Obscura designates the commission theme or subject to photograph. As a photographer oriented platform we want to commission our community members to go out and photograph pressing issues happening today around the world. A team of 10 photographers are awarded the Community Commission to document events, people or places. We also offer them a mentorship program and a curatorial partnership to help during the commission. Each artist will deliver a collection of 15 NFTs.

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Border Lord #1 by Matthew Reamer

Matthews contribution to Two Years After the Storm examines American life in  2022 through the lens of Californias Imperial Valley. As an irrigated desert with extensive renewable energy projects, bordered to the North by the environmental catastrophe that is the Salton Sea and to the South by the towering new US/Mexico border wall, the valley is a study in contradictions and a fascinating  place from which to examine a variety topics and issues that the we continue to face - environmental degradation, immigration, education, employment and the effects of the pandemic on daily life to name a few. The photographic approach is broad, but has a tendency to zoom in on the experience of youth and how they have been affected by the events of the past two years, the  myriad decisions in which they have had no say, and their dwindling opportunities and options as they enter into adulthood.

Edition: 1 of 1

Commissioned by Obscura