Daycare Behind Bars

An Interview With Photographer Richard Ross

by Stephanie Washburn

Richard Ross is a photographer, researcher, and professor of art based in Santa Barbara, California. In his most recent work, supported by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he turns a lens on the placement and treatment of American juveniles. You can see the full project at Juvenile-in-Justice.com. His work will begin exhibiting across the country this fall.

Q. Tell us about Juvenile-in-Justice.

A. I’ve been exploring the world of incarcerated kids. They have the least voice of anyone on the planet. There are not a lot of …

Now You See What I See (And I’m A Bird)

The Stunning Photographs of EarthFlight

 

For humans, one of the most dependable sights of early spring is a flock of birds migrating north for the summer. But what do the birds see? In the BBC …

Weirdest of Wonderlands

Images of South Florida By Photographer Chad Ress

They call it the “Magic City” and the “Dream City.” The essayist and critic John Leonard found it to be a perfect cinematic backdrop, “a surreal sandwiching of abstract art …