Opinion
Turning Ruined Polaroids Into Artful Abstractions
LOS ANGELES — William Miller's new Polaroid project explores the "ruined" photograph.
Photography
Books
A Street Photographer for the 21st Century
The content of Strauss’s individual photographs is not always disturbing, but paging through the entirety of 10 Years means talking a walk through neighborhoods and into situations that you might otherwise avoid.
Announcement
Inaugural Photoville Comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park June 22–July 1
This summer United Photo Industries is taking the next step in helping to create an extraordinary global community of artists. Working in partnership with local galleries, national institutions and an international network of curatorial partners, United Photo industries is building Photoville — a un
Opinion
A Diverse Survey of Gay Men in America
LOS ANGELES — A book by Scott Pasfield explores the diversity of America's gay male community.
Art
Analogue's Last Gasp
Though Micheal Wenyon and Susan Gamble's show A Universe held up for Inspection focuses on displays of holograms and other works, the real raison d'ete of this exhibit is to reveal the frisson erupting over the last gasp of the analogue picture.
Art
An Artist Goes Undercover at a JC Penney Portrait Studio
Studio portraits do not document an event; the making of the photograph is the event. In order to create a series titled Free Sitting, artist Nora Herting got a job as a trade photographer at a portrait studio in a JC Penney department store in Ohio.
Art
Reverse Angles
On Thursday, a cache of recently discovered photos taken by the great Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) at the 1960 Democratic National Convention was released by The New York Times.
Opinion
Photos from the Margins of Chinese Cities
LOS ANGELES — One thing many Americans notice about first-tier Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai is that there are very few homeless people. Indeed, life on the margins in major Chinese cities often means life literally on the margins, away from the public eye.
Opinion
Photos of Couples Switching Outfits
LOS ANGELES — Some couples start to dress and look like each other over time, adopting each other's personal styles and looks. Vancouver photographer Hana Pesut has set out to explore that visual relationship.
Opinion
Photos from the Alien Landscape of Socotra
LOS ANGELES — Socotra. Most of us have never heard of it. Officially part of the Republic of Yemen, the island has long been isolated geologically from the rest of the world.
Art
Second Sight: The Photographs of George Hendrik Breitner
It’s unlikely, half a century from now, that a shadow oeuvre will appear among the personal effects of many contemporary artists, a secret body of work that parallels or even exceeds their public output. This is what happened with the Dutch painter George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923), whose several
Opinion
Instaprint Mixes Instagram, Polaroids and Printers
LOS ANGELES — The Polaroid is dead. Long live the Polaroid. They used to be a staple at any gathering, and then one day, they weren't. Those tangible remembrances of fine times had soon turned into cell phone camera snaps and then Facebook and Flickr albums. And now they're Instagram pictures.