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ABOUT PEARL PRESS

An online publication that strives to build a proud community of diverse voices. Pearl comes from the founder's grandmother's Yiddish name, Polina. The founder's grandparents were both artistic and creative in everything they did. Her grandfather, a writer and painter who always wanted to capture his muse, Polina, in the most beautiful of ways.

It was important to them to have many artist's voices celebrated and heard in their life. The founder wanted to continue this passion for art through Pearl Press by growing a community of artists who are looking to uplift one another.

CURRENT ISSUE

Dustin Randall Keirns

These three interconnected projects explore Colorado’s wilderness and the environmental challenges shaping it. ‘Poems For Colorado’ is a visual ode to the rugged and resilient, yet subtle and gentle state, highlighting its landscapes and water systems while advocating for conservation. In ‘Melt,’ Dustin focuses on the disappearing snowfields of the Rockies, reflecting on the region’s role as a headwater state and the broader impacts of climate change. ‘In Regard to Nature’ examines the human desire to explore wild places, surveying how our connection to nature is shaped by the changing environment. Together, these projects capture both the wonder and urgency of our relationship with the natural world.

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Issue No. 24

Dustin Randall Keirns

Issue No. 23

Sport

Issue No. 22

Golden Hour

Issue No. 21

Self-Portrait 2

Issue No. 20

Elegy

Issue No. 19

Lucie and Lena

Issue No. 18

High School

Issue No. 17

Notes

Issue No. 16

Hail Mary

Issue No. 15

Evelyn Freja

Issue No. 14

Self-Portrait 1

Issue No. 13

Grayscale

Issue No. 12

Pause

Issue No. 11

Shared Spaces

Issue No. 10

Parallel

Issue No. 9

Chloé Milos Azzopardi

Issue No. 8

Courtship

Issue No. 7

Unorthodox

Issue No. 6

Lionheart

Issue No. 5

On Crowds

Issue No. 4

Love Letters

Issue No. 3

High Seas

Issue No. 2

Cowboys

Issue No. 1

Heirlooms

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Send an email with your written or visual work; include your (1) name, (2) bio, (3) titles and description of the work. If you are sending visual work, make sure it is at least 300 dpi. If you are submitting written work, please send as a PDF and keep under one page. There is no max or min amount of work you can send, but keep in mind that only some of the work might be selected.

Every issue will have a concept that you can interpret in anyway you would like. Some work from each issue will be displayed on @pearl.press as well, so include (4) a website and (5) Instagram handle! Thank you and happy submitting!

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Delilah Twersky

A fine arts photographer and creative writer who focuses on documentary work and personal projects. Delilah works primarily with medium format film and tries to find ways of having a hands on approach with her work whether it be printing in the darkroom or scanning. Her work has been published by Dashwood Books, Waif Magazine, Aint-Bad, and Sissy Screens. Pearl Press has been interviewed by Chill Subs and is listed in their database. If you want to collaborate, shoot her a line.

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[in reference to being a flight attendant]
@dustyphotoboy: A lot of times I do bring my camera with me. Although sometimes I feel it’s as inspiring to experience a place by taking it all in without pulling out the camera. You see the world in a different way if you don’t have your camera. Those thoughts during the times without my camera create future images.

Check out Dustin’s work in Issue No. 24 of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/dustinrandallkeirns (link in bio)
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@delilaht: What brings you to nature?

@dustyphotoboy: Nature has always been something that I’ve been drawn to, like a magnet. I keep going back to it. Even if I try to leave it alone for a little while, I end up revisiting what it feels to be a human in the landscape. I’m interested in the balance that nature holds that keeps everything running and in check. It’s also an ever changing and evolving place. Water is another pivotal part of the work. The fact that the Colorado Rockies collect the snow that runs into rivers and tributaries that so many people rely on, makes it such an important place. There are big pipes under the mountains as well that pump water from one side of the mountains to the other. I find that super interesting, and just generally water rights in Colorado. That is where the idea for ‘Melt’ came from in the first place. But it is definitely present in ‘Poems for Colorado.’ There are some images I took in a canyon on a body of water called Morrow Point Reservoir. This water feeds into the Gunnison River which is a tributary of the Colorado River. In this canyon there is a remote campsite and to access it you have to paddle 2-3 hours, depending on the wind, to get to. Back in the day the canyon wasn’t dammed and there used to be a railroad here that ran along the banks of the river. I’ve seen historic images of it and find it super interesting to take photos in the same place in this canyon full of water that was dammed to hold water. In a warming world, water might become the most precious resource and Colorado is super important for lots of surrounding states in this regard.

