Justin Schmitz & Taft High School
Project Overview
Justin Schmitz is spending his year photographing at Taft High School. He spent most of his energy photographing at large events like Friday night football games and dances. The Taft Homecoming dance was an event where Schmitz made the photographs that most closely represent what he is looking for as an artist.
“Being a teenager feels like being pulled in multiple directions. The internal evolution of thoughts, ideas and feelings are confronted with the outward physical transformations that mark any teenage experience. My interest in youth culture stems from a desire to see the outward markers of this change in an attempt to understand the internal emotional experiences.”
Meet the Artist
Justin Schmitz
Justin Schmitz is a Chicago-based photographer. He is the recipient of the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Tierney Fellowship, City of Chicago CAAP Grant, Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, and The Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship. A collection of his work was part of the Mid-West Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. He was runner-up for the Photography Book Now Prize, and a finalist for the Honickman First Book Prize.
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Justin Schmitz is a Chicago-based photographer. He is the recipient of the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Tierney Fellowship, City of Chicago CAAP Grant, Albert P. Weisman Scholarship, and The Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship. A collection of his work was part of the Mid-West Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. He was runner-up for the Photography Book Now Prize, and a finalist for the Honickman First Book Prize.
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