Art
Early-Morning Photographs of Turn-of-the-Century New York City
In the early-morning hours in turn-of-the-century New York City, a photographer who was afraid of the dark took his camera out into the light.
Photography
Art
Rare, Candid Photos Show Louise Bourgeois in Her Home and Studio
When French photographer Jean-François Jaussaud asked an 84-year-old Louise Bourgeois for permission to photograph her at her New York home and studio, she gave him an intimidating stipulation.
Art
Avant-Garde 1920s Costumes Reemerge, Revealing Their Makers’ Tragic Story
In 1920s Hamburg, a dancer couple created wild, Expressionist costumes that looked like retro robots and Bauhaus knights.
Books
Worshipping at the Altar of Sweet Saint Death
With a scythe in one hand and a skeleton's face gazing out from a cloak, Santa Muerte appears like a cross between the Grim Reaper and the Virgin Mary.
News
Library of Congress Acquires Portfolio of 681 Photos of US Public Libraries
There are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States, and although photographer Robert Dawson only visited a fraction — 526 over two decades — his series presents a diverse portrait of this community space.
Interview
A Photographer Who Turns Viewers into Voyeurs
Matthew Morrocco arrived at the café fashionably late, wearing an army jacket and floral print flats. Before sitting down he ordered his coffee.
Art
Seamless Digital Collages Capture Europe's Church Façades
For his photo series FACADES, which portrays Europe's old religious structures head-on, from top to bottom, German artist Markus Brunetti strips these sites bare of any distracting elements.
Art
Finding Fulfillment in Images of Empty White Rooms
PARIS — The silence of Seton Smith was significant.
Art
In the Bronx, a Photo League Captures the People and Places Threatened by Rezoning
Jerome Avenue Workers Project, an exhibition featuring work by photographers from the Bronx Photo League (a project of the Bronx Documentary Center), sees gentrification through a personal lens.
Art
Hyperreal Landscapes, Digitally Transformed
Presenting vitas of sweeping landscapes paired with serene color gradients, Mark Dorf's photographs of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado ferry nature into fantasy.
Art
11,000 Photos of the Apollo Lunar Missions Land on Flickr
When the Apollo astronauts traveled beyond the atmosphere and to the moon in the 1960s and '70s, they carried Hasselblad cameras to document the NASA missions.
Film
A Reverential Close-up of Robert Frank Leaves Questions Unasked
In its day, Auguste Rodin’s now esteemed 1876 sculpture "The Bronze Age" roused the considerable ill will of art critics, most notably for the belief that it was cast from a live model.