Joshua Mokry, photography MFA candidate, was designated a 2025 Innovate Grant awardee and was interviewed by Innovate Grant in June about his restoration and photographic work with caves in New Mexico and Texas. The full interview can be viewed at this link.

In July Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily selected Joshua into the Student Prize 2025: Top 25 to Watch. Every year, the Lenscratch Student Prize provides the opportunity to celebrate and support the next generation of photographic artists. "Hundreds of artists shared their work for consideration – powerful creative voices that make us truly excited about the future." View the selected artists and their works here.

Joshua also had some of his photography published in two well known zines this summer.  He has work published in G̶o̶o̶d̶ Impactful Photography curated and published by Float Photo Magazine and Jon Feinstein. The 8x10 inch, perfect bound booklet contains 132 pages of photography with an essay by Feinstein. The booklet also has an online presence and can be viewed here. He also had artwork published in ZIVNE. ZIVNE is the fourth collective book by ZONE, it features the work of 167 artists.