Art
Reflecting on Shirin Neshat’s Career With the Artist’s Words
Neshat shares why she moved away from still photography to video, and why she thinks her work feels “very relevant” today.
Photography
Art
The Urgent and Necessary Images of Shahidul Alam
At the Rubin Museum of Art, Truth to Power spotlights Alam's tireless documentation of over 40 years of struggle and change in his native Bangladesh.
Art
Removing Suicide as the Filter for Experiencing Francesca Woodman's Photography
From an uncovered box of photographs and ephemera, a portrayal of Francesca Woodman emerges that sheds new light on the enigmatic photographer.
Art
Portrait of an Invisible Portraitist
I cannot think of another person who has given us such intimate portraits of everyone from Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg, and Jasper Johns to Eartha Kitt, Toni Morrison, and Patti Smith.
Art
As Walls Go Up at Unprecedented Rates, Artists Use Them as Subversive Canvases
The Annenberg Space for Photography maps the complex landscape of walls and rends, openings and sutures, that, to an ever-larger degree, defines our age.
Art
Photography's Potential as Art and Science in Documenting Ancient Egypt
Signs and Wonders: The Photographs of John Beasley Greene features photographs that focus on ancient monuments and landscapes in Egypt and Algeria from the 1850s, rather than people.
Art
Playful Compositions Center the Margins of Photographs
In Iñaki Bonillas’ work, on view in his first solo show in New York, the margins of photographs shift from negative to positive space, becoming new images in their own right.
Interview
A Photographer and Writer Document the Stories of Queer People Across the US
Devyn Galindo and Hope Steinman-Iacullo charted a three-month journey from Los Angeles to the Florida Keys, stopping along the way to photograph and interview queer people across the country.
Film
How Photographer William Eggleston Finds His Images
The 2005 documentary William Eggleston in the Real World has been restored and re-released on home media. Far from a normal biography, it often plays like a homage to the photographer's work.
Art
Painting Disaster From a Distance
Motohide Takami's images locate the exact distance at which you can contemplate tragedy yet remain untouched by its damage.
Art
The Prismatic, Kitsch, and Glam World of Hassan Hajjaj
Frustrated by how Morocco was merely treated as a backdrop at shoots, Hajjaj eclipsed limiting stereotypes with expansive, complex personalities.
Art
The Glamour of 1950s Senegal in Photographs
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and Le Korsa helped restore the extensive archive of Roger DaSilva, whose black-and-white images joyfully document Senegal's nightclubs, upscale weddings, and cultural events.