Members of the nationwide photo community come together to honor student accomplishments delayed by Covid-19 and quarantine.

In 2020, Covid-19 forced us to put public life on hold. Milestone events including weddings and commencement ceremonies were scuttled. We felt it in the art community, too. Undergraduate and graduate art students were denied the satisfaction and creative rite of passage of exhibiting their final projects with peers. As we round the corner toward post-quarantine life, plans are afoot to retroactively celebrate what was accomplished despite the hurdles.

Homecoming 2021, a FUJIFILM-sponsored collaboration between Booksmart Studio (Eric Kunsman), JKC Gallery (Michael Chovan-Dalton), and Float Magazine (Yoav Friedlander and Dana Stirling), celebrates those hard-fought creative triumphs. The free open call invites 2020-2021 photo grads worldwide to submit their work. All work will be published, select images will be exhibited at Mercer County Community College’s JKC Gallery, and one lucky student will be awarded a camera and lens donated by FujiFilm North America.

I spoke to the MFA Photography Review team via email to learn more about the project.

Roula Seikaly in conversation with MFA Photography Review