#samantha box

[former-contender]

[mademoiselleclipon]

Matthew and his girlfriend, during drop-in hours at Sylvia's Place.

[mademoiselleclipon]

Invisible Youth

[lightworkorg]

Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to come to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects. Over 400 artists have participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program, and many of them have gone on to achieve international acclaim.

We are pleased to announce the 2015 Light Work Artists-in-Residence!

For more information, please visit our post about it right here.

[torrid-wind]

D. and S., at M.'s Mother's Day picnic. May 2007. - photo by Samantha Box

(***Click image or title link to view in high resolution***)

Photographer Samantha Box spent six years documenting Sylvia’s Place, NYC’s only emergency shelter for LGBTQ youth (or it was the emergency shelter for LGBTQ youth back in 2007 when this photojournalism series was published). See the photos here.

[timelightbox]

Photo: Samantha Box

Samantha Box, who's work was previously featured on LightBox, was recently interviewed by the Camera Club of New York.

See Samantha's work, Invisible Youth, on LightBox.