CAN Seeks Street Photographers for Photo Poets

Are you a street photographer in Northeast Ohio? Do you take your camera out, prowling the city for images that reveal something about where you live? If so, this is for you: CAN Journal seeks photographers for the quarterly Photo Poets series.

Photo Poets is a quarterly print feature curated by Aja Joi Grant, highlighting street photography in Northeast Ohio. Each quarter since Winter 2021, Aja has chosen a different photographer, whose work is featured along with brief biographical information and statements. Each photographer featured in the series is paid a $100 honorarium. 

Featured photographers so far include some of the most accomplished in the region, as well as relative newcomers, including some whose careers began in ernest with this opportunity. The list so far:

Vivica Satterwhite
Jef Janis
McKinley Wiley
Braxton Taylor
Stephen Shaum
Arfil Pajarillaga
Kenyatta Crisp
Mansa L. Bey
Paul Markowicz
Camilo Gonzalez Barragan
Emanuel Wallace
Wilbur Frierson III
Rachel Yurkovich
Hollis Mehling
Sharelle Monét Thompson
Carmella Orban
Ernest Hatten

You could be next. Show us your best images from the streets of Cleveland and around Northeast Ohio. Any photographer in Cuyahoga and surrounding counties, who tells stories of Cleveland’s unique landscape and the people who make it up is eligible to apply. To be considered, contact clevelandphotopoets@gmail.com.