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In North Korea, the Graphic Design of Everyday Objects Promotes National Identity
Selections from a frequent visitor's personal collection highlight a "golden age" of North Korean graphic design.
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Photographing the Lower East Side's Fading Jewish Culture
For Remnants, Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum photographed the synagogues, knisheries, delicatessens, and other survivors of Jewish heritage on New York's Lower East Side.
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The Surreal Arctic Life of Svalbard, One of the Northernmost Settlements
In Svalbard — An Arcticficial Life, Julia de Cooker photographs the life and landscapes of one of the northernmost human settlements.
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Poems that Make You Aware of Your Skin
With dystopian fear and fierce warmth, Rindon Johnson's book, illustrated by Ser Serpas, is an evocative encounter between image and text.
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Framing Tina Modotti’s Art and Activism on Their Own Terms
A newly reissued biography chronicles the career of photographer and revolutionary Tina Modotti, whose art is often eclipsed by her relationships with male artists.
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Picturing America's Weirdest Laws by Breaking Them
In photos that range from silly to unsettling, looking at the US's oddest, most surprising, least sensible — and sometimes outright fake — laws.
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A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere
The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.
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An Artist Who Fantasized as a Way to Survive
A self-taught draftsman and fantastical storyteller, Renaldo Kuhler’s life and fashion sense were as eccentric as his art.
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A Salute to North Korea's Dated But Dependable Airline
North Korea's Air Koryo may not fly many places, but the state-owned airline is definitely a trip back in time.
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A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Cemeteries
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Loren Rhoads chronicles the unexpected art and beauty of burial grounds around the world.
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A New Dawn for an Italian Modernist’s Book About the Night
Bruno Munari's 1956 art book In the Darkness of the Night takes readers on an illustrated journey from night to morning.
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Loved to Death: A Photographer's Tribute to Discarded Library Books
Stamped "DISCARD" or "WITHDRAWN," the books in photographer Kerry Mansfield's Expired have been exiled from the libraries where they were loved.