Previously On Hans Lucas #14: Writing Stories in Images
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“The images, when confronted with one another, all seem to be multiplied, resonant, vibrant, immense…they take us far, far away, and present invisible answers to our infinite questions.”
“‘Place’ is something we carry with us—a summation of our inner memories mapped onto the present landscape as we traverse it.” Past and present blur together in this inventive, award-winning photographic collaboration.
Striking portraits of petrified animals in the landscapes they once inhabited draws our attention to crucial issues of conservation in Africa and around the globe.
Every night temo ser la dinner: FOAM Talent Spotlight
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“I’m trying to put the chapters in order—to piece together the puzzle of my life which I can never seem to figure out…” Experience one woman’s intense nocturnal encounters with 11 men across the Madrid cityscape in this idiosyncratic, award-winnin
Facing Victims: A Photographer’s Place in Conflict and Disaster Zones
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The relationship between artist and subject is always complex—especially in warzones, battlefields and disaster-stricken areas. A photographer grapples with his relationship to the “victims” he photographs.
Inspired by the efforts of Depression-era photographers like Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, a Lithuanian photographer sets out to record a similar watershed moment in the history of his homeland.
We should all be aware that photography doesn’t always tell the truth—these pictures confront us with this stark reality by repurposing a remarkable recovered archive from Bogotá, Columbia.
Mixing historical and contemporary photographic practices, these multi-layered images push beyond the edge of artistic control and emerge as complex and unconstrained.
A personal glimpse at the devastating legacy of Stalin’s “Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature”—which, in the span of a lifetime, turned the world’s fourth largest lake into a dried up, distant memory.
A personal glimpse at the devastating legacy of Stalin’s “Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature”—which, in the span of a lifetime, turned the world’s fourth largest lake into a dried up, distant memory.
Portraits of Ashkenazi and Sephardic women from Jerusalem, New York, Paris, and beyond that seek to illuminate the femininity that accompanies “every gesture and every moment of their daily lives as religious women.”
Day in and day out, men from an African brick quarry extract the basic building blocks of their world from the earth—and in the process, create an ever-changing work of art.
Exposed to bacteria taken from a toilet seat, an engagement ring, and beyond, images of our galaxy are warped and disfigured in a meditation on photography and the act of creation.
Selections from William Eggleston’s Masterwork, The Democratic Forest
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A wide-ranging review of Eggleston’s newest collection of photographs that touches on his influence on David Lynch as well as the unique “silence” in his photographs.
From an American Civil War reenactment in the Czech Republic to a Bavarian festival in Michigan, Europe and the US are fascinated by each other’s cultures. A selection of images from these strangely transnational events.
Photographs that use feelings of fear and wonder as tools to explore the collision of the contemporary city—Phoenix, AZ—with the dark, untamed desert wilderness.
“It’s so easy to make photographs, and if you’re not radical, you won’t progress”—Stephane Duroy discusses the necessary link between destruction and creation vis-à-vis his retrospective at Le Bal, in Paris.
Intimate and dramatic images of autistic children reveal the unique—almost magical—methods of communication that arise in the midst of this difficult childhood.
Paralyzing fear one day, boredom the next; joy, then doubt and anguish…waiting to hear their fate, refugees experience strangely conflicting emotions, often in a single day.
Flesh, Fragility, Vanity: Portraits in Brazilian Water Parks
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Water parks in southern Brazil are isolated microcosms where vanities, bodies, and fantasies are on display. A look at the self-conscious interactions between photographer and subject in this unorthodox landscape.
“By its very nature, Yugoslavia was a land of displaced peoples…” A photographer and writer grapples with the widespread denial of her country and nationality.
With sales totaling over 23 billion euros in Germany alone, trade shows are a massive source of revenue for capitalist economies. Here, an unsettling look at these bizarre, artificial spaces.
Last year, inflation in Venezuela hit 800% and basic goods became scarce—forcing all kinds of people to travel many hours, spend (relatively) vast sums of money and cross international borders just to acquire the simplest everyday products.
International Women’s Day 2017: 30 Female Photographers to Watch
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, the editors of LensCulture have highlighted a wide range of inspiring series made by up-and-coming female photographers from around the world—dig in!
International Women’s Day 2017: 30 Female Photographers to Watch
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, the editors of LensCulture have highlighted a wide range of inspiring series made by up-and-coming female photographers from around the world—dig in!
“There is a certain alchemy that goes into a successful portrait shoot; as a photo editor, I try to assemble the best ingredients and then let the process happen…”
I Have a Dream: Children’s Dreams Around the World
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What did you dream of when you were a child? Featuring young people from all over the world—Jordan, India, Haiti and beyond—this series starkly illuminates the way our hopes change depending on our circumstances.
Staying Power, Natural Glamour: Three Decades at Vanity Fair
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“At the end of the day, it’s the photographer who drives it all…” A generous look behind the scenes with Vanity Fair’s long-time photographic visionary, Susan White.
Two artists—partners in life and photography—seek to create a “document of life” for their two children. The result is a series that captures a family on the cusp of new discovery and transition.
Faced with limited land, soil degradation, and water scarcity, farmers in India are driven to despair. Many have ended their lives. This portrait series seeks to recognize their plight.
After a chance encounter, a young photographer forges a close bond with two artists who have been married for over half a century. A tender and intimate portrait of friendship and family.
Four NYC Exhibitions Reveal the Art World’s Thoughts on the American Election
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A number of museums and galleries in New York are protesting the recent presidential election the best way they know how: with forceful exhibitions about free speech and America’s long-held ideal of inclusivity.
Great Portrait Advice from Award-Winning Photographers, Part 2
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Former LensCulture Award winners share their best creative advice as well as tips for advancing your career as a portrait-maker and photographer. The second in a two-part series.
A thoroughly researched series on the hometowns of famous artists—from William Eggleston to John Baldessari to Robert Rauschenberg—that questions the simultaneous “anxiety and ecstasy” of influence.
Preserving the traditions and customs of the once-magical and vibrant villages in Ukraine takes on new importance as aged villagers—in some cases, the town’s only inhabitants—start to disappear.
Drawing on the long, rich lineage of fictional self-portraiture, a pair of young French artists push this genre into a resonant new space, delicately balanced between gritty realism and a touch of magic.
Using his family members and the people around him as inspiration, an Indonesian photographer scrutinizes the reality of our contemporary “transnational” world.
