Emma
@empearce.bsky.social
content producer at a tech company | DC occasional writer, photographer, documentary filmmaker, IT enthusiast, depending on the day and who's asking. https://substack.com/@youfromme 🩷💜💙
At stake with “Musk” is nothing less than democracy, according to documentarian @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social
Photojournalism News@pjournalismnews.bsky.social · last wk.THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... @thr.com @zeitchik.bsky.social #documentary #journalism
Beverly Price and Gordon Parks at the Center for Art and Advocacy, sharing a language. #intergenerational
In NYC during World Cup events, visit “For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence” curated by DC’s Vikki Tobak. @amnh.org The exhibit is part of museum programming that celebrates science, history and the global culture behind sports.
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
Tell 19 Governors to recall their troops out of the capital. Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/nati...
National Guard Out Now: Tell 19 Governors to recall their troops out of the capital
The National Guard are not improving safety in Washington DC, a federal court has ruled their presence to be illegal, and Guard members are increasingly detaining people in DC without cause — sometime...
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Across these pairings, the images do not just sit beside one other, they press against each other, and at times complete one another. #BeverlyPrice #GordonParks brooklynrail.org/2026/06/arts...
Beverly Price & Gordon Parks: A Language We Share | The Brooklyn Rail
Installed as a series of pairings rather than a linear chronology, A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks at the Center for Art and Advocacy Gallery, places images in quiet but deliberate...
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how many national guard members does it take to give a man a bandaid?
Thrilled to have our panel discuss “In Lorton’s Darkroom” after the screening at the Center for Art and Advocacy, NYC. @empearce.bsky.social @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social Beverly Price + Bernard Seaborn
“Inside Out” features many images reflecting community in carceral spaces in the 1980s, friendships that still matter today.
Join us Thursday to celebrate this groundbreaking exhibition, Eye Street Gallery, 200 I Street, SE, DC.
Lorton Photography Project@ild1985.bsky.social · 6mo agoHonoring the work of incarcerated photographers and catalog launch: Thursday, March 5 at 6pm “Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing”
Had a great visit with @sentencingproject.bsky.social at “Inside Out” exhibition. So appreciate their work in the carceral space. @nicoledporter.bsky.social @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social
“Inside Out” exhibition visit by @sentencingproject.bsky.social Grateful to partner with them to further reform and advocacy in the carceral space. @nicoledporter.bsky.social @ild1985.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social @thedcarts.bsky.social
Thanks Austin Graff for stopping by the Eye Street Gallery #InsideOut @austinkgraff.bsky.social @thedcarts.bsky.social @ild1985.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social
Our team talked with Fox5 News about the impact of carceral photography programming. @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @empearce.bsky.social @ild1985.bsky.social www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-ri...
"Inside Out: Dignity and the Art of Seeing"
New exhibit features art from behind bars showing unseen photos from D.C. Jail and Lorton Prison
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A full circle moment for my decade of photography programming at Lorton Prison and DC Jail. Join us for the opening Thursday, January 15, 6pm. Eye Street Gallery 200 I Street, NW, DC @thedcarts.bsky.social @empearce.bsky.social @silverthorne02.bsky.social
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
Incarcerated Women and Girls – The Sentencing Project
The number of incarcerated women stands over six times higher than in 1980.
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Lorton photographers documented community happenings around the prison, including the PAL program, people, animals, love.
Photographer and social justice advocate Bernie Boston was a friend to the program and visited multiple times. Check out an exhibition of his work at McLean Project of the Arts.
Despite crime rates hitting historic lows, 39 states increased their prison populations in 2023. Our latest policy brief shows how states are undoing years of reforms that downsized prison populations: sentproj.org/americas-incarceration-crossroads
Thrilled to be curating a Social Justice Arts Exhibition with Vikki Tobak and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. The exhibit will feature archival photos by @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social and @ild1985.bsky.social
Pleased to have my Polaroid triptych “Field of Dreams” acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities as part of the Art Bank Collection.
Artist Talk with photographer Chuck Kennedy, Sunday, November 16 at 3pm. Join Chuck at Jackson in conversation with colleague Stephen Crowley (NYT) followed by Q&A. @chuckkennedydc.bsky.social @stephencrowley.bsky.social
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
Jackson artists sharing art and ideas. Join us at our artist talk November 16 and open studios December 7.
Anyone who lives in dc knows Trump’s claim that he is seizing power in DC because of lawless chaos understands that he is lying. @pkrugman.bsky.social