Check out Dustin’s work in Issue No. 24 of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/dustinrandallkeirns (link in bio)
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[in reference to being a flight attendant]
@dustyphotoboy: I love to climb mountains because of the perspective, I’m sure it comes from being in the air so much. My favorite routes for looking out the window are the ones from Colorado to the West Coast. Flying over the Colorado Rockies and the Sierras always has me peeking out the window between beverage services. I have found amazing places to hike and mountains to climb by seeing them from the sky and then looking at how I can access them on the ground.

Check out Dustin’s work in Issue No. 24 of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/dustinrandallkeirns (link in bio)
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@delilaht: Can you tell me a little bit about your beginnings as an artist?

@dustyphotoboy: I started photographing when I was around 13. My grandfather was an amateur photographer, and he was a really big influence on why I picked up the camera. He always had the newest, greatest camera and the newest, biggest lens. And so I got a lot of interaction with his collection as a young kid. We’d go into the mountains and really beautiful places in the American West and just go take photographs. And that’s how I started with photography. As I became a little bit older and started to play around more with certain subjects, I decided that’s what I wanted to do as a career. So I went to New York City and attended the School of Visual Arts for photography, where I found a community of other photographers who were also very passionate about what they were doing. I felt like I had found my place in the world.

Check out Dustin’s work in Issue No. 24 of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/dustinrandallkeirns (link in bio)
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: The concept for Issue No. 25 is ‘round trip.’ Thinking on this through the lens of revisiting a place, a person, a body of work. What are you coming back to as of lately? Are you seeing a change in yourself or your work? Have you traveled somewhere more than once and have wanted to capture its shift? Has someone special come back into your life? Send in old work, new work, anything that might feel right.

Send an email to ‘contact.pearlpress@gmail.com’ with your written or visual work; include your name, a short bio, title and description of the work. If you are sending visual work, make sure it is at least 300 dpi. If you are submitting written work, please send as a PDF. There is no max or min amount of work you can send, but keep in mind that only some of the work might be selected. Every issue will have a concept that you can interpret in whatever way you would like. Some work from each issue will be displayed on @pearl.press as well, so include a website and Instagram handle if applicable! Thank you and happy submitting!

Deadline: March 10th
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Introducing Issue No. 24, a solo issue featuring an interview and work from Dustin Randall Keirns (@dustyphotoboy). Check it out at pearl-press.com/dustinrandallkeirns (link in bio) *best view on desktop*

Dustin Randall Keirns is a fine art photographer based in Denver, Colorado. Inspired by the landscape, he photographs nature to better understand our relationship to the planet. Since returning to Colorado in 2015, he has made the state’s backcountry a central protagonist in his work, capturing the raw wilderness and natural abstractions that he witnesses on his adventures. Dustin creates imaginative dramas of epic landscapes that explore where humans and nature intersect. This intersection often begins with roads that lead us to trails, granting us the opportunity to experience wild places. Through these adventures we gain insight into our intrinsic connection to the environment and what it means to live on Earth.
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Jeremy Ackman (@ackj17), originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, joined the Ohio National Guard after high school, serving deployments in Kosovo, New Orleans, and Iraq. After marrying his wife Rachel, they moved to Boston, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts Boston. In 2014, Jeremy pursued graduate studies at the Hampshire Institute of Art, earning a Master of Fine Arts in Photography in 2016. His work has been showcased in New York, Boston, Chicago, Black and White Magazine, and the Phoenix Art Museum. Jeremy now resides in West Orange, NJ, with his wife and daughter.

“For a summer I was able to document three different summer camps. Photographing a summer camp is about capturing the raw energy and joy of childhood. It’s a balance of candid moments, playfulness, and the freedom of outdoor spaces. Letting the spontaneity and spirit of the kids and their friends unfold naturally in each frame, preserving the essence of summer adventure.”

Check out Jeremy’s work and others in the Sport issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/sport
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Christian Delfino (@christiandelfino) is a Brooklyn based photographer b.1987 in Sarasota, Florida. He loves to get lost with his camera in unfamiliar places while the sun is low.

