Photo exhibit explores culture of runaway youth

Some of the works by photographer Michael Joseph (Courtesy photo)

ROCHESTER - The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts is currently exhibiting a selection of works by Michael Joseph, in the Bernier Room, in Suite 135 of the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center.

Joseph is a Boston-based photographer who documents subculture through street portraiture. Raised just outside of New York City, his inspirations are drawn from interactions with strangers on city streets and aims to afford his audience the same experience through his photographs. His portraits are made unplanned and up close to allow the viewer to explore the immediate and unseen.

Lost & Found is a portrait series that examines the individual souls of lost youth who abandon home to travel around the country by hitchhiking and freight train hopping. Within their personal journey driven by wanderlust, escapism or a search for transient jobs, they find a new family in their traveling friends. They are photographed on public streets using natural light, in the space in which they are found over a ten-year period.

The exhibition will be on view for the remainder of the month. Visit www.michaeljosephphotographics.com and www.rochestermfa.org to learn more.

The James W. Foley Memorial Community Center is located at 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH, behind Spaulding High School. The museum is sponsored by the City of Rochester, Rochester Main Street, Waterstone Properties Group, Bernier Insurance, MacEdge, Lenharth Systems, and Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce.