Jaime Aelavanthara, “Cicada Calling “and “Ribs”
As part of St. Pete Month of Photography (SPMOP), Morean Arts Center is showing Photo Laureate 2023: The Nominees.
For more on the five nominees, below are links to their websites and an example from their personal websites of their work.
Jaime Aelavanthara (see first image above)- website and Instagram
Selina Román– website and Instagram
Selina Román “Refusal to Unpack”, 2020, image from her website
Emily Will– website and Instagram
Emily Will- “Saint Petersburg, Russia”, image from her website
Tristan Wheelock– website and Instagram
Tristan Wheelock- “NASCAR Family”, 2014, image from his website
Thomas Sayers-Ellis became the winning finalist and will be the Photo Laureate this year. The 2023 Photo Laureate will create an historical document of events, people and places of Tampa Bay for the next twelve months. The results of this project will be shown next year in a solo exhibition.
Thomas Sayers-Ellis, “The Mirror in Uncle Tom’s Camera”, 2011 image from his Instagram
The best place to see his photography is on his Instagram.
The photo exhibition will be on view until 6/30/23.