“Hydrators is a series of images captured at the NYC 2023 Marathon around the 16 mile mark. Having just crossed the Queensboro bridge, passing the halfway mark, and landing in the middle of Midtown Manhattan, many runners are feeling it. These stations where runners can hydrate became all I could focus on whilst I shot the Marathon for my first time.”

Check out Christian’s work and others in the Sport Issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/sport
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Judith Hornbogen (@judith_hornbogen) lives and works in Leipzig. She studied audiovisual art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (BFA 2006). Her photos are almost exclusively analogue works. The books “Hasenbrote” (2023) and “Nosferatu / Phantom Pain” (2024) were published by Benschop Books (Denver, Colorado). GUP Magazine selected her as one of the FRESH EYES Talents 2023.

This work is titled, ‘Termální bazén, Karlovy Vary 2023.’ Judith’s works can have narrative features, but also linger on the threshold of abstraction and combine these two poles within the work groups. Humorous and bizarre aspects repeatedly meet disturbing or strange imagery. The result is a balance through which the unusual corresponds with the banal and a feeling for reality and existence becomes tangible.

Check out Judith’s work and others in the Sport issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/sport
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Victor Isaac Alvarez (@victorisaacalvarez) is an Ecuadorian-born, Los Angeles-based photographer. He graduated from Brown University with an Honors Visual Art degree in 2019. While his decade-long involvement in Muay Thai has heavily influenced his early photographic direction, Victor’s personal photographs ultimately serve as documents of his lived experience. Leaning heavily towards portraiture, his work is often about identity, love, and a longing to discover more of both.

‘Untitled (Bekah, after)’ is a portrait of fighter Bekah Irwin, still in the ring, after one of her kickboxing fights in Houston, Texas.

Check out Victor’s work and others in the Sport issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/sport
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: The next issue of Pearl Press will feature only one photographer OR a collaboration between two! Send in 20-30 pieces with a one page bio and description of your work. There is no concept to adhere to. You will also have an interview within the issue and promotion of your work on Instagram. Use this as an opportunity to send in a body of work you’re proud of OR a collaborative body of work with another photographer. In the case of two photographers sending in a project, you will both be interviewed for the issue.

Send an email to ‘contact.pearlpress@gmail.com’ with your written||visual work; include your name, title(s), one page bio and description of the work. If you are sending visual work, make sure it is at least 300 dpi. If you are submitting written work, please send as a PDF. Feel free to send more than 30 pieces, but keep in mind that only some of the work might be selected. Include a website and Instagram handle! Thank you and happy submitting!

Deadline: January 5th
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Introducing Issue No. 23, Sport. Check it out at pearl-press.com/sport *best view on desktop*

Creating moments of triumph, heartbreak, and humanity, sports are one of the most intimate escapes. The beauty is in the unity. Its innate pursuit of excellence, an intensely communal experience to most, where personal narratives unfold.

Cover image: Untitled: @charlottedrury
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Manuel A. Elías (@stgrapho) is originally from Peru and began his photographic journey during childhood. With his Communication Sciences degree from the University of Lima, he moved to NYC in 2005 to pursue his career as a photographer. Manuel’s practice, with a strong impressionism influence, explores the mystery within the familiar, using light, color, and texture to create ethereal, meditative scenes.

“These images are pieces of a bigger puzzle that allow me to explore — in this case, during the golden hours — the ways I can replicate sensations I have while facing a sunset or sunrise when closing my eyes: the orange hues I still can see, the breeze that buzzes around my ears, and the warm light hitting my face. It sparks moods more than memories, transporting me to a time when I used to daydream more.”

Check out Manuel’s work and others in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: The concept for Issue No. 23 is ‘sport.’ Creating moments of triumph, heartbreak, and humanity, sports are one of the most intimate escapes. The beauty is in the unity. Its innate pursuit of excellence, an intensely communal experience to most, where personal narratives may also unfold. Send in old work, new work, anything that might feel right.

Send an email to ‘contact.pearlpress@gmail.com’ with your written or visual work; include your name, a short bio, title and description of the work. If you are sending visual work, make sure it is at least 300 dpi. If you are submitting written work, please send as a PDF. There is no max or min amount of work you can send, but keep in mind that only some of the work might be selected. Every issue will have a concept that you can interpret in whatever way you would like. Some work from each issue will be displayed on @pearl.press as well, so include a website and Instagram handle if applicable! Thank you and happy submitting!

