Sara Naomi Lewkowicz is an 42 year old American photographer best known for her 2013 Time magazine article "Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence".[1] Her work with the article and Lewkowicz's overall work covering domestic violence won her the Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award in 2013.[2]
Lewkowicz attended Ohio University, where she completed a master's degree in Visual Communication.[3]
Photographer as Witnessedit
On February 27, 2013, Lewkowicz published "Photographer as Witness", which had originally been published on the photography website fotovisura as “Maggie and Shane”.[4][5] The article showed photographs of Shane, a 31-year-old ex-convict abusing his 19-year-old girlfriend Maggie, and was accompanied by an essay by Lewkowicz. In the essay Lewkowicz described how her initial purpose for photographing the couple was to "paint a portrait of the catch-22 of being a released ex-convict: even though they are physically free, the metaphorical prison of stigma doesn’t allow them to truly escape."[2] However, during one of her visits Shane and Maggie began fighting over a woman that had flirted with Shane at a bar they had just left. Once they returned home and entered the house's kitchen, the two continued to fight and Shane escalated the dispute and attacked Maggie in view of her daughter Memphis, who had heard the altercation. Lewkowicz photographed the events, pausing at one point to ensure that the police had been called.[2] Shane was arrested for his actions and Maggie has since left Shane.[6]
After the photos were published in Time Lewkowicz began receiving criticism from Internet users, who questioned why she continued to photograph while the physical violence was still ongoing.[5] Lewkowicz responded to the criticism by stating "The incident raised a number of ethical questions. I’ve been castigated by a number of anonymous internet commenters who have said that I should have somehow physically intervened between the two. Their criticism counters what actual law enforcement officers have told me — that physically intervening would have likely only made the situation worse, endangering me, and further endangering Maggie."[2]
^Horaczek, Stan. "INTERVIEW: SARA LEWKOWICZ ON 'A PORTRAIT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'". American Photography Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^ abcd"Photographer as Witness: A Portrait of Domestic Violence". TIME. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^Padley, Gemma. "'I see this as a launching point,' says Sara Naomi Lewkowicz of her World Press Photo first prize win". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^"Sguardi sul reale, tra lo Slow food day e il ricordo di Tiziano Terzani". La Nazione. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^ abMoore, Jina. "Don't blame the victim, or the photographer". Salon. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^Schulz, Benjamin. "Fotoprojekt über häusliche Gewalt: Als Shane Maggie schlug". De Spiegel. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^"2014 Sony World Photography Awards Announces L'Iris d'Or Winner". Popular Photography. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
^"Pictures: Sony World Photography Awards 2014 winners". Metro. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
External linksedit
Official website
February 20, 2024
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