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Youth Protest: Young man and young woman yel out at protest, surrounded by other protesters carrying signs.

Youth Photos, Youth Focus

Sarah Swetlik: a protest during the daylight with protestors holding flags and signs in support of Ukraine

2022 January — June Retrospective
Avery Fields: young woman with with green hair, blue flower hair accessories. Wearing a black dress with purple fishnet leggings and black shoes. Sitting on a staircase outside next to grass, and a tree with pink flowers.

2021 July — December Retrospective
Syed Hamza: Dark-haired man wearing COVID mask with baseball cap on backwards and dark daypack against gray sky.

2021 January — June Retrospective

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Youth Protest: Young man and young woman yel out at protest, surrounded by other protesters carrying signs.

Youth Photos, Youth Focus

Subway departing station at night with tall street lamps on right.

2020 July — December Retrospective

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George Floyd Protest Astoria, New York park, black & white photo, woman on knees clasping hands looking upward

2020 January — June Retrospective

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Zachary Rigg: Capture of a blue car with decals surrounded by motion blur on a race track

Zachary Rigg: January Photographer of the Month

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Ali Sardar wearing all black on pale tan couch holding his camera.

Ali Sardar: December Photographer of the Month

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Shay Lamb: Picture of a cat in a mailbox outside during daylight in front of an orange house

Shay Lamb: November Photographer of the Month

  • Art
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Carson Connolly: A car parked in the middle of a two lane road during daylight with trees on both sides of the road

Carson Connolly: October Photographer of the Month

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David DuBose: Man sitting outside during sunset in front of giant stonned crucifixes

David DuBose: September Photographer of the Month

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Max Hasselberg: A hand in a dark room reaching under a lightbulb

Max Hasselberg: August Photographer of the Month

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  • Photographer Interviews
Being Michelle documentary: short-haired woman in black shirt stands in front of wall of art

New documentary highlights lack of accessibility for deaf and disabled people in north central Florida justice system

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Kevin Liljegren: A blue train in the center of the road with buildings in the background during the day time

Kevin Liljegren: June Photographer of the Month

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  • Interviews
Wheelchair football: Several players from two teams in wheelchairs wearing team shirts and helmets try to block each other

Expanded wheelchair football league launches third season

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Christian Gehrke: Daytime photo with clear blue skies and a banner reading

Christian Gehrke: May Photographer of the Month

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Jon Woodman: View of a church from above during sunset

Jon Woodman: April Photographer of the Month

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Sarah Swetlik: a protest during the daylight with protestors holding flags and signs in support of Ukraine

Sarah Swetlik: March Photographer of the Month

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Zoran Barbić: Woman in a green dress posing while sitting on a red chair

Zoran Babić: February Photographer of the Month

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Former foster youth navigating motherhood: Young boy playing with a toy car set

Former Foster Youth Navigate Motherhood

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Ash Rahman: Person walking down a bridge next to a body of water and buildings in the background during daylight

Ash Rahman: January Photographer of the Month
Jan Von Bergen: Night time photo of the city lights and streaks of light extending from a bus

Jan Von Bargen: December Photographer of the Month

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Shay Lamb: Kitten on dashboard of car at night with traffic streetlight in background

Shay Lamb: November Photographer of the Month

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Alyssa Fields: An alpaca behind a wire farm fence in front of a wooden play fort with slide on grass with trees in the background

Alyssa Fields: October Photographer of the Month

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Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Parade

Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Parade

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Amy: A pole with three street signs on it covered in graffiti. Around the pole is rubbish and a black container.

Amy: September Photographer of the Month

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Emma Walkington: clear blue skies with a bridge in the distance over a body of water

Emma Walkington: August Photographer of the Month

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Avery Fields: young woman with with green hair, blue flower hair accessories. Wearing a black dress with purple fishnet leggings and black shoes. Sitting outside on stones next to grass and bush, and a tree with pink flowers.

Avery Fields: July Photographer of the Month

  • News
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Amber Fields: wooden staircase leading down to a beach. Blue skies, clouds, and trees to the left of the stairs.

Amber Fields: June Photographer of the Month

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Jan Düerkop: large body of water in front of a city at dawn. Lights from the city reflect of the water.

