Frances Bukovsky

Raymond Thompson Jr – It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel — Void

‘It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel’ by Raymond Thompson Jr — published by Void — has won the 2025 Lucie Photo Book Prize in the Independent category.
A huge congratulations to Raymond for this well-deserved recognition.

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Of Mistaken Stars and Ponds to Fall Into Zine making as meaning making.

Today on substack: Mistaken Stars and Ponds to Fall Into

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Triple Point: It’s Only Water with John Healey — kinship Wednesday, October 8th, at 7 pm EDT on Zoom At precisely 0.01 °C and 611.73 mb, water can simultaneously exist in three states. It is under these exact conditions that we get a glimpse of the intric...

This week, join us for a thoughtful artist talk with John Healey. Triple Point: It's Only Water
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Water Water as healing, as home. Writing & Photographs + A Practice Group Offering.

A recent substack about Water.

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FirstWNC | Frances Bukovsky A commissioned photodocumentary project for FirstWNC about supported independent living for adults with disabilities in Western North Carolina.

This commission was the perfect fit. What a joy to collaborate with the folks at FirstWNC: www.francesbukovsky.com/firstwnc

Ode to Photography World Photography Day and Reflections on Photography

Feeling gratitude for my photography practice on World Photography Day: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...

Seeking river magic with friends, always.

Last week there was a heat wave that was made more humid by corn sweat. The sweat of my own body reminded me of the corn field across from my grandmother's house, the talk stalks rustling in the ever present wind.

Illuminating Self Through Photography Reflections on using self portraiture as a tool of self reflection.

Recently, over on substack: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...

These Volatile Bodies with Daniel Hojnacki — kinship July 16th 2025 @ 7 pm EDT on Zoom The photographic practice is a product of all things elemental (water, light, time), inviting us to be in direct response to and in accordance with the natural chan...

Looking forward to tonight's @kinshipcollective.bsky.social gathering: kinship.photography/gatherings-l...

I sometimes look back at old work and realize that the vision for my photography has been there the whole time, I’m just so much more present to it now.
(From A Family of Complicated Bodies, 2018)

Studio Reflection - June 2025 Reflections on how my personal photographic practice informs my professional practice, and coming full circle with a photography project.

This month’s studio reflection: on personal and professional photography practice.

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Bodies Connected by Fire with Frances Bukovsky — kinship July 3 - July 31, 2025 Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. In this practice group, we will explore and tend to our own embodied flames before turning our fiery vision outward...

Only a few spots left in my summer practice group: kinship.photography/practice-gro...

I asked my tarot deck “what do I need most right now?” and my deck (which has a sense of humor) responded “a magician.”

Bodies Connected by Fire with Frances Bukovsky — kinship July 3 - July 31, 2025 Meets every Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. In this practice group, we will explore and tend to our own embodied flames before turning our fiery vision outward...

Practice with me this summer on Zoom!
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Studio Reflection - May 2025 Finding and making space to breathe, finding permission and expression through air.

This month's substack reflection has some weird, new work in it.

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Studio Reflection - April 2025 Drawn to the darkness in light and finding new ways to breathe through photography.

Somehow, it is the end of April. Spring always brings me back to life, and this year I have felt so much unfolding energy.

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Working in the garden is always full of surprises, like this not so little northern red salamander I stumbled across in the dirt pile. I carefully replaced the clump of soil I unearthed him under and left the pile alone for another day.

Bodies Connected By Air with Frances Bukovsky — kinship April 24 - May 22, 2025 Daytime: Meets every Thursday from 12 - 2 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. Evening: Meets every Thursday from 6 - 8 PM EDT pm via Zoom for 5 weeks. With a focus on self-po...

I am excited to be facillitating an upcoming practice group with @kinshipcollective.bsky.social this spring!

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Thinking of the purple flowers on my parents' lawn today.

Studio Reflection - March 2025 Transition, uncertainty, growth.

This month’s studio reflection-a little shorter than usual, but I’ll be back at writing in a couple weeks!

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Studio Reflection - February 2025 On keeping creativity alive during times of chaos.

Been thinking a lot about the ways my creativity has been nurtured during chaotic times: open.substack.com/pub/francesb...

Rosie & Ann Villano: Between Bodies, Between Places — kinship Join us via Zoom Wednesday, February 19th, 7 pm ET Join Rosie Villano and their mother Ann as they reflect on their ongoing inter-generational creative conversation about perception, people and the ...

This week at Kinship, join us for a fantastic talk with Rosie and Ann Villano:

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I’m excited for this Thursday! I’ll be speaking about Upheaval and research practices in my photography.

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A great list to connect with other photo folks on Bluesky-thanks for putting this together Andy!

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The Haircut Series A (still untitled) series on interdependence, trust, and gender identity.

I love writing about the personal context behind work. This week’s substack looks at an unfolding project of mine and where it is headed.

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Upheaval | Frances Bukovsky Upheaval weaves relationships between body, place, and identity in a search for home. Set in Appalachia, this work contains themes of chronic illness, trans identity, and Appalachia.

I'm working on finishing a lecture about this work and am so glad that this project is finished and out in the world.

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a nonbinary white person lays in bed, their bare shoulder to the camera and a hand reaching to their shoulder.

Much of my work this year has been tender, slowly coaxing myself through my days. I am exhausted, my body demanding more rest than obligation allows for. It has been rewarding making images outside of a project lately, just letting my practice sink deeply into an intuitive space.

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Common Ground - Ann Villano — kinship Several years ago, Ann Villano became obsessed with taking photos of decaying edifices: barns, old houses, falling stone walls. When she considered images for "Between Bodies," she focused i...

This week on the Kinship website, we have Ann Villano's portfolio titled "Common Ground."

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I've been looking through old work lately, and found this favorite from a project that has been sitting on the back burner for a few years. From my brother and I replacing the CV axle on my car back in 2020.

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