2021 began in uncertainty, with a trail of chaos, and most of us just tied up and went around. In 2022, we expect better days. Whatever your position on resolutions, the beginning of a year is a smart time to check and make plans. We’ve talked to some of our favorite photographers about their photo resolutions for 2022; for the record, mine is in spite of everything. I put down my ’70s mom’s camera and see some new stuff.
“Black Mayors Group Photo*: This is the first time that more than two mayors of Oklahoma’s all-black historic cities have been in the same room since the cities were formed in the last nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only thirteen cities still exist and we were able to make 10 appear. It was a dream session for me! This happened only because I’m not afraid to ask Liana Blum (my scholarship manager at NY Mag) who enjoyed the concept and helped make it happen. “
BySean McClinton-Holland
“I’m amazed at how complicated it is for me to answer this question. With the spread of COVID and businesses turning the way they work again, it was hard to see a year that could be as productive or transformative as this year That’s when a friend showed me Farah Al-Qasimi’s Hello Future. It replaced everything. Not only did it remind me of how funny paintings are with the other people and elements around me, but it also made me think of all the amazing paintings and books created at the height of the pandemic. With that in mind, I am now encouraged and hope that no matter what 2022 brings, anything is imaginable as long as it is a goal (and brave). “
Gabriella Angotti Jones
“My solution for next year is to keep taking photographs that reflect my non-public history. Last year, I tried to take a step back from day-to-day responsibilities and focus on long-term paintings that represented my own life and interests. I learned that much of my visual vocabulary is influenced by my relationships and my years of training on the beach. I need to keep perceiving how it influences what I see and the types of photographs I like to take. to know more nuanced feelings in me so that I can recognize them in the things and in other people I photograph. It’s great because I feel like it’s something that’s constantly evolving and it’s going to be anything I can explore. “
Yael Malka
“I don’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions because they’re almost a disappointment. Resolutions like this put too much pressure on me to make big transformations, so I prefer to set goals more organically throughout the year.
One thing I’ve been working on this year and will continue to move forward in the new year is balance: maybe it will be an accomplishment of a lifetime?I need more balance between doing my own homework and doing the paintings I get paid for. I need more balance between running and taking time for myself and not feeling guilty. I need more, do not forget that productivity does not only come from paintings, but also from relaxation, learning and joy. Of course, I also need to photograph some cool stories that are close to my center and make tons of new paintings and divulge them, but I also need not to forget the importance of having those moments in between; that’s where the most productive concepts for me come in. “
Devin Yalkin
“I would like to have two eebooks finished until the end of next year with a plane ticket to Paris Photo eebooked in tandem. The first eebook is the Vampire eebook I’m running on, then Alone Together, which is a frame of paintings I’ve been running since March of last year.
I would love to have a solo exhibition on the paintings somewhere in Los Angeles, which I will be moving into next month. Also to an agent to get more important sales jobs to be able to have more time between paintings in non-public projects. “
Imdad Barbhuyan
“I moved on from architecture and photo creation in early 2020. So, my adventure of exploring photography as a medium: communicating and exchanging minds and ideas, all within the confines of the virtual landscape/social media.
So, this coming year, I wish to free myself from this restriction; I desire to have a wholehearted interaction with the global physical in a deeper sense – through the observation, creation and dissemination of my work. I’ve been a tactile person; I need to take a look at it to explore the physicality of art itself. In fact, I’m looking for the future to recreate something tangible.
In addition to being able to meet more people in genuine life, collaborate and create portraits of people, I need to be able to take photographs of other places and cultures. I have become too comfortable. I need to put myself in unfamiliar situations, push my horizons, and marvel. “
Hannah Gottlieb-Graham
“I recently painted an incredible task with Google Pixel and SN37: the fifth edition of Creator Labs, a long-standing partnership and visual arts incubator that offers resources for photographers and filmmakers to document social media-based non-public paintings that have an effect and made into Google Pixel 6. I’m interested to see new camera technologies expand in a more equitable and inclusive way for professional photographers and everyday users, and this task has been a wonderful way for me to start thinking about this resolution. “
Law enforcement officials mourn the funeral of Correctional Officer Robert Daniel at Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky, United States, On Dec. 18, 2021. Constable Daniel was killed on Dec. 10 while leading staff and detainees in his custody to safety after a devastating tornado outbreak devastated several U. S. states.
Cheney Orr
“As I write, I just finished a 10-day project for Reuters covering the aftermath of the devastating tornadoes that ravaged several U. S. states. Focusing much of its fury on Mayfield, Kentucky, where dozens of people died and unrecognizable neighborhoods. The purpose for 2022 is to continue to stick to this network while striving to locate resilience in the face of deep, inflicted traumas and unimaginable losses. These stories are ignored once a crisis is no longer in the headlines.