Jan Düerkop: May Photographer of the Month

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Taylor Mackenzie: close up on woman's face with a hand on each cheek

Taylor Mackenzie: April Photographer of the Month

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Elijalee: Photo

Workshop Visiting Photographers: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021

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Ita: Photo

Ita: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Darri: Photo

Darri: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Maria Photo

Marie: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Magical Raphael: Photo

Magical Raphael: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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A'Reise: Photo black & white

A’Reise: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Jackson Barrett: Photo

Jackson Barrett: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Chiron: Photo

Chiron: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Reklaw: Photo

Reklaw: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Mysterious Eye: Photo FEATURE CROP

Mysterious Eye: In Pursuit of JUSTICE Exhibit Spring 2021 Photographer

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Ali Sardar: Woman in black sitting at black tabl surrounded by clasic art in gilded gold frames.

Ali Sardar: March Photographer of the Month

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Isolation - Ella Weaver: Black and white photo profile of person's head wrapped in clear plastic with eyes closed against a black background.

Four Stories: Isolation — Bokeh Focus Exhibit 2020

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Bokeh Focus In Pursuit of JusticAp 22 exhibit RSVP Invite

RSVP NOW! Bokeh Focus April 22 — 3D Exhibit
Chris Onuoha: A lonely whte house reflected in a large pond backed by grass covered low hill

Chris Onuoha: February Photographer of the Month

  • News
  • Photo Essays
Syed Hamza: Person facing away from camera in a hooded beige parka facing a snow-covered fieldand low hill with evergreen trees in the distance. The word SOLITARY in text.

Syed Hamza: January Photographer of the Month

  • Photo Essays
  • Photographer Interviews
COVID-19 The New World Isolation:

Andrea Klerides: Bokeh Focus 2020 Exhibit Photographer

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Vladimir Zuev: Bokeh Focus 2020 Exhibit Photographer

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Benjamin Thomlinson: Bokeh Focus 2020 Exhibit Photographer

Benjamin Thomlinson gallery of images, one of eight featured photographers in our immersive, 3d Bokeh Focus 2020 Exhibit “The New World: Isolation”.

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Portrait of a young dark-haired woman with a stripe shadow pattern of Lighting over the whole image wearing a bare-shoulder black top resting her right forearm on top oF her head

Whitney Jones: December Photographer of the Month

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Early COVID NY & New Jersey

Early COVID Portrait:
NYC & New Jersey

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Trevor Davis Photo Gallery: Girl in light blue gymnast leotard standing out side looking at rainbow painted on wall.

Trevon Davis: November
Photographer of the Month

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Art Photo: Dancer in abstract pose wrapped in red fabric against red background

Nikki Raitz: Bokeh Focus 2020 Exhibit Photographer

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Poster with 7 smiling women abd info Women's Leadershp Virtual Exchange:Morocco & the United States Webinar Event Oct 28, 2020

VIDEO: Women’s Leadership Virtual Exchange: Morocco & US

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Kevin Barrett: October
Photographer of the Month

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The New World: Isolation - Red entry way door to virtual Bokeh Focus Artsteps gallery

VIDEO: Bokeh Focus 2020 Livestream Opening
Bokeh photo at night of large white arrow painted on dark, wet asphalt street.

Jan Düerkop: September Photographer of the Month

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BF 2020 Exhibit Poster_Plain Version

Bokeh Focus Annual Exhibits

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Joshua Elliot: August Photographer of the Month

  • Photo Essays
Half of a face extreme closeup seen through glass and partially covered by ice cubes

Tyra Gathers: July Photographer of the Month

  • Photo Essays
George Floyd Protest Astoria, New York park, black & white photo, woman on knees clasping hands looking upward

Andrea Klerides: June Photographer of the Month

  • Photo Essays

Atlanta Photographers Capture Protest & Unrest

Sven Hühn: May Photographer of the Month

  • Photo Essays

New Breed of Cops: Michael Tashji

  • Photo Essays
  • Stories

Atlanta:Then & Now
Photographer Kaley Lefevere

  • Events
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Atlanta: Then & Now
Photographer Melody McLaurin

  • Events
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Atlanta: Then & Now
Photographer Ashley Ausburn

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Atllanta: Then & Now exhibit: Several people standing inside and art gallery with whote walls showing a photography exhibit.

Atlanta: Then & Now Exhibit — THE VIDEO

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Lydia Monserrate, 30, struggles with addiction to coke and heroin. She grew up bouncing around foster care homes across New York City and is currently homeless. She wants to get help.

Hub of Heroin: The South Bronx Heroin Epidemic

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Atlanta: Then & Now Exhibit — THE EVENT!

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Protests in Our Time: Karen Savage

  • News
  • Photo Essays
Families gathered at an ice cream shop with adults chatting and children waiting for their cones. Black & white photo from 1960s by Rusty Miller

Atlanta: Then & Now — Hidden Realities in Atlanta’s 1960s Civil Rights Movement

  • Photo Essays
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Solitary figure walks alon all in sepia tones.

