Photo grads shoot St. Pete

photo by Kate Medley

A toy car sits on Angel Retamar's bedside table alongside his prescription pills. After Retamar contracted polio in 1956, his parents wouldn't let him play outside, so he stayed inside and played with toy cars.

photo by Lisa Hornstein

Henry Haddock unwraps pink roses Tuesday afternoon in the Vintage Vase Florist Shop. Haddock and Nick Rea opened the floral shop five months ago in the Grand Central District. The two are business partners as well as life partners.

Lisa Hornstein and Kate Medley, photo students who graduated in May, spent six weeks this summer as visual fellows at Points South, a summer fellowship for college graduates at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Hornstein and Medley, who were among 32 graduates selected from schools around the country, worked with writing fellows to produce stories and photographs of life in St. Petersburg.

Medley photographed the work at a local crematorium, garage sales and a toy car collection. Click here to see more of her work.

One of the highlights of Hornstein's time at Poynter was getting to photograph Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and his running mate John Edwards. She also took pictures of the local gay pride celebration, a notary public with her own wedding chapel and a family that runs a local restaurant. Clickhere to see more of Hornstein's work.

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