Bob Shell: Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make

     Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #27 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . Photography by Julie Chu, Aja Butane, Katherine Jania & Zoe, Copyright 2018 . Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. We’ve all heard that old saying, but where does it come from? It’s the … Read more

Robert Asman: Sacred But Not Profound

. Photography and Text by Robert Asman, Copyright 2018 . SACRED BUT NOT PROFOUND . While photographing on the streets, I am constantly aware of what a powerful sacred purpose of historical consequence our city Philadelphia hosts.  In the past, I was trying to capture people, places, and things that grasped my curiosity and maybe … Read more

Thomas Kramer: From Riches to Rags

    Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018 . FROM RICHES TO RAGS . A little over a decade ago in the Spring of 2007,  I received a phone call from a journalist from Hamburg, Germany to discuss a photo assignment. He wanted me to illustrate a photo story he was working on … Read more

Grant Wei: Napalm Skies

. . Photography and Artist Statement by Grant Wei, Copyright 2018 . Napalm Skies . I have always found the concept of being from Philadelphia to be interesting. Because, in actuality, I grew up in the suburbs. I don’t know Philadelphia as well as I probably should, given the fact that I spent virtually my … Read more

Wenjia Guo: View on the Roof

. Photography and Artist Statement by Wenjia Guo, Copyright 2018 . View on the Roof . As an architecture student, I always treat design as a process of choice. Choose to show the real structure or hide with decorative materials. Choose to display the mechanical equipment or dress up with modernist elements. It is the … Read more