Deadline: October 31st
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Rona Bar and Ofek Avshalom (@fotometro.art) are a photography duo living and working in London, UK. Drawing on a storytelling-based approach to the photographic medium, the two are continuously striving to engage viewers from all backgrounds in a journey into their visual world. Suspended between fantasy and reality, the factual and the bizarre, their universe immerses whoever comes across it in a blend of surreal visions, daily experiences, and artistic references which all contribute to making their signature style and aesthetic vocabulary so naturally captivating. Turning the lens onto themes such as identity, individuality, and relationships, their practice wants to be a mirror for the infinite facets of the human experience, pushing the boundaries of gender, race, and sexuality among others.

“’Ezekiel in the golden hour’ is part of our project ‘Proof of Existence’ which involves the creation of various characters, each with their unique personality and world, captured in everyday locations and situations. The project’s theme is to normalize the weirdness within us, celebrating our differences and showcasing that they exist in all of us; we’re all strange characters who are a part of society. The project blurs the line between reality and fantasy, combining the documentary and the staged. The creation process of this project allowed us freedom, being a true embodiment of creativity and self-expression. These characters fearlessly showcase their unique identities and break free from societal norms and expectations. We hope their willingness to challenge the status quo inspires you to tap into the boundless potential of your own human spirit for creative expression and individuality.”

Check out Rona and Ofek’s work in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Renee Paiement (@reneepaiement) is a traveling, Minneapolis based artist, working in the medium of analog photography. A graduate of the Columbia University MFA Directing/Screenwriting program, Renee is a trained and practiced visual creator. Renee’s camera sees the sweetness, the longing, and the beauty of life, as it moves ever forward. With expressive light and a full palette, she photographs this delicate existence.

“’Days of Heaven’ explores the heavenly quality of our simple, earthly lives. Those instances when things appear utterly divine. And we feel regret for all the time we spent reaching for something else. I let light narrate the stories of my super saturated worlds. Shooting everywhere from Cuba to my backyard, I witnessed the bold beauty of the wonderful, and the quiet beauty of the ordinary. Big, sensational moments belong side by side with the humble and precious. Like things seen through the golden lens of nostalgia, my photos have a kind of wistfulness, a human response to life’s endless rhythm of coming and going. It is the duality we live by, and it has always been hard to accept.”

Check out Renee’s work and others in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Cassie Jain (@cassie.jain) is a photographer, art historian, and educator. She recently completed her MFA in Photography & Related Media at SUNY New Paltz, and holds a BA in Art History from Vassar College. Her practice is rooted in analogue photography and in the tactile and ritualistic possibilities of image-making. Most recently, her research celebrates ephemeral party spaces, particularly those rooted in queer aesthetics and theory, and friendship as sites of self-expression and tenderness.

The title of this image is ‘Mommy Hasn’t Cut Her Hair Since the Pandemic.’ “The world is difficult and tiring and yet something pushes us to stay. We embellish and adorn ourselves, and create something out of nothing, no matter how ephemeral or futile. We love and lose and recreate these spaces with those we trust and those who understand the need for them to exist. I make pictures because I don’t know how not to. Derek cracks a whip to celebrate the dead. Gokul dances capoeira on the Rail Trail, and teaches class in an empty gymnasium. Maggie dances in the woods when she’s angry and upset. Eilif and I paint our nails on the edge of their bed. Max and I throw ‘darkroom parties’ when we develop a roll of film.

This is what it looks like to be tender — vulnerable to the good within the darkness.”

Check out Cassie’s work and others in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Elisa Michelet (@elisamichelet) is a French Californian artist based in Tokyo. With a background in design, her work explores how digital or natural processes interact, play with or break form. She is also interested in the relationship between humans and technology. An avid film photographer, she enjoys documenting places. Having grown up in the Northern Sierra Nevadas in California, her infatuation with the natural environment is present in her work, as is her fascination for human-built environments.

“Unkai 雲海 is the title of this photograph. The quiet and bare feeling of being above the tree line is enchanting—paired with unkai views (sea of clouds in Japanese), it’s entirely sublime.”

Check out Elisa’s work and others in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Benjamin Littler (@thereluctantastronaut) is a photographer currently living in Salt Lake City, UT. He grew up in Syracuse, NY and spent much of his life wandering around the United States finding people and collecting memories. He has been shooting since he was a child when his grandfather stuck a Pentax K-1000 in his hands and taught him how to really see. Benjamin still works exclusively with film whether it be medium format, 35mm, or Polaroid.

