The 2025 reFocus Photography Awards celebrate the art of visual storytelling, with black and white photography emerging as a powerful highlight. The 33 award-winning monochrome images reveal raw emotion, striking form, and masterful composition.
Recent developments in digital photography have made possible and absurdly easy what was once impossible and unthinkable: dozens of shots per second, shooting in near-darkness, and even video, captured before the shutter is actually pressed.
Otero's decision to film her life and her challenges with mental illness ultimately led her to create a performance that poetically explores the struggle with love and madness.
As Tines' final note faded, Abe Joyner-Meyers '22, American Repertory Theater sound engineer, picked up the melody on banjo. He was quickly joined by the Arts Fest Jazz Band, which launched into "When the Saints Go Marching In" leading a parade of onlookers into the nearby tent and officially kicking off the Harvard Arts Festival's Performance Fair.
The SINWP Bird Photographer of the Year competition serves to honor the exceptional skill of photographers who capture the intricate beauty of birds and their habitats.
"Look, I know you guys probably feel a lot of shame about what you did in the past, and now you're trying to overcompensate by being the world leaders in fighting antisemitism... when it comes to art, I think you have to know your place, and you have to let us Jews express ourselves."
Muddycap's Soul Chair conceptually imagines what a chair's soul might look like, embodying the philosophical exploration of existence and visual creativity in furniture design.
At a time when the cultural cornerstones of discovery and diversity that make art so important are being threatened, SIFF is doubling down on bringing those stories to the screen.
The Fine Art Photography Awards showcase nature's wonders through exceptional photographers, emphasizing how creative artistry beautifully captures the tranquility and grandeur of the natural world.