The Aperture Foundation is teaming up with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund to support five emerging photographers—including Fall 2006 Hot Shot and 20x200 artist Shen Wei—in documenting New York City's green carts. Focusing on these mobile produce stand, located on street corners all over the city, the photographers have been asked to apply their own style of portraiture, landscapes, and street photography to this project. Photographers LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile, and Will Steacy have also been selected to participate and we are thrilled to see these fine emerging artists have the opportunity the embark on a project unifying their individual artistic visions with a project embracing these historical and timely landmarks of New York City streets.

artdaily.org writes,

The photographers will capture the Green Carts in designated neighborhoods in all five boroughs over the next eighteen months, photographing not only the carts themselves, but also the stories of the vendors, customers, and communities around them. The photographers are: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile, Will Steacy, and Shen Wei. The overall goal is to raise awareness about the geography of healthy food options and its relationship to a community's health, and to document the challenges and opportunities of starting a new business. Each of the five professional photographers brings a unique artistic vision and point of view to this effort.

Aperture will exhibit the works created in September 2011 as well as publish images throughout the project in their quarterly, Aperture Magazine. Congratulations to all of the photographers; we look forward to seeing the images you create!