The Alumni Focus exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography presents photographic works from distinguished alumni of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies, a consortium with Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida. Each year, the Faculty Focus exhibitor selects the alumnus or alumni for a companion exhibition. This year's faculty focus, Gary Monroe, chose to share the spotlight with seven of his prior students that work in a similar documentary style yet have branched out in many different directions. This exhibition is as much about ideas of teaching and influence as it is about getting a sense of how younger documentary photographers are looking at and reflecting upon the world around them. 

Jerry Englehart, Jr.
The Moments Between

This collection of images is comprised of "the moments in-between the moments" from Jerry Englehart, Jr.'s travels. They involve consciously selected instances when stillness or simplicity invoked an emotion. It is his hope that these personally moving and expressive images evoke a curiosity, story or personal memory that each viewer can relate to...MORE

Jim Gavenus
Southern Accents

Southern Accents is a photographic essay of the rural south, a region lacking the quality of life and education most Americans are afforded. Individually, these photos represent a series of people willing to share their world and meager livelihood. Collectively, they document a simpler life based on community, family, faith and hope, but also one of sustained oppression...MORE

Craig Litten
Bike Week

Craig Litten developed an interest in motorcycles even before his interest in photography unfolded. As a child, he grew up with this alluring machine: his father was somewhat obsessed with Harley-Davidsons and his family would vacation in Daytona Beach during Bike Week. Litten focused on this subject matter during and after his studies at Daytona Beach Community College...MORE

Michael McElroy
Water Crisis: India

"With India's population at 1.2 billion people and counting, plus internal economic migration to urban areas from the countryside, the country's cities are bursting at the seams. Housing shortages, electricity and water cuts, traffic congestion, pollution and a lack of basic services are the reality for millions who live in the slums. I traveled to villages...MORE

Travis Ruse
Commuter's Journal

Travis Ruse is a chronicler of his daily subway commute, using his camera to record a daily journal of images: the people and scenes from his Brooklyn to Manhattan commute. For more than two years Ruse used the opportunity provided by his 45-minute commute via three train lines to create a series of vivid photographs. His lens captures those at rest, reading, waiting anxiously, workers traveling in groups, or hurriedly racing to the train...MORE

Quenby Sheree
Roller Derby: Skate Fast/Die Pretty

Fishnets, spikes, dreadlocks, hair color, roller skates, friendship, lipstick, broken bones, nail polish, lace, bloody lips...This is a woman's sport. It's beautiful and synchronized, yet brutal. The blood is real, as are the broken bones, the fights, and the genuine handshakes after the game. Paramedics are always standing by, just in case they are needed. Mothers, office workers, homemakers, and waitresses are all participants in this traditionally female contact sport...MORE

Lisa Stone
Family

In the series titled Family, Lisa Stone focuses on the people closest to her, her family. Instead of documenting daily life, however, she takes a more active role as the photographer. These images are premeditated and deliberate. Even though the subject matter is personal, Stone is able to distance herself and remain objective. Rather than recording a moment, Stone has situated her family within a broader context, with...MORE