Tag Archives: 2013 Fall

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods by Phillip Mariani. George was recently evicted from his house and now lives on the streets of Kensington.

Neighborhoods by Aja Espinosa. A seemingly abandoned restaurant sits between Fairmount Avenue and Brown Street in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia on November 18, 2013.

Neighborhoods: Free Selection by Desmond Hester. The Manayunk Canal sits calmly along Main Street on Tuesday November 19, 2013.

Neighborhoods: Free Selection by Desmond Hester. Old, uneven brick roads line certain parts of Main Street, giving Main Street the old fashioned look. It also, however, causes a bumpy ride for drivers and bikers, and is a nuisance to women in heels!

Neighborhoods: Free Selection by Joel Hoover. A painted sidewalk sign attempts to ward off littering in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Fern Rock on W. Nedro Ave. on November 19, 2013. Several pieces of trash were in the leaves directly in front of and around the sign.

Neighborhoods: Main Street by Matthew Leister. Delancey Street, located in Society Hill, is one of the wealthiest streets in the city.

Neighborhoods: Personality by Matthew Leister. A homeless man sleeps early in the morning on November 18, 2013, in the Headhouse District of Society Hill.

Neighborhoods by Phillip Mariani. A train leaves Berks Street Station and continues down the Market-Frankford Elevated Subway line.

Neighborhoods by Phillip Mariani. A group of men congregate on Indiana Avenue in Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Neighborhoods: Free Selection by Sarah Thompson. Three pairs of shoes dangle from a wire above the corner of Richmond and Frankford Street in Fishtown, Philadelphia on November 19, 2013.

Art Museum

Birds by Matthew Leister. Two ducks swim together on the Schuylkill River on Monday, November 11, 2013.

Sculpture Detail by Harrison Brink. Austrian sculptor Frank West’s, “Lips” rises high above the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden on November 11, 2013.

Black and White by Joel Hoover. The top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art cuts an intricate pattern in black and white against whispy afternoon clouds on November 11, 2013.

Color by Joel Hoover. The top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art cuts an intricate pattern in black and white against whispy afternoon clouds on November 11, 2013.

Love Birds by Edward Newton. Two Canada geese wade in a Schuylkill River tributary adjacent to the popular Boat House Row in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photographed November 11, 2013.

Classmate by Kelly Phillips. Jannah Abdul-Aziz, 24, a senior Anthropology major at Temple University, chats with a visitor to the Art Museum on November 11, 2013.

Fall by Kelly Phillips. Fall shows its final colors in the garden at the back entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday, November 11, 2013.

Boat House Row Detail by Maggie Andresen. A shot from inside one of the boathouses on Boat House Row on the bank of the Schuylkill River. The distortion in glass panes makes looking outwards visually appealing and aesthetically pleasing; so much so that the photographer felt compelled to make a color print. November 11, 2013.

Boat House Row Detail by Sarah Thompson. A gentleman walks through the Water Works Pavilion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 11, 2013.

Sculpture Detail by Sarah Thompson. A statue of a rider on horseback is located at the east entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 11, 2013.

Potpourri

Magazine cover by Hunter Fox. The November 2013 issue of Possessed Magazine features an exclusive interview with Hunter Fox, 23, of Philadelphia, PA.

Magazine Cover by Edward Newton

Magazine Cover by Susan Dong

Magazine Cover by Matt McGraw

Magazine Cover by Maggie Andresen. Magazine showcasing fashion and world affairs, Lapis Lazuli features Megan Sawey on the cover, a breakout model in the industry.

Magazine Cover by Maison Lutz

Magazine Cover by Yuxuan Jia

Magazine Cover by Aja Espinosa

Con Advertisement by Yuxuan Jia

Pro Advertisement by Yuxuan Jia

Johnross Switz, 25, is a professional body piercer based out of Mean Street Tattoos in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. A self-proclaimed body modification enthusiast, he currently has 22 piercings, 13 tattoos, 2 skin removed scarifications, and 2 magnets implanted in his fingertips. Photographed in Kensington, Philadelphia on November 5, 2013.

