Kamaria Bakes,
2016
Brigham Young University
Kamaria Bakes, Kamaria, Twila Bird, Lindsay Silsby, Yasmine Kataw, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Amina is from Aleppo, where she was a math teacher. She is married with four boys. Her family fled to Turkey from Syria after losing their home in the war. Amina and her youngest son then sailed on an inflatable boat to Greece. Using cars, buses, and trains, they traveled from Greece to Macedonia, then on through Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria before finally arriving in Germany. They stayed for two months in Camp Hamburg before being transferred for a short time to Lemberg. Lemberg was followed by another camp for three and a half months and then to Eisenberg …
Bahram & Camila,
2016
Brigham Young University
Bahram & Camila, Bahram, Camila, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Bahram tells the story of the Afghanistan's 1992 government collapse and subsequent civil wars that destroyed the city of Kabul. "There was war in every alley, every house, every area and every village. 60,000 people were killed." Their family emigrated to Pakistan and after living there for some time, some relatives of a friend from their village travelled to Pakistan and required lodging so they stayed with Bahram's family. In some developing and under-developed countries, the custom of arranged marriage to child and infant daughters is practiced. These house guests demanded their one-year-old daughter be given in marriage to a …
Mina And Gulyar,
2016
Brigham Young University
Mina And Gulyar, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Mina:
Mina was the second polygamous wife to her husband in Afghanistan. After her husband’s death 16 years ago, her husband’s first wife and children took all the husband’s belongings as their own, including the house and land. Forced to find another place to live, Mina and her sons fled to Pakistan, where they lived until returning to Afghanistan to ask for their share of Mina’s husband’s property. In response, both Mina and her children were beaten, resulting in the death of her oldest son. Mina and her younger son, Gulyar, escaped, and as Gulyar hid, Mina buried her older …
Lima And Hanif,
2016
Brigham Young University
Lima And Hanif, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
In Afghanistan, Lima worked as a teacher, and her husband worked (and continues to work) for the government as an agricultural manager. She has a fourteen-year-old son who is deaf and has related speech problems; he could not be treated for them properly in Afghanistan. Because her uncle was very wealthy, Lima received daily threats that her son would be kidnapped and held for ransom. Her uncle went to Germany with his own children and her son to protect them from the kidnapping threats.
Although Lima’s son was safer in Germany, she still faced threats because of her work as …
Esprit De Corps,
2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Esprit De Corps, Shalbey L. Workman
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
UCARE Funding Application
Studio Assistant
Shalbey Workman
As a transfer student with an Associate’s Degree in photography from Metropolitan Community College, I am continuing my education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by emphasizing in Photography while earning my BFA in Studio Arts.
I am currently taking a lighting class with Photography Professor Walker Pickering, whose enthusiasm and strict guidelines are beneficial to my artistic career. Professor Pickering knows the ins and outs of being a professional photographer from a business standpoint, as well as the conceptual side of fine art. He has solo exhibitions in New York, Texas, Ohio, and …
Untitled,
2016
Winthrop University
Untitled,
2016
Winthrop University
Surrealistic Self Portrait,
2016
Winthrop University
Untitled,
2016
Winthrop University
Pike Place,
2016
Winthrop University
Ocracats,
2016
Winthrop University
Outside - In Iv,
2016
Winthrop University
The Forgotten Wanderer,
2016
Winthrop University
Self Portrait,
2016
Winthrop University
Graylyn,
2016
Winthrop University
Concealed Compulsions,
2016
Winthrop University
Farah .2,
2016
Winthrop University
Untitled,
2016
Winthrop University
Untitled,
2016
Winthrop University
Running Out Of Steam,
2016
Winthrop University
