Laura Barth’s photographic practice is an urgent response to the pressures of twenty-first-century womanhood and motherhood—an alchemical process that merges art and science. Her foundational series, “Mythos and Manna,” transforms digital memories and personal upheaval into layered, mythic images through Polaroid emulsion lifts and handwork, blurring the boundaries between memory, artifact, and healing.

San Diego-based artist Annie Claflin uses photography to navigate identity, mental health, and memory. In this interview, she discusses her series Undertow, which explores the fragile boundary between land and sea through altered pigment prints and distressed photo-objects. By submerging, warping, and weathering images of the San Diego coast, Claflin evokes the erosion of memory, place, and self in the face of sea level rise.

Ever wondered how an artist finds their personal “voice” in photography? Meet Jeffrey Sass, whose new body of work, “Internal Views,” beautifully demonstrates a transformation from straightforward documentation to layered, narrative-driven art pieces.

Jim Steg (1922-2001) was an inventive artist and esteemed educator who lived in New Orleans. A celebrated printmaker, he became interested in photography late in his career. Barbara Hitchcock, who served as Curator of The Polaroid Collection, writes about his explorations with the SX-70 and shares rarely seen instant photography explorations from the artist.

Cody Bratt’s series “The Other Stories,” continues by using his great-grandfathers collection of negatives to explore a darker narrative of family history. The artist’s hand becomes evident as Bratt uses mixed media processes to create unique and tactile analog objects.