Books
Considering the Clarity of X-ray Photography
Ultimately, in the collection of images, one can see the painter and contemporary image maker that is Miller vying against the Miller who is more sentimental.
Photography
Art
The Somberness of 19th-Century Wedding Portrait Photos
An exhibition at Ricco/Maresca Gallery brings together 100 cabinet card portrait photos of newlyweds and a collection of vintage wedding cake toppers.
Art
Documenting the Disappearance of America's Most Toxic Ghost Town
Starting in 2008, following a devastating tornado, Todd Stewart has photographed the toxic ruins of Picher, Oklahoma, a mining community turned ghost town.
History
A Nostalgic Trip Through Roadside America's Weirdest Sites
The Library of Congress has digitized and uploaded some 11,000 slides of images shot by photographer John Margolies as he traveled more than 100,000 miles over a three-decade period.
Books
Imagine If a Victorian Scientist Studied the Plastic Debris in Our Oceans
Mandy Barker's Beyond Drifting features pollution collected recently on the shores of Ireland, but photographed as if under a 19th-century microscope.
Opinion
Why I "Like" but Don't Love Cindy Sherman's Instagram Photos
Other critics responded rapturously after the art star made her Instagram account public, but their nearly unanimous praise is misplaced.
Art
An Annual Compendium of Black Photography that Was a Revolutionary Act
In 1973, a small band of black artists published the Black Photographers Annual, Volume I, a book that changed the history of photography in America.
In Brief
National Geographic Announces Winners of Travel Photographer of the Year
The top prize goes to Sergio Tapiro Velasco for his photograph of Mexico's Volcán de Colima erupting at night.
Books
Photographs of Life at Two Edges of the North American Plate
For her book Rift/Fault, Marion Belanger investigated landscapes along the San Andreas Fault in California and the Mid-Atlantic Rift in Iceland.
Art
In the Arizona Desert, Artists Rediscover Relics of a Cold War Satellite Program
Julie Anand and Damon Sauer are photographing the x-shaped calibration markers from a once top-secret spying project by the US government.
In Brief
Disturbing Stock Photos Play Out the Darkest Scenarios
A brilliant Twitter account compiles outrageous, absurd, sad, and confoundingly real stock photos.
News
Adobe Releases Digital Brushes Modeled on Edvard Munch’s
Oslo's Munch Museum and an "award winning Photoshop brush maker" teamed up to create a set of digital brushes based on seven real ones that Munch used.