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Leslie Brown has an MFA in Creative Writing. Her digital work appeared on the cover of Zoetic Press, “NBR: World Tour,” and Variety Pact Art (Winter 2023/24). She was recently published this summer in Phoebe Literary Journal. For the past three years she has created digital art. Her photographs are enhanced with editing software. The interaction of the physical photograph with her imagination triggered by the editing applications is displayed in these works.
Men
Reid
The Office
Time for a Change
Workbench
Photographs by Stephen Curtis Wilson
In late 2020, Wilson was contacted by a family member of Reid Larson, owner of Reid’s Mobil Service Center in Edwards, IL. Reid would soon retire after over 50 years working with cars and trucks and 40 years as owner of his own station. Reid’s family wanted to give him a large, framed photograph of his station. Meeting Reid was a joy for Wilson. During his time with him, he stated that it was easy to see Reid loved his customers, and they loved him right back. After photographing the building façade, Wilson asked Reid for permission to photograph the interior of the building. Along with the requested large, colorful, framed building portrait, Wilson provided the family a copy of everything he photographed that day. Reid was given a photobook at his retirement gathering. These are a few of Wilson’s favorite photographs from the project.
Wilson photographs Central Illinois. He was a medical and generalist photographer, writer, and communication specialist in the health care and library science fields for 36 years – cut steel in a foundry and drove a truck for a time. He graduated from the fine arts program at Illinois Central College, received a BA from the University of Illinois, and is a juried Illinois Artisan for Photography at Illinois State Museum.
Perspective
Seo Jin Ahn is a sophomore attending Chadwick International School in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea. His art practices are to create photo and video-based images. He developed and harnessed his skills in the forms of photography, cinematography, and the utilization of tools such as Illustrator and Photoshop.
# journalism is not a crime
Emily Candler Davis’ Opus, The Nature and Psyche Project, is a visual storytelling endeavor from Acadia National Park, a little heart-shaped island off of the coast of the United States. The images capture a human story or element within the elements themselves. Those prized moments with Nature when we once again leave our own process and return to the trees, the birds, the sunrise or set, a moment of awe or beauty or perhaps even fear, when we are one, once again in Nature, are the heart and soul of her work. The images in, “Storytelling”, describe a process of homecoming.
Benson
Ono Como What Can I Do?
Wilson explores rural communities and urban neighborhoods searching for reminders of humanness, culture, and community. He was a medical and generalist photographer, writer, and communication specialist in the health care and library science fields for 36 years—cut steel in a foundry and drove a truck for a time. He is a graduate of the fine arts program at Illinois Central College, received a BA from the University of Illinois, and is a juried Illinois Artisan for Photography, Illinois State Museum. www.stephencurtiswilson.com.
Cat on Rockets
Ruins of an Apartment in Kherson
Scott Urquhart is a volunteer on the frontlines of Russia’s genocide against the Ukrainian people. He has been in this area of great contention since, working with schools and humanitarian aid across the country.
