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.
Photography
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.
Art
The Disregard of Power in Journalistic “Objectivity”
Images of the brutalized, dead, and dying can buy awards and recognition for journalists. When the opportunity presents itself, many rush to participate because they subscribe to the doctrine of redistributing pain as it is, not as it should be.
Art
A Fleeting Glimpse of Francesca Woodman
Woodman was one of the 20th century's great surrealists.
Art
Life on Brooklyn Stoops During the Pandemic
“As the streets emptied, it's like a living room came out — to my eyes a mix of inside and outside,” says photographer Francesca Magnani.
Art
In Nate Lewis’s Hands, Portraits Become Palpable Landscapes
Here are Black bodies in motion which Lewis freezes in time to remake into patterns of overlapping leaves or the stars of shrunken constellations.
Books
A Photographer’s Travels Across the Real American West
In a new book, the photographer Peter Kayafas captures the contemporary soul of a region long obscured by its own enduring myths.
News
96 Photographers Contribute Prints to Benefit One of NYC’s Hardest Hit Hospitals
Pictures for Elmhurst will direct all proceeds to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.
Books
Shahidul Alam’s Firsthand Account of Bangladesh’s Fight for Democracy
The Tide Will Turn centers on the 100 days the esteemed photographer spent in prison for protesting Bangladesh’s religious, nationalist government, but also wisely focuses on the conditions that made his arrest inevitable.
News
During Crisis, Photographers Receive 100% of Proceeds From This Online Print Sale
New York-based photo center BKC and artist group Seeing Collective have partnered to sell prints online.
Art
Compassionate Photos of Daily Life in FARC Camps, Colombia’s Largest Guerrilla Group
Federico Ríos Escobar documents FARC camps with a keen eye; his images diverge from the government-produced image of the armed forces as a single, one-dimensional enemy.
News
Turmoil, Disaster, and Some Hope in 2020 World Press Photo Nominees
From protests in Hong Kong and Chile to the fires in Australia and California, see a selection of the stirring images nominated for the prestigious photojournalism award.