10 Up And Coming Portrait Photographers
1. Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1eRIsHs_DISara Naomi Lewkowicz from New York has formed relationships with her documentary subjects that have lasted for years. A long-term project that lets you connect with someone - that's what gets me going, she says.
Though newspaper internships sharpened her news instincts, she was searching for a long-term project when, in 2010, she met Alex, a sex worker who struggled with heroin addiction. Lewkowicz submitted her intimate images of Alex's life when she applied to Ohio University.
In 2012, Lewkowicz had just arrived in Ohio when, at a country fair, she met Maggie, her kids and her boyfriend, Shane, who had recently been released from prison. Lewkowicz thought that by documenting their lives, she would explore the obstacles a felon faces upon re-entry into society, but the story changed when, one night, Shane took his anger out on Maggie. Lewkowicz brought the photos to photographer Donna Ferrato, a pioneer in documenting domestic violence. Ferrato introduced Lewkowicz's project to editors, and TIME photo editor Paul Moakley published the work on TIME Lightbox in 2013.
Lewkowicz, who graduates in May, is now pitching stories to editorial clients. I've been lucky, but you can't wait for people to come to you, she says