Lila M. Stromer Photography

03/17/2015

Anna Atkins made history with algae. This is how.

02/21/2015

The artistic and technical innovations of Roy DeCarava.

02/03/2015

The magazine print world is not doing well, and with it go the photos.

In what many see as a heartbreaking development, Johnson Publishing Company, the esteemed African American owned publisher of Ebony, announced plans to sell its photo…

12/02/2014

Artistic Pride Productions

12/25/2013

Anna and Richard Wagner took a photo in front if their tree every year from 1900 to 1942.

11/06/2013

New York Botanical Garden, Bronx NY

I recently moved to New York City, and living in a new place has excited my creativity. I do miss my container garden, though, and so went to the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx to spend some time in nature. I love the change of seasons, so I included a photo from a walk I took during a visit to Galena, Illinois in 2012.

09/11/2013

On the twelfth anniversary of 9/11, a photo that has been deemed too hard to look at raises more questions. And the article shows how culture can affect how one views the photo. It's also amazing to me that this photo in particular, as a piece of history of what happened, has been deemed that it should not be a part of that history. The comparison to other world events, and those photos taken, is both eye-opening and heart breaking. This is an article worth reading. Thank you, Esquire.

People have taken pains to banish one photograph from the record of 9/11. The story behind it, though, is our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.

07/18/2013

Everyone does this, I'm sure. But seeing it in photos really sets the passage of time in cement. I especially like the other people in the photos, as they look on.

My eye recently got pulled towards "Reflections". A photo series by Tom Hussey, where he portrays the elderly as they reflect on their younger selves in the mirror. This is a wonderfully done ser...

05/03/2013

ShawChicago

05/03/2013

This is a fascinating idea, and it's amazing to see how the sisters changed from year to year. I don't know why they stopped doing it. This is the best "family photo album" I've ever seen.

The Brown Sisters: Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie, 1975 Using an 8x10-inch view camera, American photographer Nicholas Nixon began shooting lovely black and white portraits of the Brown Sisters: h...

05/01/2013

Oak Park Theatre Festival

04/26/2013

This says a lot about society worldwide and the (perceived) issue of weight. This photographer turns the camera on others while keeping herself in the photo.

For years, strangers have made fun of me for being fat. But I got my power back -- by turning the camera on them