MJR Showcase: Alex Welsh
Alex Welsh, b. 1986 USA. Currently based in New York City. | www.alexwelshphoto.com
MJR Showcase: Alex Welsh
We Out Here by Alex Welsh
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A child watches as the playground at the Alice Griffith 'Double Rock' projects burns to the ground after being set on fire.
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Residents successfully lobbied to shut down the power plant in 2005, the single largest stationary source of air pollution.
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A kid flashes the sign for the Oakdale Mob, a gang that resides on the two block radius of the public housing units on Oakdale Ave.
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Speedy, a young man from the Oakdale projects, admires his chain in the afternoon light.
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Lee Martin watches television on the night of the election as it becomes clear Barack Obama is going to be elected president.
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The
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The Branner family crowds around the ice cream truck on a hot day.
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Women embrace at a family reunion on Harbor Row in Hunters Point.
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Friends gather to smoke weed in a car at the top of the Hunters View housing projects on a sunny afternoon.
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'Ra Ra,
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After a lengthy chase, Jermaine Jackson is arrested by police officers in the Hunters View housing projects in Hunters Point.
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Late into the night, a young man shows off his gun in the Double Rock projects.
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Double Rock is slated for redevelopment in 2011, and residents must stay in 'good standing' to be eligible in the new units.
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Friends and family mourn over the death of Andre
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'Banana,' a resident of Hunters Point, at work in a strip club in downtown San Francisco.
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A girl braids her friends hair outside of her family's home in the Double Rock projects.
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Dom from the
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Residents celebrate the life of Martel
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Bio
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3 Responses to “MJR Showcase: Alex Welsh”
February 8th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
beautiful work Alex!
February 9th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Alex,
Truly great work!
Cheers!
February 9th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Looks good, Alex. Congrats on CPOY.