Featured in Aperture Magazine, Issue 245: “Latinx”
Steven Molina Contreras was included in the winter 2021 issue of Aperture (Issue 245), guest-edited by Pilar Tompkins Rivas. This issue celebrates the dynamic visions of Latinx photography across the United States, weaving together historical and contemporary perspectives on political resistance, family, cultural identity, and the complexity of belonging. In the “Portfolios” section, Contreras’s Adelante series, an intimate chronicle of family, migration, and resilience, was featured among other significant voices in the field.
Full details: https://aperture.org/magazines/aperture-245/
Featured in Exciting Photography Now, MATTE Magazine, Issue 62
Photographer and artist Steven Molina Contreras’s work appears in the print survey Exciting Photography Now, a 480-page anthology of current American photography edited by Eve Lyons and Matthew Leifheit. Conceived as MATTE Magazine’s first-ever open-call issue, the publication brings together wide-ranging portfolios, interviews, and commissioned texts to present a timely snapshot of artists shaping the medium today. Contreras’s inclusion situates his practice alongside a broad roster of contemporaries within this editor-curated overview of innovative image-making.
Full details: https://www.excitingphotographynow.com/
Published in Contact Sheet 217: Light Work Annual 2022
Steven Molina Contreras’s work is featured in Contact Sheet 217, the Light Work Annual 2022, which showcases projects by the 2021 cohort of Light Work Artists-in-Residence. The issue includes work by Liz Johnson Artur, Dannielle Bowman, Sabiha Çimen, Larry W. Cook, Jeremy Dennis, Odette England, Dionne Lee, Daniel Ramos, Aida Silvestri, Marion Wilson, and Guanyu Xu. Contreras’s contribution reflects the creative experimentation and thematic depth fostered during his residency, alongside a diverse range of voices shaping contemporary photography.
Full details: https://lightwork.shop/