Gregory Halpern is a photographer interested in documenting people who inhabit undercurrents of our world. Through portraiture and landscape he depicts people and places that are often not seen or thought of but play vital roles.
I really like the portraiture in his series "East of the Sun, West of the Moon". All the photos were shot during the seasonal equinoxes no matter where he and his partner, Ahndraya Parlato were at the time. The result is a lot of seemingly different images united by these invisible but important moments during this year. This portrait is really just beautiful, well executed but unconventional from the typical execution of this type of pose.
I really like the portraiture in his series "East of the Sun, West of the Moon". All the photos were shot during the seasonal equinoxes no matter where he and his partner, Ahndraya Parlato were at the time. The result is a lot of seemingly different images united by these invisible but important moments during this year. This portrait is really just beautiful, well executed but unconventional from the typical execution of this type of pose.
The second image is from Halpern's series "Harvard Works Because We Do". Halpern followed sanitation workers at Harvard University as they fought to get higher pay for the extremely difficult work they do. What strikes me about this work is not only that Halpern created an amazing body of images, but also that he was directly involved in so much of the process. He photographed the workers but also petitioned with them, participated in sit-ins, and did so much work relationally while creating a network of awareness. This social cooperation gives the work a whole new facet, making it even more compelling to me.
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