Photo Essays - Hyperallergic

Opinion

Burning Man’s Black Vanguard

Years after I began photographing Black and Brown Burners, I returned to the festival simply to witness. What I saw humbled me.

Art

Visiting Antigua’s Fig Tree Studio, the Gallery in the Rainforest

Featuring a mix of regional and global artists, the space showcases work that snapshots the day-to-day Caribbean life of today and yesteryear.

Interview

What Do Shtreimels and Cowboy Hats Have in Common?

A chance meeting on the subway introduced photographer Francesca Magnani to the multicultural world of Brooklyn milliner Richard Faison.

Art

Uncovering Hidden Spaces at UCI’s Open Studios

Seeing the works by the University of California, Irvine’s MFA students, many of which use leftover material site-specific to the campus, lead me to wonder if they also constitute a kind of leftover material of time.

Books

Luigi Ghirri’s Affectionate Photos of Puglia’s Calm, Hushed Spaces

By the time of his death in 1992, at age 49, Luigi Ghirri had taken some 2,000 pictures in Puglia, most of which have never been seen publicly.

Art

When Being in Transit Feels Like Home

I wanted to keep on traveling, stay on the train, remain in this space of being in between.

Art

Satisfyingly Tactile Art at Frieze Los Angeles

It is as if, after two years of staring at works on screen, galleries knew that audiences were hungry for artwork so physical, you could devour them with your eyes.