American Space Madrid and the International Institute have always sought ways to create dialogue between Spain and the United States to put at the center the issues that most affect our community. In response to the current health crisis, we are launching a series of virtual conversations that seek to open a space to reflect on the pandemic and how it is affecting our daily lives. In each session, a guest will make a presentation that responds to the current situation based on professional and personal reflections on how her daily life has changed in recent months.
Monday, June 1, 2020 18:30 p.m.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88656610149?pwd=ZWJRZmVIRk9wWFlCOCtET04vMWYxUT09
Meeting ID: 886 5661 0149
Password: 6feet
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit New York, photographer Alice Proujansky found herself faced with a new dilemma: how to transform her profession and her relationship with documentary photography from the confines of her home. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Proujanksy has a solid career as a documentary photographer and educator whose and her work focuses on women's issues and the world of work. During the city's stay-at-home orders, she turned her camera lens inward, transforming her family life into a new documentary observation project. In doing so, she has produced a powerful series titled “Six Feet Apart” that speaks to the challenge of finding a balance between her own work as a photographer, her role as a mother, and the responsibility of overseeing her daughter and son's education from home. In this inaugural conversation for the International Institute community, Proujansky will present his photographic work and describe this important change, reflecting on how this global event has changed our preconceived ideas about private and public life and how, instead, the pandemic has revealed inequalities. structures in a new and nuanced way. By doing so, we hope to open a conversation about how this crisis has changed our daily lives in Madrid and the United States.
The presentation will be in English; however, summary translations will be available through the zoom chat tool. The round of questions and answers will be bilingual.
You can preview Proujansky's series, recently shown at the New York Times y The Nation, using the following links:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-parenting-photos/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/parenting-coronavirus-burnout.html
Alice Proujanksy is a documentary photographer, whose work examines the role of women and work, specifically the intersections between work, motherhood and migration. Her personal projects include Birth Culture, Women's Work y Still Moving: Migrant Families. Currently developing a new project Hard Times are Fighting Times, which looks at the legacy of radical activism in his family; along with photo essays on maternal health care that seeks to be culturally responsive and the design of workshops on photo education and visual literacy.
His work has been published by New York Magazine, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Boston Globe, The New Republic, Fast Company, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Photo District News and others.
Her career has been recognized by the International Women's Media Foundation, the Magnum Foundation, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Women Photograph, the Solutions Journalism Network, and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Her work has also been selected for the Santa Fe Review in 2014 and the New York Portfolio Review in 2016 and 2019. In 2019 she received an Honorable Mention for the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award.
She is the author of the book Go Photo! An Activity Book for Kids, published by Aperture in 2016. In addition to her documentary work, Proujansky has taught photography since 2002 and was responsible for curriculum development on-sight, a photography and visual literacy curriculum created by the Aperture Foundation.
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When the Covid19 pandemic hit New York, photographer Alice Proujansky found herself facing a new dilemma: how to transform her profession from the confines of her home. A graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Proujanksy has an established career as a documentary photographer and educator whose work focuses on women and labor. During her “shelter in place” orders, she turned her lens inwards, transforming her homelife into a new project of documentary observation. In doing so, she has produced a powerful series entitled “Six Feet Apart” that speaks to the challenge of balancing her own work as a photographer with that of a mother and a homeschool teacher. In our inaugural community conversation, Proujansky will present her photographic work by Ella and describe this important shift, reflecting on how this global event has changed our preconceptions about private and public life, while also revealing structural inequalities in new and nuanced ways. In doing so, we hope to open a conversation about how the pandemic has changed our everyday lives in Madrid and the US.
The presentation will be done in English; however, summary translations will be available via the chat tool in zoom. The Q & A will be bilingual.
You can preview Proujansky's series, recently showcased in The New York Times and The Nation, using the following links:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-parenting-photos/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/parenting-coronavirus-burnout.html
Alice Proujansky is a documentary photographer covering women and labour: birth, work, motherhood and migration. Her personal projects include Birth Culture, Women's Work and Still Moving: Migrant Familyyes She is now working on Hard Times are Fighting Times, a project about the legacy of radical activism in her family; photo essays about culturally-responsive maternal healthcare; and workshops on teaching photography and visual literacy.
Alice's work has been published by New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The Boston Globe, The New Republic, Fast Company, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Photo District News and others.
She has received support from the International Women's Media Foundation, the Magnum Foundation, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Women Photograph, the Solutions Journalism Network and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and was selected for Review Santa Fe 2014 and the New York Portfolio Review 2016 and 2019 and a Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2019 Honorable Mention.
Her first book, Go Photo! An Activity Book for Kids was published by Aperture in 2016. In addition to her documentary work, Alice has taught photography since 2002 and was the lead resume writer for on-sight, Aperture's photography and visual literacy curriculum.