Editor’s Note: Portrait of Jean Ward by Milt Ward, Circa 1950.
Author: Tony Ward
Soraya Hebron: There Goes the Neighborhood
Photography, Audio and Text by Soraya Hebron . Streets that used to sing sounds of children playing on the asphalt and neighbors chatting on porches now only echo the steps of passers-by trying to get to the other side. No one cares about the boarded up house on the corner or the empty school building… Continue reading Soraya Hebron: There Goes the Neighborhood
Carmen Garcia Gallego: The Youth and the Political Candidates
Photography and Text by Carmen Garcia Gallego . What do young people think about political candidates? In a social experiment, I walked around the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and asked undergraduate students two simple questions: if the general elections were tomorrow, which candidate would you vote to be the next president of… Continue reading Carmen Garcia Gallego: The Youth and the Political Candidates
Kieran Koch-Laskowski: Life on Baltimore Avenue
Photography and Text by Kieran Koch-Laskowski . If you take a stroll down through West Philadelphia, you’ll find nestled on the corner of 43rd Street & Baltimore Avenue a quaint hideaway from the bustle of urban life: Clark Park. A lovely green-space, the park blossoms into a hub of activity as the spring and summer… Continue reading Kieran Koch-Laskowski: Life on Baltimore Avenue
Jasmin Smoots: Junkyard Crawl
Photography and Text by Jasmin Smoots . Heart pounding and looking over my shoulder I step carefully over the barrier rope that divides the public sidewalk I have come from and the private property I now stand on. Throwing caution to the wind and ignoring warning signs explicitly prohibiting trespassing under penalty of the law,… Continue reading Jasmin Smoots: Junkyard Crawl