Photographer Mei Seva is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘OFF-GRID Vermont’. To see Mei ’s body of work, click on any photograph.

Off-Grid is a series of photographs taken at an off-grid farm in Vermont. Vermont is the most rural state in the country, with the majority of the population living spread out throughout the state. This project explores the simplicity of the off-grid lifestyle, where people live in harmony with the natural world around them.

MEI SEVA (b. 1996, Elbasan, Albania) is a documentary photographer & visual artist based in New York City.

Her work often addresses political, social, and cultural realities on issues such as migration and inequality, as well as our disconnection to the natural world and environmental degradation. Her images consist of vibrant colors and slow, tranquil imagery to create atmospheric and dreamlike images, often in dichotomy with the subject matter at hand.

Drawing inspiration from the social practice field and the feminist art movement, Seva seeks to join the dialogue of how art can be a force of change and challenge dominant narratives around how we see the world and each other.

She has an academic background in political science with a focus on political movements, revolutions, and global inequality. This knowledge serves as a lens through which she sees the world and is a vital component of her artistic practice.

Seva graduated from Hampshire College with a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and Art. Her work has been exhibited at First Street Gallery (NYC), Gallery 114 (Portland, Oregon), the Sawmill River Arts Gallery (Massachusetts), Boomer Gallery (London), Janice Charach Gallery (Michigan), and published in Flora Fiction, Hand Magazine, The Raw Society Stories, and the Hampshire Daily Gazette. In 2022, Seva was an Amherst Arts Council grantee and created an outdoor public art installation sharing refugee stories through photography. She is the Studio Manager for international photography community The Raw Society, and Deputy Editor of the annual Raw Society Magazine.

All images and text © Mei Seva