Projects

Our projects showcase new perspectives on everyday life through art and content generated by us and in partnership with others. Using varied media, we rethink assumptions, prompt reflection, and start conversations.

Showing (work x family)

Showing (work x family) is an ongoing photography project about the push and pull of work and family and its relevance to our kids, coworkers, elders, partners, and society. Presented as a screen-based exhibition for diverse public venues, Showing (work x family) reveals the intimate choreography of everyday routines and situations — a universal balancing act with no fixed equation.

Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace

Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace is a photography project that responds to the near-invisibility of real, everyday images of pregnant women at work.

The project was prompted by a question: why is pregnancy in the workplace so rarely photographed? Is there something uncomfortable about the topic? Those questions soon sparked others; specifically, what would happen if we put photographers in workplaces with visibly pregnant women? Can these photographs help us think critically about our values and our expectations about productivity, power, vulnerability, and nurturing?

 Game Face

Game Face is a multi-platform photographic celebration of sports and physical daring in the lives of girls and women. Including images by more than a hundred noted American photographers, Game Face shows the tremendous impact sports and play have daily on the lives of girls and women. Each picture offers a unique answer to the question at the heart of Game Face: what do girls and women look like, freed from traditional feminine constraints, using their bodies in joyful and empowering ways?

The project debuted as an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arts and Industries Building and traveled to 16 arts and cultural venues in major American cities.

The 2,500-square foot exhibition was also presented at the University of Utah during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Other venues included The Women’s Museum in Dallas, the Springfield (MA) Museum of Fine Arts, The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, The Fisher Gallery at The University of Southern California in Los Angeles, The Chicago Historical Society, and The Courtyard Gallery at the World Financial Center in New York City.

Game Face was published by Random House with a foreword by Penny Marshall. The Philadelphia Inquirer called the book “[a] marvelous collection, in photographs and words, of women athletes.” The Washington Post said, “[Game Face] is designed to broaden, deepen and perhaps even transform long-standing perceptions of the female as athlete.”

Commissions

Our projects thrive on a combination of curated and commissioned work. Most often we reach out to artists we’re interested in on our own, but we’re always happy to hear from artists we may have missed. If you’d like to be considered, email us a link to your portfolio, and we’ll be in touch if we think there’s a match.

School Grants

Our school grants support students in exhibiting their work, learning how to curate, creating photo books, bringing artists to their school, and exploring and experimenting with photography as a medium.

Partnerships

We look for partners who share our vision, but who have different areas of expertise than us. In return, we offer our own expertise in making visual art about work and family. Interested organizations should email us to start the conversation.