Isabelle Armand’s New Photographic Book Documents the Lives of Two Wrongfully Convicted Men in Mississippi

In 2012 French photographer Isabelle Armand came across an article of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two men wrongfully convicted in separate murder trials and sentenced to years in prison before DNA finally proved their innocence. For the next 5 years following their release, she documented Brooks and Brewer, their families, and their small, rural Mississippi hometown. The product of ... Read More

Carrie Mae Weems Wins MacArthur Genius Grant

Congratulations to Carrie Mae Weems, one of the recipients of the 2013 MacArthur Fellowships! Carrie Mae Weems is an accomplished photographer, filmmaker, and activist living and working in Syracuse, NY. As she told the New York Times recently, Ms. Weems expects to put her fellowship toward a “fictional autobiography.” This year Ms. Weems turns 60, and it is interesting to … Read More