Lenscratch Photography Educator: Kristen Pless

Each month, as a guest editor for Lenscratch, I interview a photography educator who inspire students of all ages. The series celebrates an educator’s insights, strategies, and excellence in fostering creativity and resilience.

Lenscratch, the online daily photography journal founded by Aline Smithson in 2007, celebrates a different contemporary photographer each day and has become a significant platform in the photography community.

For the month of June, I am delighted to highlight the educator and artist Kristen Pless. Kristen is an assistant professor of photography at the University of Minnesota Duluth and her landscape work blends historic and contemporary photographic processes to create quietly moving and evocative images. Kristen goes beyond teaching technical proficiency in photography, graphic design, and studio lighting, guiding her students to think critically, take creative risks, and push the boundaries of their artistic practice. You can read the article here.