“When All The World Was Green” is the title of this photographic series.

“These photographs were taken during times of hope and despair, living in poverty and lawlessness, loving with full abandon. They are friends that grew and adapted, some married, had kids. Some divorced, some died, some figured out how to live in this brutal world in a healthier way and some still struggle to keep the light of life illuminated. Some were personal flames whose relationships taught me more than I could ever know. Some are people that stand by my side now daily and some wandered off and I may never cross their path again. I love them all. This was before the weight settled and when all the world was green. I think we must always be living in the golden hour since change is perpetually just in front and before we know it, upon us. When I look at this collection of work I am transported and I hope that it can do the same for you. Though you do not know these people I hope that you can see a glimmer of your past through the friendships, lovers and family.” - Benjamin Littler

Check out Benjamin’s work and others in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Larena Nellies-Ortiz (@lalifish) is a Mexican-American and German poet and photographer from Oakland, California. Her photos and poetry have been featured in Libre Literary Magazine, Wordpeace, Bitter Melon Review, Local Wolves Magazine, 3Elements Review, Stonecoast Review, Change Seven Magazine, Sun Magazine, The Indianapolis Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Eunoia Review and are forthcoming in The Ilanot Review, Dulcet Literary Magazine, and Sunlight Press.

“Chimera is something that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve. I always feel both a sense of awe and fear of missing out during golden hour. With or without my camera, I am often filled with a frantic wonder, wanting to capture and remember the quality of light, how everything turns to honey, how the beauty is made even more tangible because it is fleeting. This collection captures that impossible desire to hold time still.” - Larena Nellies-Ortiz

Check out Larena’s work in the Golden Hour issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Introducing Issue No. 22, Golden Hour. Check it out at pearl-press.com/goldenhour
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Much like the sun, we are constantly in a transitional period. A small window where we can decide to let things go or take action before the sun sets or rises and a new day begins production. A time to appreciate the beauty around us in its ravishing glow; a warmth that holds us.

Cover image: Sundown At Poplar Vale (2021): @rileycgoodman
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Disha Patil (@disha_shadow) is a photographer based out of New Delhi, India. Her work explores the introspective element of photography, directing her gaze on herself and surroundings to navigate through life. She finds her sense of self through the process, tracing her identity as a woman and how that exists in the real world.

Check out Disha’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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Roni Aviv (@roniavivi) is a visual artist, based in New York. Aviv works with photography, text, and installation to give form to a psychological space of re-processing experiences. Aviv holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally.

“‘Left Hand Pain / Movement Studies, 2023’ is a series inspired by physical therapy exercises and Edward Muybridge movement studies, I move between gentle stretches and extreme stretches that may be harmful. Using the historical reference as a scientific point of reference, the search for proof, and verification by a machine that may create a viable image of the internal

I deal with our societal tendency to under address the individual pain and trauma, considering both physical and mental implications. In the photograms, I contact printed laser prints of original texts. “easily bruised, easily pinched, easily distressed… it is not real, It is not worth noting, mentioning, or dealing with, and sometimes the most painful thing is the one you don’t consider a thing.”” - Roni Aviv

Check out Roni’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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Lidewij Mulder (@lidewij.mulder) is a photographer from The Netherlands currently based in New York City. She received her BFA in Photography from The University of Applied Photography in Amsterdam. Lidewij grew up in a small village in Groningen (NL), where she found stories in everything around her from a young age. Nothing fascinated her more than uncovering the depth of a narrative. After 10 years of living and working in Amsterdam as a freelance photographer and for a production company called Hazazah, Lidewij moved to New York City where she attended the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program at The International Center of Photography.

“Being obsessed with your body, wanting to be as skinny as possible, or vomiting after meals: these are still common perceptions of eating disorders. Many people are unaware that eating disorders go beyond anorexia and bulimia, and a stigma remains. I, too, once upheld this taboo. After high school I developed an eating disorder after I lost sense of control: plans were falling apart and loved ones passed away.

Overwhelmed by emotions, I sought control through food. What began innocently became an obsession. A tipping point was when I cried over mayonnaise on a wrap. This led to getting diagnosed with an “unspecified” eating disorder.