Another primary purpose of the photo is to continue to expand a story that shows how one of America’s most underserved communities also faces one of the highest rates of Alzheimer’s in the country, a disease that claimed my own father’s life. This new year, I don’t have to forget to point my camera at my own family, friends and loved ones. In the end, those are the photographs I’ll be closest to. “
Adam Perez
“For over a year and a half, I’ve been doing a photography assignment called Pandemic in the Heartland, telling the story of how the pandemic has devastated California’s Central Valley, which produces a quarter of our country’s food. My solution for 2022 is to expand the assignment to a public art campaign, called “Ve Me,” which aims to bring the paintings back to netpaintings. The concept is to find the netpaintings where they are. Many are agricultural painters, driving the region forward, after the harvest season. My plan is to post photos and quotes on billboards alongside Highway 99, a major artery that connects many rural communities in the Central Valley. “
Blueberry Beauvert
“More than ever, it is vital to help the glorious organizations that make photography available around the world through exhibitions, artist discussions and publications. Whether it’s being a normal patron or an avid reader or just keeping a curiosity about new paintings in progress. , I need to recognize and appreciate as much as possible the paintings of museums, galleries, publishers and media to protect photography in all its diversity. In 2022, I look forward to helping meaningful photographic projects, whether privately and professionally!”
Hanifa Haris
“The culture of New Year’s resolutions is around 4000 years old, it is said to have originated in the ancient Babylonians. As I sit in front of my computer on the eve of a winter in Los Angeles, considering my resolutions for next year, my insignificance (as far as global history is concerned) doesn’t escape me. As a professional in the photography industry, I am grateful each and every day for making the paintings I make. I wake up and think about the effect of photography, I paint with some of the most productive creatives in the world and laugh at it.
In 2022, I need to dedicate myself to harnessing the arts area for discourse as I proceed to advocate for equitable storytelling and foster inclusive environments for artists around the world. In the last two years, I have seen, heard and participated in many conversations about inclusion, equity. and representation. I’d like to go a little further and talk about the nuances within this area and the effect on visual culture, symbol creation, [and how it interacts with] the history of photography and the photography industry in general. For me, 2022 will focus on actionable effects, whether systemic or personal. Personally, I have developed some projects that I am extremely pleased to share publicly. “
Sinna Nasseri
“Above all, it makes me want to get back on the road. After a manic 2020 in which I was constantly on the move, 2021 was much more stable. I have only crossed the country once this year!And every day. So I guess my main solution is to put myself in more awkward situations. And I also think it’s time for Turkey and Iran to look at my ancestral land.
Polly Irungu
“My private photographic solution this year is to build my archives and document my immediate and outer circle of family members more often. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that time is valuable and limited.
My non-public solution at the moment is to create a non-public allocation every quarter. I want to create more area for myself to photograph the things that are close to my center without the consumer tension or without worrying about algorithms. It’s the non-public assignments that help me with my “why. “
My ultimate solution is to continue to build and grow the organization of black women photographers, so that black women and non-binary photographers are seen, celebrated, and hired throughout the year. equity and inclusion in industry. “
Nolwen Cifuentes
“My photographic solution for 2022 is to focus on the network. Being autonomous, in addition to being in a pandemic, can infrequently become very isolated, and I am firmly convinced that other people thrive within communities. One of my big goals in 2022 is to foster a photo network, either online or in person. I need to organize small meetings (and safely!). Life meetings create deeper bonds. Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate to have notable photo mentors or fellow photographers that I can call to ask questions or just to vent, and I need to continue to expand on that. “
Heavenly Sloman
“I’m looking for the future to execute on longer paintings in 2022 and be more intentional in my photographic practice. I’m excited to experiment with content and strategy and overcome the barriers of the paintings I’ve done so far. The pandemic has made me wish for so many non-unusual facets of the artistic process, and I hope we have more Control of Covid this year so we can all come back together and do things!I have a list of collaborations and concepts in my manga and I’m excited to see how they materialize. “
Jamie Lee Taete
“I’m a pretty anxious and pessimistic person, but I’m going to make an optimistic resolution to try to put some good energy into the universe. My resolution is to take more intimate photos of people and places. I’ve spent the last couple of years photographing people either outside or indoors under extremely limited conditions (and always while having a low-level panic attack, thinking that I might be infecting people with COVID). I want to take the kinds of photos that you can only get by being close to someone for a prolonged period of time. The kinds that are only possible if COVID goes away. (I’m sure I will look back at this resolution and laugh on Jan. 1, 2023, as I’m changing into a full hazmat suit to go out and take photos amid the virus’s 100th extra strength mutation.)”