Art
Deana Lawson’s Sublime Visions of Black Communion
Portals to the otherworldly, Lawson’s grand-scale photographs reveal the divine in the secular.
Photography
Books
A Photographer Captures the Collective Fatigue of the Welfare State
A persistent feature of Paul Graham’s photographs in Beyond Caring is the way they describe the act of waiting as a common, and alienating, condition of Britain’s welfare system.
Books
Catherine Opie on Her First Monograph, “a Map of My Mind”
For Opie, photographing is about “understanding what it is to be inclusive.”
Books
The Stunning Scope of Carrie Mae Weems’s Vision
A new book offers a deep dive into Weems’s influential career.
Art
A Photographer’s Intimate Tribute to SOPHIE, a Visionary Gone Too Soon
Initially conceived alongside the musician, Zoe Chait’s Noise memorializes the public and private lives of a figure whose tragic death earlier this year sent shockwaves through the music industry.
Art
Magnum Photographers Offer Affordable Prints That Ruminate on Escape
Way for Escape hits most of us at a moment when we all have something to escape from, whether it is the impact of political, environmental, and economic instability, or our own homes.
Art
A Photographer Retraces New York’s Forgotten Springs and Wells
A new book pairs photos from the early 1900s of springs and wells in New York with modern-day snapshots, revealing a transformed city.
Art
JR, Down the Barrel of the Camera
This is a public, political art that invites us to see the world differently, and even encourage the spirit of community.
Art
Rotimi Fani-Kayode Captures the Abundant Glow of Black Queer Life
In Tranquility of Communion, soul-stirring photographs blend Yoruba cosmologies, queer desire, and Baroque theatricality.
Art
Nona Faustine's Family Album
Faustine's depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.
Art
Electric Images: Ming Smith’s Transcendent Photography
Evidence, the inaugural show at Nicola Vassell Gallery, emphasizes Smith’s track record as a photographer who both loves and riffs on the language of her medium.
Art
Photos Capture Golden Age of Discos "Before Bottle Service and Bland Design"
Artist Adrian Wilson got his start photographing European discos, whose unique fixtures included a glowing brain and TVs to watch other visitors.