5 Questions for Sara Naomi Lewkowicz

APAD blog: Sara Lewkowicz is a native New Yorker pursuing a master’s degree in visual communication from Ohio University in Athens and received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has won several grants and awards, including the 2013 Alexia Student Grant and the 2013 Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award, 2014 World Press Photo 1st prize for Contemporary Issues stories and she has been named the 2013 College Photographer of the Year by POYi.



Many younger photographers struggle with the decision to make a picture under tumultuous circumstances — what advice do you have for them in terms of making the picture or knowing when not to?