share Their Photography, Inspiration
By Zenzile Greene-Daniel In December of last year, I was honored to be invited to participate in a special Brown Bag lunch at SPS in which I and three of my colleagues gave individual presentations on our use of the medium of photography. I was very excited to take part — and especially to learn…
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Union Semester Students Explore New York City
By Michael Murphy As part of the Union Semester program at the Murphy Institute, students are enrolled in a course titled “Work, Culture, and Politics in New York City.” The course readings are designed to complement trips to museums, archives, guided tours, and industrial sites such as the Brooklyn Navy Yard, allowing students to take…
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An Rong Xu’s “The Chinese Americans”
Photo: An Rong Xu, The Chinese Americans Photographer An Rong Xu’s series “The Chinese Americans” connects the experiences of immigrant Americans by threading together the narratives of Asian Americans across several cities in the United States. In the essay that accompanies this New York Times feature, the artist writes that these pieces are reflections on identity. Her childhood in Queens was shaped in…
