Public Project
The After School Project
The @afterschoolproject (2011-2017) is an Instagram-based project that examines how urban youth spend their time outside the gaze of their teachers and parents. The project primarily takes place in New York City and is meant to be a playful yet nuanced census of how adolescents act unabashedly themselves, pretending to be grown-ups, despite the complicated and sometimes unequal social and educational systems they must navigate.
The project, which began on Instagram, gained worldwide exposure after it was recognized as an exceptional finalist in the inaugural Getty Images Instagram Grant in 2015. The work has been exhibited at Photoville (2016) and on the East River Ferry (2016) and was featured In The New York Times, Slate, The Atlantic, VICE I-D, The Guardian and others.
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