The more I talked about it, the more I learned I wasn’t alone. I felt ashamed for my initial shame and decided that if I wanted the stigma to change I had to start with myself. Because I often struggled to find the words to describe my experience of having an eating disorder, I started expressing it metaphorically through imagery. This series is a personal exploration of the emotions tied to concealing a difficult-to-comprehend illness. It delves into hiding your true self while letting the world believe they know you. It captures the feeling of having an invisible outlook, the infinite fragility beneath the surface, and how freeing yourself from the old leads to a stronger new beginning.” -Lidewij Mulder

Check out Lidewij’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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Anh Nguyen (@minhanhnguyenn) is a Vietnamese photographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work explores how cultures shift and adapt outside of their original contexts, through unpacking rituals around food. Anh completed the Documentary and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography in 2024.

“’Bitter Melon’ is part of a long-term project, The Kitchen God Series, which uses the imaginative landscape of myth and cultural rituals around food to look at how young Vietnamese people create homes of their own in New York City. This personal exploration shows how my generation finds ways to make traditions part of our lives, a process that involves unpacking family and personal relationships, all complicated things that only an all-knowing Kitchen God would see. My memories of bitter melons growing up were that they were spiky and hard to eat, yet that discomfort was contrasted with the fact that I was taught to always eat what I was offered. The word for bitter melon in Vietnamese is “khổ qua” which translates to “the passing of a bitter life.”” - Anh Nguyen

Check out Anh’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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Quincey Spagnoletti (@quinceyspagsphoto) was born in Syracuse, NY and currently lives in Boston, MA. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University in Art & Art History where she was the recipient of the Gary M. Hoffer Prize for Excellence in Photography. Her project, “In the Spare Room,” was featured at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Visual Arts, in LaCrosse Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the Post-baccalaureate certificate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts University and is currently a candidate for the MFA at the SMFA at Tufts University.

“When I look back at my childhood and how I was raised I am confronted with ideas and notions on how a woman is supposed to act and “perform” for society. Through my pictorial and arts-related explorations of womanhood, I strive to push back against the traditional norms that have dominated my upbringing, in the process highlighting the challenges of my own internalizations of a woman’s role and my attempts to disrupt and unlearn what I have inherited. Beginning with personal narratives and conversations with the maternal figures in my life, I set out to construct my own perception of space, and inheritance, based on memory. I incorporate human-scaled objects and props, the stuff of childhood and growing up, to ornament this investigation of perception. It is my intention to have the viewer question my intentionality and awareness, to wonder about where I am situated in the narrative of the work.” - Quincey Spagnoletti

Check out Quincey’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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Kat Shannon (@katshannon) is an artist and educator working across photography, text, and video. Driven by the desire to continually examine the complex role photography plays in our lives, culture, and collective memory, her work uses the image as a tool to explore notions of intimacy, connection, and community. She is currently based between São Paulo, Brazil, and Orlando, Florida. In 2017 Kat co-founded the collaborative artist collective Memory Foam through which she curates exhibitions, publishes and collects artists’ books and zines, and produces an artist interview series called “Artists Eat Ice Cream.”

“These two self-portraits are part of an ongoing work which examines motherhood and queer family building. In these images I use the camera as a mirror and shared gaze to witness myself in the roles I carry as both an artist and mother to my young daughter. I am interested in photography as a tool to create as much as to document, and with these pictures I engage in the long lineage of self-portraiture in order to reclaim, with both autonomy and ambivalence, the home and domestic sphere.” - Kat Shannon

Check out Kat’s work and others in the Self-Portrait 2 issue of Pearl Press at pearl-press.com/self-portrait2
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: The concept for Issue No. 22 is ‘golden hour.’ Much like the sun, we are constantly in a transitional period. A small window where we can decide to let things go or take action before the sun sets or rises and a new day begins production. A time to appreciate the beauty around us in its ravishing glow; a warmth that holds us. Send in old work, new work, anything that might feel right.

Send an email to ‘contact.pearlpress@gmail.com’ with your written or visual work; include your name, a short bio, title and description of the work. If you are sending visual work, make sure it is at least 300 dpi. If you are submitting written work, please send as a PDF. There is no max or min amount of work you can send, but keep in mind that only some of the work might be selected. Every issue will have a concept that you can interpret in whatever way you would like. Some work from each issue will be displayed on @pearl.press as well, so include a website and Instagram handle if applicable! Thank you and happy submitting!

Deadline: August 9th
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