Atlanta: Then & Now — Lightning: Gone In a Flash

Atlanta: Then & Now — Lost In Atlanta: The Search For Rusty Miller’s Locations

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Photographer Sunny Hu: Cupidity of the Gen Z, NJ photographer project on social media and pressures of her generation

Cupidity of the Gen Z’s: Sunny Hu

  • Photographer Interviews
Homelessness and Justice Project in Washington: Signage outside Cocoon House in Everett, Wash., May 24, 2019. Photo: Matt M.

Homelessness & Justice Project

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Homelessness in Queer New York: Matthew “Fire” Mishefski now lives in Union Square Park, after spending years in the foster care system.

Homelessness in Queer New Yorkers: Through the Lens
Stop Police Brutality National Day of Protest: Signs from the 2018 October 22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. One of the signs memorializes Nicholas Heywards Jr., a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a New York Police Department officer in a housing project while he played with cops and robbers with a toy gun.

Police Brutality: Marchers & Mourners
The Last Boys: Courtney Lowry, a 22-year-old photographer in Atlanta and recent SCAD graduate based her senior project, “The Last Boys,” on the idea of similarities between black men with the goal of exploring masculinity and identity through close-up photographs. Lowry’s project was exhibited at Mason Fine Art and is one of several projects she has completed.

The Last Boys: Courtney Lowry

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Cory Hancock taking a selfie using the reflection of the device used to locate ships carrying refugees coming to Greece.

Bokeh Focus’ ACP 2018 Exhibit: Traveling the World Through an Atlanta Lens

  • Events
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New Yorker Still Looking for Justice for Son

  • News
  • Photo Essays

Washington DC March For Our Lives: Andy Acosta

  • Interviews
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Teen Hangout Baton Rouge: Looking from inside the darkened front room, the silhouette of two girls sitting on the front porch steps of the abandoned white house.

Baton Rouge: That White House on the Corner

  • Photo Essays
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Parkland Shooting Victims Portraits & Interview w/Artist Gracie Pekrul

  • Art
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APC Gallery:

Bokeh Focus’ First Photo Exhibit 2017

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  • Photo Essays
Boston Protest March: A sign held by a youth during a protest that states Respect Existance Or Expect Resistance.

Boston Protest March: Amanda & Karen Savage

  • News
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A youth sponsored by NBA reading a pamphlet about Strategies for Youth program.

Kids Compete & Learn: Juvenile Justice Jeopardy Game

  • Photo Essays
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Rally: Jessica Colotl’s Immigration Fight to Keep Dreamer Status

  • News
  • Photo Essays

Battling Chronic Absenteeism in Queens

  • Photo Essays
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Art school Inner City Arts:

Art School Helps Youth Thrive in Skid Row, Los Angeles: Sean Myers

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Protest: Young People Protest U.S. Election

Young People Protest U.S. Election: New York, Washington, Nationwide

  • News
  • Photo Essays

Violence by Police, Against Police Risks Tearing USA Apart

  • Photo Essays
  • Stories
Brownsville Youth Court, Brooklyn, New York.: Project Reset

Searching for a Solution Where ‘Fear & Weapons Meet’: Rebecca White

  • Photo Essays
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Baltimore Protests 2015 April & May

Baltimore: Broken Promises, Broken Lives

  • Photo Essays
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NYPD officers Ramos & Liu killed during protests over Eric Garner case verdict

Tale of Two Cities: Protests & Burials

  • Photo Essays
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Young, LGBTQ & Homeless

Young, LGBTQ & Homeless: Patricia Chourio

  • Photo Essays
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Homeless After Class: Patricia Chourio

  • Photo Essays
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REFLECT — Convicts’ Letters to Their Younger Selves: Trent Bell

  • Interviews
  • Photo Essays
Battling Meth: A Mother's Road to Recovery

BATTLING METH: A MOTHER’S ROAD TO RECOVERY

  • Photo Essays
  • Stories

In and Out of the Boxing Ring, Two Men Confront Very Different Demons

  • Photo Essays
  • Stories
Incarcerated youth's digital photo art

Young Incarcerated Photographers Make Magic in Photos

  • Art
  • Photo Essays
Russia & Ukraine: Police & Young They Brutalize

From Russia & Ukraine: Police & the Young They Brutalize

  • Photo Essays
  • Stories
Bokeh Focus digital magazine gallery cover: Collage of 8 images - 4 each row:

Early Bokeh Photo Journalists

Early Bokeh Focus photojournalism magazine websites from 2011 – 2014.
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