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Vistas

What is at stake now that we can travel the world through a screen? In her hand-colored photographs, sourced from virtual tours of national parks hosted on Google, Brea Souders invokes the romanticism and tradition of landscape photography to question its sta

Making a Mess

Rebelling against the conservative conventions of schooling in Poland, Karolina Wojtas has given a carte blanche to her inner child, resulting in an explosion of mess, materials and experimentation.

A Life’s Work

In his long term exploration of masculinity, Bharat Sikka intertwines the personal and the collective by continually finding new ways to investigate and represent his homeland, India.

American Blues

Kim Llerena’s “American Scrapbook” gives a fresh riff on the classic roadtrip, deftly collecting signs and symbols of the collective American sensibility as she drives through the landscape.

Pseudologia

Rebecca Horne arranges everyday objects into illusion-filled still lifes and tableaux, creating worlds of unexpected visual relationships.

Working Together

Is the whole greater than the sum of its individual parts? We take a look at the ups and downs of being in a photography collective through the lens of four different collectives from around the world.

Responding to Tragedy with Art and Hope

Ivorian artist Joana Choumali instinctively responded to a national tragedy four years ago by embroidering on a series of photographs she had made with her iPhone — the results are images of hope and healing.

Words and Pictures

An online exhibition at MoMA pays tribute to the iconic photographer Dorothea Lange, whose work and legacy has never felt more relevant when viewed against the backdrop of our changing world.

Big Brother

Over the course of six years, Louis Quail documented the ebbs and flows of his brother’s life to build a tender and honest portrayal of what it’s like to live with schizophrenia.

Stranger Fruit

These portraits were created in response to the murders of African American men, due to police violence. The mothers in these photos have not lost their sons, but understand that their son could be next.

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A Photography of Gestures

A new book shows Shirley Baker’s documentary work from a different perspective, shedding light on her playful and tender street photography.

Recognition Patterns

How does technology ‘see’ us? Inviting us to peek through the vision of a computer, these altered archival pictures make visible the visual language of recognition algorithms. 

Afuera: Rooftops and Balconies in Times of Isolation

Short video — Bathed in the brilliant warm Spanish sun, the residents of Barcelona are limited to rooftops and balconies for solitary exercise and fresh air during the covid-19 lockdown.

Greenfield. The Archive

A mysterious flea market discovery leads artist Pablo Lerma down the archival rabbit hole. With the help of 19 writers, he resurfaced with a beautiful book project that blurs the lines of fact and fiction.

Adapting to Covid-19 in London’s Supermarkets

A London-based street photographer gives us an intimate look inside U.K. supermarkets during the coronavirus pandemic.

I’m Only Here To Leave

In a surreal play on self-portraiture, Tommy Kha creates 3-D masks of his face for his friends, family, and strangers to wear.

Sleep Creek

This experiment in shared authorship weaves together an enigmatic imaginary New England location out of spellbinding monochrome vignettes.

From ‘Apple’ to ‘Anomaly’

Trevor Paglen’s spectacular display of images used for training Artificial Intelligence machines revealed the darker sides of non-human vision.

Hiding from Baba Yaga

Nanna Heitmann combines elements of traditional documentary road trip photography with elements of Russian art and folklore in her depictions of an eclectic mix of individuals, interiors and landscapes.

Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain

After four decades of living abroad, Margaret Courtney-Clarke returned home to Namibia, prompting a sprawling photographic investigation into a radically altered landscape and the lives of those occupying it. 

Finding Ways to Live in Peace with Nature

For his ongoing project, Lucas Foglia travels the world and photographs people as they seek positive ways to engage more thoughtfully with nature in the context of climate change. 

Where Blue Birds Fly

Homayra Adiba captures the hushed, ephemeral moments of everyday life that unfold across the rooftops of Bangladesh’s city of Dhaka.

COVID-19 Resources for Photographers

We’ve compiled a big list of resources available to the global photography community as we navigate uncertain times:  Find financial support, enroll in an online course, discover some new inspiration, or join a virtual community. 

Traveling Light

Transforming simple objects into vibrant and shimmering abstractions, Deborah Bays’ inspiring studies on light and color are a reminder of the magic of photography and what we can do with it.

65 Amazing Photo Series Inspired by the Earth

The wonders and calamities of nature and life on Earth seem as endless as the cosmos themselves — Here are 65 amazing photo series that draw their inspiration from the beauty of nature, the cycles of life, changing weather and environments, and much more.

Tokyo Connection: Ihiro Hayami

The founder of the T3 International Photo Festival in Tokyo, and a juror for LensCulture’s Street Photography Awards, talks about creating opportunities for photographers around the globe.

Summer Camp

In this beautiful monograph, Mark Steinmetz distills the timeless adventure of American summer camp into a series of tender observations on the nature of adolescence.

Ready for Surprise: Joel Meyerowtiz Interview 2020

The pioneering master of color street photography talks about his passions and the energy of the street in this wide-ranging audio interview.

Highway 61

Actress and photographer Jessica Lange invites us on an epic journey: through the States, through the artist’s memory, and through our collective nostalgia.

Rare Bird: Self Portraits as Melodrama

Self-portraits that reflect ideas of visibility and invisibility, what is acknowledged and what is not, gender, identity, and acceptance.

Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers

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. 

Me, Myself and I — Anonymous Portrait Collages

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: 21st Century Slavery

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

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. 

To See the Invisible

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.

Moonless Moonlit Nights

Inside and outside worlds collide in these twilight reflections aboard the elevated train from Tokyo to Yokohama.

River Notes

The sublime interconnectedness of all things in nature is called to mind by these ephemeral sculptures in the wild.

Steve McQueen Year 3

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.  

Harvest of Nature

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. 
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