Art
The Women Photojournalists Who Blazed Trails in the 1940s and '50s
An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society presents the work of six female photographers who worked for LIFE magazine during its golden age.
Photography
Art
Photographing the Personal Through the Murky Frame of the Political
The second annual Latin American Foto Festival, organized by the Bronx Documentary Center, gathers ten photographers eloquently using photography as journalistic evidence, personal catharsis, and cultural celebration.
Art
Dismantling Beauty Through Extreme Self-Portraiture
Artist Mari Katayama uses objects both to reference her body and to submerge the viewer in a world where the expected limits of the bodily form are reimagined.
Art
In Hungary, an Online Photo Archive Fights Revisionist History
Free to access and run with a high level of transparency and public input, Fortepan has collected over 100,000 photos taken by Hungarians during the 20th century.
Books
A Photographer Sees a Prophecy of Trump's America in Atlantic City
Brian Rose's Atlantic City connects what Trump did in that city as a businessman to what he's doing to the US as president.
Books
A Photographer Sees a Prophecy of Trump's America in Atlantic City
Brian Rose's Atlantic City connects what Trump did in that city as a businessman to what he's doing to the US as president.
Art
Tilda Swinton Curates Photography Inspired by Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Swinton’s photography exhibition at Aperture, based on Woolf’s iconic novel, Orlando, does not challenge our imperious need to classify bodies, but is definitely one worth seeing.
Art
When Tragedy Strikes, Social Media Posts Can Become Invaluable Artifacts
As Notre-Dame burned, there was controversy over people responding by sharing selfies they'd taken at the cathedral. But there may be public value in this practice.
Art
The Breathtaking Images That Won the 2019 National Geographic Travel Contest
An arctic village blanketed in snow in Greenland; a pensive boy at a river sunrise in India; and a colossal wave seconds before crashing. The winners of the 2019 National Geographic Travel Contest in their own words.
Interview
Turning Trauma Into Images of Power and Celebration
Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s photographs transform a series of traumatic events into empathetic energy. His new book, Harlem, takes that human connection further.
Art
The Sisters Who Photographed the Stars of Buenos Aires Nightlife
From 1958 to 2009, Estudio Luisita produced iconic portraits that immortalized many musicians, models, comedians, sex workers, and actors.
Art
Photography Still Has the Potential to Reveal the Uniqueness of the Human Body
At the CONTACT photography festival in Toronto, the most compelling pieces are variations on portraiture, searching and incantatory.