G.W.A.G.H.M.A.C.J.E.A.K.F.S.F.I.L.C.J.B.D.Z. is an exhibition highlighting the work of ten promising young photographers who received their B.F.A.s from Parsons The New School For Design in New York City in 2009.

While the work in this group show by Grant Willing, Anna Gonzalez-Huix Miro, Alana Celii, Jemma Evans, Alia Kahan, Fiona Struengmann, Fernando Ibarra, Lorena Costa, Jonathan Baskin, and Daniel Zuchnik may differ from one another strikingly in terms of its subject matter, meaning, genre, and influences, the exhibition ultimately serves as telling glimpse into the preoccupations and perspectives of this next generation of emerging photographers. In this spirit of collective individuality the exhibition’s title, G.W.A.G.H.M.A.C.J.E.A.K.F.S.F.I.L.C.J.B.D.Z., is an acronym formed from the initials of each photographer’s name.

Works in the exhibition include:

GRANT WILLING’s Svart Metall, an investigation into the themes and ideals of the Black Metal music genre—a violent, often cacophonous style of music that explores ancient pagan and satanic views.

Nobody at Home by ANNA GONZALEZ-HUIX MIRO, portraying the artist’s body swallowed up by the landscape around her as a gesture of transcendence and contemplation.

ALANA CELII’s visual exploration of nostalgia, adolescent discovery, beauty, and the uncomfortably strange, using anecdotes from her own past.

Fashion work by JEMMA EVANS that emphasizes a cinematic and narrative feel.

ALIA KAHAN’s exploration of the self and the human condition through both metaphysical and psychoanalytic terms.

A combination of illustration and photography by FIONA STRUENGMANN that slips in and out of view—functioning as a type of meditational drawing.

FERNANDO IBARRA’s images that transport the viewer, subject, and photographer away from ordinary life and into the realm of fantasy and fetishism.

LORENA COSTA’s portraits of young gay men—a visual study about gender and the female gaze.

Exploration of the power dynamics between photographer and model by JONATHAN BASKIN.

DANIEL ZUCHNIK’s genre-bending melding of documentary work and fashion photography.

Laurel Ptak serves as the curatorial advisor for G.W.A.G.H.M.A.C.J.E.A.K.F.S.F.I.L.C.J.B.D.Z. She is an independent curator based in New York City and founder of the blog iheartphotograh.com .