During our first visit to Jenny Jozwiak's website, we spent a considerable amount of time perusing the many categories of photographs; but we were also compelled to keep clicking back, for yet another view of a favorite image -- and we have so many favorites.
The entire website is designed for ease of navigation, with photographs strategically categorized by location and by theme.
Jenny's spontaneous portraits of people she has met in Viet Nam, India, Cambodia, Africa, Indonesia, Turkey, Cuba and many other destinations, are evidence that a country's most revealing landscapes are scripted into the faces of the women and men who live there. We look at many of the faces that Jenny has photographed and it seems there was simply a chance meeting of friends; one of whom happened to have a camera.
Ancient
buildings
and structures are another common theme in Jenny's photographs. Altered
by time 
and
the elements, these walls, doors, windows and arches are an implausible and
stunning marriage of color and texture. When shot in those fleeting
moments of perfect light, the resulting photographs are reminiscent of paintings,
or mixed-media collages.
Wherever she travels, Jenny Jozwiak pays homage to sacred places -- monuments, statues and temples -- in locations as different, and distant, from each other as Burma and Brooklyn, New York. Several photographs were taken at Angkor Wat, a temple at Angkor, Cambodia; and the largest religious monument in the world.
Jenny
has also documented "Stoeng Meanchey", a huge,
smoke-filled garbage dump, near Phnom Penh, in
Cambodia. The only beauty in this putrid wilderness is in the will and
resourcefulness of the extremely poor familes, who sift through the garbage
looking for items they might be able to sell. Babies are born
into this dark and dreary wasteland; and when they are old enough, they will
join their family members in daily searches for hidden "treasures".
Jenny Jozwiak found and photographed a discarded, mud-covered doll's head at Stoeng Meanchey; and like the image of the revered Buddha that guards the entrance to a temple, it becomes a relevant part of her cultural journal. These are photographs that we encourage you to see.
It should come as no surprise, that Jenny Jozwiak has won awards for her work. She has had numerous exhibitions in New York galleries and cultural venues, including the United Nations' "Indigenous Peoples Exhibit". Her photographs have appeared in American Photo Magazine and "Foto" Magazine, as well as other publications.
Jenny Jozwiak has visited thirty-seven countries, so far.
All images in this article are the copyright of Jenny Jozwiak and have been
used with her permission. Please do not copy, reproduce or transmit these images.