Tattooing by Edward Newton. Mike Chambers, resident tattoo artist at Northern Liberty Tattoo, tattooing seventeen hours in on fellow artist Kyle Fitzpatrick. Chambers has been features on Spike Television Network’s television show, “Tattoo Rescue” and for the last twenty years, Chambers has been crafting his skills in the genre of traditional tattoo. Photographed on November 6, 2013 in Philadelphia.

Tattooing by Jannah Abdul-Aziz. A Temple student shows off his immense amount of tattoos in Anderson Hall, on Temple University’s campus, on the afternoon of November 6, 2013.

Tattooing by Julie Zar. Topper, a tattoo artist at Philadelphia Eddie’s Tattoos on South Street, shows off his own tattoos on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

Tattooing by Matt McGraw. Tattoo artist Jounny Kelly shows of his own ink at Moo Tattoo, the parlor where he works on South Street, Philadelphia. Along with the visible tattoos on Johnny’s arms hands and neck, he also says that he has tattoos on his ankle, back and chest.

Tattooing by Harrison Brink. Greyson Libby, 32, works at the Blick art supply store. He has numerous tattoos on his body, to a point where he has simply forgotten how many he has. Taken November 6, 2013.

Tattooing by Weimei Sun. Jack Martinez, a 35-year-old businessman has physical training in Temple University’s gym on November 5, 2013. He got these two tattoos to remember him the life in army.

Addiction by Maison Lutz

Addiction by Weimei Sun. Siyu Zhang, a 22-year-old graduate student studying media studies and production at Temple University is smoking in his apartment on November 6, 2013. He needs to smoke 20 cigarettes everyday.

Halloween

Haunted House by Sarah Thompson. A storm approaches above an abandoned and haunted house located on North Sydenham Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 2, 2013.

Haunted House by Weimei Sun.The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is found on 2027 Fairmount Avenue, between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. October 29, 2013.

Beyond Scary by Harrison Brink. Emmett Ashton, 19, was tragically murdered in his own home by a mysterious entity on Friday, October 25, 2013.

Halloween by Aja Espinosa. Eleven pumpkins stacked on a graphite pole await a ladle of hot glass at the Tyler School of Ar’s Pumpkinferno on Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Great Pumpkin by Robert Kennedy. Molten glass fills a stack of carved pumpkins at Temple’s Glass Guild’s demo-show entitled, “Pumpkinfirno.” Creating the Great Pumpkin on October 30, 2013.

Pumpkins Before and After by Aja Espinosa and Robert Kennedy.

Beyond Scary by Kelly Mullin. A scary clown startled Kelly Mullin as she turned to hand him treats in October 31, 2013.

Beyond Scary by Hunter Fox. “When the last grave has emptied, when the last shred of hope melts away, and endless swarm of damnation will swallow the last of humanity into black.”- TBDM

Halloween by Scott Blaydon. Mayor Chris Blaydon and First Lady Mary Blayson of Langhorne Borough give out candy on Halloween dress as the Lone Ranger and a witch. October 31, 2013.

Ghost by Sarah Thompson. An evil clown, haunted and controlled by a ghost of woman who was murdered by her husband, smiles to those who walk by him as he patiently waits for his next victim to approach on October 23, 2013.

Beyond Scary by Sarah Thompson. A possessed skeleton of a grandmother returns from the dead to cradle and haunt her living granddaughter on October 29, 2013.

Visual Elements

Repetition of Theme by Robert Kennedy

Texture by Kelly Mullin

Framing by Matthew Leister

Texture by Ashley Kim

Shallow Depth of Field by Moira Wilson

Framing by Maggie Andresen

Shallow Depth of Field by Aja Espinosa

Converging Lines by Aja Espinosa