I am a photographer, filmmaker, curator, and socially engaged artist and I live in Philadelphia PA. My current project, "Abolition Conversations", is a video series featuring people working on remedies for a country addicted to incarceration.
About
Lori Waselchuk is a photographer, filmmaker, curator, and socially engaged artist. Lori’s work is rooted in community, and her lens is one of possibility. Her stories demonstrate that when people act together, they can create a more caring world. Past collaborative projects include "Grace Before Dying," about a hospice program in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where both the caregivers and the patients are serving long-term prison sentences. Lori is also a curator and coordinator of numerous exhibition projects, including the "Women’s Mobile Museum," co-created with Zanele Muholi, and produced by TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image. Her work has received numerous awards, including Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award, Velocity Fund Grant, Pew Fellowship for the Arts, Aaron Siskind Foundation’s Individual Photographer, and the Southern African Gender and Media Award.
