Harlem 2020 is a body of work produced in a small apartment in Harlem, New York City. Harlem carried one of the highest COVID death rates in the country in the spring of 2020. This part of New York City was also historically most affected by police brutality and therefore the killing of George Floyd had a large impact on the population. Harlem 2020 depicts pain, death, isolation, and the devil’s control on society.

 

Judit German-Heins is a New York based photographic artist using wetplate collodion (tintype) as her medium. This historical photographic process was discovered in 1851 and was used for most of the second part of the 19th century producing one-of-a-kind, handmade images on a metal plate. She is interested in topics with social significance such as immigration, religious freedom, and discrimination, along with the effect of one’s individual and family history on mental health. German-Heins is the recipient of a number of awards, such as being Top 200 finalist of Critical Mass in 2019 and she was the winner of the Alternative Processes category of the Julia Margaret Cameron award in 2019 with her portfolio Women of Faith. She is currently a first-year MFA candidate at Lesley University’s College of Art and Design in the Photography and Integrated Media program.

 

Visit her website at www.juditgermanheins.com or find her on Instagram as @JuditGHphotography.