Art
Soaking in the Materiality of the Vatican
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For those who can't travel to the Vatican, a photographic series by Massimo Listro offers a chance to wander imaginatively through its halls.
Photography
Art
The Glass Plate Garden: Early Photographs of Central Park
In thousands of recently digitized glass plate negatives, the natural and landscaped grandeur of gardens past is revealed in freshly sharp detail.
Books
Portraits of Afghani Women Imprisoned for "Moral" Crimes
"The female prison population in Afghanistan overwhelmingly consists of individuals who are serving 5-to-15-year sentences for moral crimes," Gabriela Maj writes in Almond Garden: Portraits from the Women's Prisons in Afghanistan, out next month from Daylight Books.
Art
Photographing Every Disappearing Manhattan Bodega
Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata photographed every bodega in Manhattan from December of 2012 to August of 2013, and even in that short span she saw so many shutter that it became depressing to return for second shots.
Art
The Scientist Who Shot His Photos with a Gun and Inspired Futurism
The phased movement of Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" (1912) and the frenetic action embodied in Futurism were both inspired by the 19th-century photography of scientist Étienne-Jules Marey.
Books
Photographing the Universal Drama of the School Playground
Even if you don't remember a lick of elementary school classwork, it's likely the joys and terrors of the schoolyard linger.
Art
Portraits of the Palettes of Famous Dead Artists
A gradient blur of colors accumulated on the palette of Camille Pissarro, while orderly dark streaks of paint still echo the short expressionist career of Paula Modersohn-Becker on her wooden board.
Art
The Surprisingly Mundane Landscapes of Holocaust Sites
“When I looked at those photographs, something broke,” critic Susan Sontag once wrote, recalling the day in July 1945 she first saw pictures of Nazi concentration camps.
Art
Photographers of a Feather Flock to Audubon Competition
John James Audubon used to pin dead birds to the wall and quickly sketch them before they rotted. The resulting watercolors, a marriage of science and art, have influenced countless bird lovers since.
News
Baltimore Police Beat and Detain Photojournalists During Freddie Gray Protests
One photojournalist was beaten by Baltimore police and another detained on Saturday night during protests in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray.
Art
Embracing Old Age in New York
It was in hopes of casting a more loving and empathetic spotlight on the elderly that Patrícia Monteiro created her series Life Ever After.
Art
Humans Swallowed by the Extreme Geometry of Architecture
The work of Lebanese photographer Serge Najjar shows a striking mix of vibrant colors and stark architectural geometry.