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Photo Essays

Any gallery that is a series of photographs or art images that tell a story without words. The gallery may or may not be linked to an actual text story on Bokeh Focus, Youth Today or JJIE.

Christian Gehrke: May 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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Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Parade

Atlanta Braves World Series Championship Parade

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Photo Essays

Any gallery that is a series of photographs or art images that tell a story without words. The gallery may or may not be linked to an actual text story on Bokeh Focus, Youth Today or JJIE.
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

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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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Chris Onuoha: A lonely whte house reflected in a large pond backed by grass covered low hill

Chris Onuoha: February Photographer of the Month

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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

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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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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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Kevin Barrett: October
Photographer of the Month

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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

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

Tyra Gathers: July Photographer of the Month

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

Andrea Klerides: June Photographer of the Month

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Sven Hühn: May Photographer of the Month

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New Breed of Cops: Michael Tashji

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Atlanta:Then & Now
Photographer Kaley Lefevere

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Atlanta: Then & Now
Photographer Melody McLaurin

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Atlanta: Then & Now
Photographer Ashley Ausburn

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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

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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

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Homelessness & Justice Project

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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

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New Yorker Still Looking for Justice for Son

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Washington DC March For Our Lives: Andy Acosta

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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

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Parkland Shooting Victims Portraits & Interview w/Artist Gracie Pekrul

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APC Gallery:

Bokeh Focus’ First Photo Exhibit 2017

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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

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

Kids Compete & Learn: Juvenile Justice Jeopardy Game

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

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Battling Chronic Absenteeism in Queens

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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

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Violence by Police, Against Police Risks Tearing USA Apart

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Brownsville Youth Court, Brooklyn, New York.: Project Reset

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

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Baltimore Protests 2015 April & May

Baltimore: Broken Promises, Broken Lives

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

Tale of Two Cities: Protests & Burials

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Young, LGBTQ & Homeless

Young, LGBTQ & Homeless: Patricia Chourio

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Homeless After Class: Patricia Chourio

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

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BATTLING METH: A MOTHER’S ROAD TO RECOVERY

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

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Young Incarcerated Photographers Make Magic in Photos

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From Russia & Ukraine: Police & the Young They Brutalize

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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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