Issue 161 – Photolucida Critical Mass Special Issue

We are thrilled to share our special Photolucida Critical Mass issue, featuring our selection of 10 artists from this year’s Top 50. We hope you enjoy the work of Christine Back, nykelle devivo, Brianna Dowd, Lauren Grabelle, Arielle Gray, Sergey Karpov, Walter Plotnick, Jason Reblando, Fazilat Soukhakian, and Man Zhu. Congratulations to all of this year’s Critical Mass artists, and our thanks to Laura Moya and the team at Photolucida for your efforts in putting together Critical Mass! We’re happy to share a review of Abandoned Moments by Ed Kashi, published by Kehrer Verlag, and Charcoal Book Club’s featured book for October, Keepers of the Ocean by Inuuteq Storch. Sending our best to you and yours!

Leo Hsu and Bree Lamb
Managing Editors


Christine Back

nykelle devivo

Brianna Dowd

Lauren Grabelle

Arielle Gray

Sergey Karpov

Walter Plotnick

Jason Reblando

Fazilat Soukhakian

Man Zhu


Book Review


charcoal book club