Paterson Portrait Series


  • Photographer
    Tema Stauffer
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Tema Stauffer
  • Date of Photograph
    2009 - 2013
  • Technical Info
    Digital C-prints

"Paterson" is a documentary series of street portraits depicting residents of Paterson, New Jersey during the years following the economic crisis in 2008. The portraits focus on the self-expression of working-class and economically marginalized Americans of the diverse racial and ethnic groups comprising Paterson’s population. Each image explores the psychology of an individual who reveals him or herself willingly to the camera’s gaze. The minimal backgrounds suggest the urban environments these subjects occupy; however, these straightforward, realist, and classically composed photographs concentrate on faces and the depth of human experience that is spoken through them.

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