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Three years later, SPCKRFT, in collaboration with Nevada Humanities and VIM Magazine, revisits the performers and stage staff affected by the sudden disappearance of live entertainment in the Entertainment Capital of the World.
This photojournalism exhibition features photos captured through the lenses of Nevada’s visual journalists, spotlighting local performers who had found themselves stranded from the stage, and forced to find new ways to get by amid the unrelenting pandemic.
Photojournalists featured in this exhibition include Rachel Aston, Benjamin Hager, Ellen Schmidt, and Chase Stevens from the Las Vegas Review-Journal; Christopher DeVargas, Steve Marcus, and Wade Vandervort from Greenspun Media Group publications; and freelance/local photojournalists Bridget Bennett, Ronda Churchill, Mikayla Whitmore, Aaron Mayes, and original exhibition curator Miranda Alam.
The exhibition opens on First Friday, November 3, 2023, at 7 pm, with a soft opening on Preview Thursday, November 2. A closing reception at the end of the month will follow. The exhibition can be viewed throughout November by appointment only.
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Thank you to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Greenspun Media Group, their journalists for their support of this exhibition and in making it possible for us to share these stories from the greater Las Vegas community.
Rachel Aston is a filmmaker and photographer at the Las Vegas Review-Journal where she focuses on short documentaries and telling stories off the Strip. For her, film is a tool of connection, a way to revere the struggles and achievements of people while creatively untangling the human experience. @Rookie__Rae
Ellen Schmidt
Bridget Bennett is a freelance photojournalist based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The majority of her work explores social and socio-economic issues in the Las Vegas valley. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and former staff photographer at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. @bridgetkbennett @bridgetkbennett
Wade Vandervort
Steve Marcus
Miranda Alam is a freelance photographer and photo editor based in Las Vegas. She moved to Las Vegas from the Bay Area in 2012 with every intention of becoming a pastry chef, but made an unexpected pivot into journalism and photography, graduating in May 2016 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications. She has worked on a variety of assignments for publications such as The San Francisco Chronicle, HuffPost, Reuters, Las Vegas Weekly, and Las Vegas Sun. Her clients have included NASCAR, the NBA and WNBA, Polo America, Mountain West Conference, Las Vegas Lights FC, and the Las Vegas News Bureau.Miranda is also a freelance photo editor for Getty Images, where she has worked on events including the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, the Netflix Golden Globes after-party, Billboard Awards, Life is Beautiful arts & music festival, iHeartradio Music Festival, Def Jam Grammy party, Island Records Pre-Grammy party, CES, Soul Train Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, and the American Country Music Awards among others. @miranda_alam @miranda_alam
Chase Stevens
Aaron Mayes
Benjamin Hager
Ronda Churchill
