Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers
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From iconic images of major world events, to intimate moments of pleasure and delight — here is an outstanding selection of remarkable images from Magnum Photos — each with a personal story.
By combining roughly-cut parts of photographs from various times, this Dutch artist creates universal, contemporary portraits where gender identity does not play a role.
SOLD is a series of 27 anonymous portraits of victims of human trafficking in the Netherlands — each with their own harrowing story of capture, abuse, escape, and hopefully, a better future.
Shifting States: New Role of Photography in Weekly Magazines
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What’s new in news photography? Senior Picture Editor Andreas Trampe of ‘Stern’ offers his take on the shifting sands of an industry and shares his tips on how to reach out to photo editors.
What is home? Heading back to the States after 30 years living abroad, a residency in North Carolina prompted Keith Dannemiller to rediscover his homeland with fresh eyes.
In one of the most ambitious public photographic projects ever undertaken, artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen sought to take a school class portrait of every Year 3 child in London.
A major retrospective at the Eastman Museum celebrates Bea Nettles’ alchemical approach to photography, inviting viewers into her magical universe of mythology, imagery and self-expression.
With her razor-sharp eye for detail, Solène Gün shows a gentle side of everyday life in the banlieues of Paris and Berlin that is rarely seen by outsiders.
Naima Green’s card deck rebels against the four standard suits: each of the 54 cards sports a unique portrait celebrating a spectrum of queer women, non-binary and trans people.
Naima Green’s card deck rebels against the four standard suits: each of the 54 cards sports a unique portrait celebrating a spectrum of queer women, non-binary and trans people.
Ten portraits along the railway lines of Ukraine give us a glimpse of traditional jobs that still value the human touch in the ever-changing 21st Century.
Italian photographer Carolina Repezzi unfolds the story behind this arresting portrait of a young water seller, taken in the Agbogbloshie e-waste scrapyard in Ghana.
Andrea Gjestvang’s intimate project reflects on the intricacies of the asylum-seeking process in Norway, foregrounding the emotional toll it takes on the families involved.
Picture editor at The Sunday Times Magazine, Russ O’Connell, sheds light on his role at the widely-respected publication and what he looks for when commissioning photographers for the all-important cover shoot.
With over 12 years experience under her belt, gallerist Dina Mitrani shares some wisdom about creating a space for photography in Miami and embracing abstract approaches to portraiture.
How do you define excellence when so much of photography is constantly changing and reinventing itself? Manolis Moresopoulos, Director of the Athens Photo Festival, shares his insights.
Portrait photographer Laura Stevens has achieved a great level of success since winning an Emerging Talent Award in 2014—and she shares some pearls of wisdom for others embarking on a similar journey.
The Ukrainian rail industry gets a technicolor makeover in Julie Poly’s vibrant photographs, where long train journeys are filled with fun and fantasy.
Robin Rhode creates wildly colorful visual ‘events’ that bring energetic humor and art to the streets of otherwise tough neighborhoods in Johannesburg.
Tate Modern’s retrospective on the much-overlooked surrealist pioneer Dora Maar shines a light on a radical and experimental vision that stretched across different genres and mediums.
Curator Eve Schillo reflects on how she’s watched our relationship to photography evolve during her time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where she has worked hard at bringing photography into conversation with other art forms.
Poetic and evocative, Jonathan Levitt’s new book “Echo Mask” takes us on a drift through moody maritime landscapes and the wilds of nature around Maine and Newfoundland.
In her embroidered photographs of landscapes in Berlin, Diane Meyer resurfaces the ghostly trace of the wall that once separated East and West Germany to reflect on the scars that have marked the country’s history.
Taking its inspiration from our everyday habits, many of which we enact without a second thought, a delicate series that creates new visual stories rich with emotion and feeling.
Steering away from often problematic, graphic imagery of war, these reflective ‘portraits’ of prosthetic limbs found in Afghanistan speak to the civilian experience of conflict.
The dazzling imagination of Duane Michals is brought to life in a new exhibition that brings his photographs into conversation with objects, paintings, drawings and books, inviting viewers into the artist’s inner world.
Disrupting the photographic gaze through drawing, text and digital manipulation, Madhavan Palanisamy creates an offbeat tribute to his father that is brimming with wonder.
Jeff Bridges gets behind the lens in his new book “Pictures: Volume Two”, which gives us an intimate glimpse into the magic of cinema in its vistas of set life.
Between the Anvil and the Hammer: Confronting Culture
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In Maxim Dondyuk’s new book, Ukraine’s 2013-2014 civil unrest is rendered as a conflict between shadows and light, snow and fire, two generations, and two layers of culture colliding on the territory of a single country.