Books
Jay DeFeo Put a Lens Up to the World
Recently discovered work demonstrates DeFeo's status as a major contemporary photographer.
Photography
Art
NYC Show Puts the Lens on Pet Photography
Both irrational love and endless humor, the hallmarks of life with animals, are rife in an exhibition on view at Fotografiska through January.
Art
An Abuela’s Infinite Embrace
Argentine human rights activists Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo turned their grief into an ongoing struggle to find the truth about what happened to their children.
News
Foliage-Loving Influencers Turn Life in Vermont Town Into Hell
The town of Pomfret is restricting access to a popular photo spot after complaints of excessive traffic, trespassing, and noise.
Art
Portrait Photography Through the Lens of Fredrick Douglass
I Am Seen…Therefore, I Am at the Wadsworth Atheneum counters the racist images of Black Americans that were presented in mainstream media in the 19th century.
Books
Haunting Photographs Document the Erasure of Armenians in Turkey
Andréas Lang’s pictures, now compiled in a new book, convey “what the Turkish state wants people to remember and what it wants them to forget.”
News
Museum Lifts Ban on Photographing Picasso's "Guernica"
You can now take a picture of the famous work at Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía, but don’t even think about using a selfie stick.
Art
Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Photos Spark Transatlantic Conversation About Race
The artist’s work draws connections between Black communities in Chicago’s South Side and the suburbs of Paris.
News
LA’s Black Image Center at Risk of Closure
The Culver City nonprofit working to remove cost and accessibility barriers for Black photographers is crowdfunding to keep its doors open.
News
Is That a Question Mark in Deep Space?
An image of two young orbiting stars captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has attracted space enthusiasts and punctuation aficionados alike.
News
Florida School Accused of Censoring Show About Police Violence — And Lying About It
Daytona State College abruptly withdrew a show of Jon Henry’s photographs depicting Black mothers, citing HVAC issues. Others say that wasn’t the real reason.
News
O'Shae Sibley Vigil Shows a Community Fighting for Justice
Photographs of a memorial at the gas station where Sibley was killed convey anger, loss, and a unified message: “We are done dying in silence.”