Art
How Photographers Have Captured War and Unrest in Lebanon
Lebanon Then and Now at the Middle East Institute creates a dialogue between two generations of Lebanese photographers.
Photography
Books
Can We Unlearn Imperialism? Ariella Azoulay Offers Methods and Lessons
In Potential History, the violence of photography saturates the very idea of European “progress,” resonating from Palestine to the Congo to Black America.
Art
“Emotion and Light Put Together”: An LA Photographer Captures Protests and Peace
“I needed to see Black people just being gentle and loving each other in front of me. Instead of another video of somebody being murdered,” says Alexis Hunley.
Art
Award-winning iPhone Photos From Around the World
Standout images from this year’s IPPAWARDS offer us a view of a colorful planet that continues to surprise and inspire.
Art
Photographs by NYC Teens Reflect on Home and Solitude During Pandemic
The young photographers in the Studio Museum's Expanding the Walls residency will debut their new works in an online show coinciding with the program’s 20th anniversary.
Books
Step Into a Mysterious Photography Studio From the 1850s
Predicting the Past—Zohar Studios: The Lost Years presents the mythical world of a Lower East Side photography studio, founded by an Eastern European Jewish immigrant in the 1850s.
Art
Photos That Honor the Interior Lives of Diverse Black Women
In her photographs, Katherine Simóne Reynolds suggests that vulnerability is vital to a full sense of self, but it is a luxury that Black women across age and background are perpetually denied.
Film
The Documentarian Who Secured Rare Footage of Helmut Newton at Work
Director Gero von Boehm discusses The Bad and the Beautiful, his new film about the “King of Kink.”
Art
Fantastical Images of Birds From the 2020 Audubon Photography Award
Stunning photographs of birds might be the balm you need during these stressful times.
Art
The Moral Complexity of War Games
An-My Lê is a Vietnamese-born photographer who has portrayed — and participated in — re-enactments of the Vietnam War.
Art
Hauntingly Beautiful Photos for an Anxious Moment
On Instagram, Kana Hashimoto’s images of nocturnal Tokyo unwittingly capture the odd feeling of time itself as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
Books
Bernadette Mayer Evokes the Banality and Urgency of the Quotidian
In Memory, the poet shapes a new visual and textual language that explores the simmering possibilities of consciousness.