Art
The Loneliness of Luis Barragán's Domestic Spaces
James Casebere's latest photographs show the modernist homes of Luis Barragán alluringly yet threateningly devoid of people or any signs of human habitation.
Photography
Books
Photographing Palm Springs Modernism by Moonlight
Tom Blachford's photographs in Midnight Modern were taken between midnight and 5am in Palm Springs, illuminated only by the moon.
News
An Online Catalogue for All 25,000 of William Henry Fox Talbot's Photographs
The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford launched the first complete, digital catalogue for 19th-century photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot.
Art
Why Victorian Men Had Glorious Beards
The Age of the Beard at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London examines through photographs the Victorian mania for elaborate facial hair.
Art
The Black Cowboys Whitewashed from American History
The photographs and videos in Black Cowboy at the Studio Museum show images of nonwhite cowboys, bringing Americana in line with historical accuracy.
Art
The Victorian-era Daguerrotypes of Women Breastfeeding
In the 19th century, just after the daguerreotype's introduction in the United States, there was a fashionable moment for portraits of women breastfeeding.
Books
The Improbable Nature of the Gowanus Canal, Photographed at Night
Since 2012, photographer Miska Draskoczy has explored the urban ecology of the toxic yet gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood.
Art
Why Frederick Douglass Was the Most Photographed 19th-Century American
In a lifelong battle against racist imagery, Frederick Douglass had over 160 portraits taken, which he hoped would create a public acknowledgment of his humanity.
Art
The Need Right Now for Subversive Photography
What does it mean for a photograph to challenge what we know about the world and reveal new aspects of it?
Books
A Photographer Documents the Uncanny Consistency of Hilton Hotel Rooms
Swiss photographer Roger Eberhard traveled to 32 cities in five continents to document the uncanny uniformity of the Hilton's standard hotel room.
Books
Richard Sandler’s Startling Photographs of Pre-9/11 New York
From 1977 to 2001, Richard Sandler photographed startling juxtapositions between the grit and glamour of New York City and Boston.
Art
The Many Forms and Meanings of the Scientific Image
Seeing Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a yearlong online project that explores photography's role in defining, promoting, and furthering science.