The creation of home is an authentic power, a process, but
not an event. It emerges and ripens moment by moment in response to its
occupants. Each moment is intricate and immersive, and in its subtle
completion, a protective 'mesh' unfolds and filters out negative toxic
variables that dare to invade its homeostasis. These photos reflect this in
every sense of the word. Open yourself up to these authentic photographic
reflections and share its wonderful experiences. Let these reflections guide
you through the depth of their richness and feel the experience we had in
participating in this workshop.
Moses El-Sun White, February 2025
Looking through my home
via a mesh, you're going to see subway tracks. These tracks have been
abandoned but I wonder who crossed them, where did these people go and what is
their story. It intrigues me and the mesh kinds of filter some of the
subtle stories, but it also allows me to fill in the blanks.
Ta’chelle Carter
What I hope to see on the other side of the mesh is positivity, love, peace, and happiness.
Barry Sloan
I want to look at an open landscape, maybe wooded or partially wooded, with no houses, power lines, or visual noise, just nature. I want a view that allows for stillness and deep breathing, where I can feel connected to something bigger than myself.
Caroline
Gomez
It is revelatory that something as simple as a portrait like
this makes clear my defensiveness and the need to protect my true self, and how
this prevents me from presenting that best self to others. The mesh
recognizes that so much of who I am is too effectively veiled and hidden to
others. The real question is: why did I develop like this? And can
I change?
Peter Clancy
The mesh might seem like it hides your identity, but to me, it brings out my true self even more. Most people don’t think of taking a portrait behind a veil as a way to enhance who you are—they see it as hiding something. What I see is my mental endurance and my strength through everything I’ve faced in a world designed to break us.
Keonnie Raheem
This photograph represents me being at peace with my vulnerability.
Kim Lumford
I’d be looking out at a rose garden.
Roses represent love, and I really like how they’ve got both beauty and thorns.
There’s something real about that.
Noelle Richardson
I’m looking ahead to the next 50 years of my life—which would make me 100. This window screen in my home lets me see the world with fresh eyes, giving me a new, optimistic, and beautiful perspective. I am Bicentennial Man.
Robert Karim Ferebee
The screen allowed me to
wear a “mask”. I felt I could look out but wasn’t visible to others. Not so, of
course, but it’s what I told myself.
Chuck Chernick
