Books
Photographing Protest
What does protest look like? This was the question posed to over a dozen artists featured in Capricious Magazine #12 — Protest.
Photography
Art
Single Point Perspective: Weegee's Balancing Act
Weegee, the New York tabloid photographer, who documented street life in the “naked city” in the 1930s and 40s, had an eye for the asymmetrical. His principle subject was public mayhem: the crime and criminals that enacted their traumatic narratives in public.
Art
Something Special About Her, Eva Besnyö at the Jeu de Paume
The photographs of Eva Besnyö (1910–2003) are hardly known in America. This fact was made clear to me before my recent trip to Paris, when no one recommended that I go see an exhibition of her work at the Jeu de Paume.
Opinion
Nightscapes of Light
Joel James Devlin creates light-trail photographs of gorgeous natural landscapes, adding a touch of light that slithers along rivers, lakes, the sky.
Art
A Gyroscope Camera App Remembers Where You Were Looking
LOS ANGELES — The beautiful thing about photography is that it captures a moment in time, a presence, a place. But what's missing is the sense of direction. Now, there's an app for that.
Opinion
Mirrored Landscapes, Mirrored People
LOS ANGELES — When I travel, I like to say that I'm visiting parallel worlds, worlds that exist alongside and reflect my daily reality. But I never thought that the worlds could literally be a reflection.
Art
A Man Without a Camera
Marco Breuer is best known for the photographs that he makes without using a camera. (He does other sorts of photography, but this body of work is largely what we know about his endeavors). Rather than pointing at a moment that is gone, and wresting fixity from flux, as photographs are said to do, B
Opinion
The Accidental Art of eBay Photos
LOS ANGELES — Oh, eBay. The few times I've tried to sell something on eBay, I remember the emphasis they placed on selecting a good image (or series of images) to properly show what you're trying to get rid of. It makes sense and I always noticed that the best eBay sellers tended to have the best ph
Opinion
Psychedelic Cherry Blossoms in a New Photo Series
LOS ANGELES — Spring is upon us, and cherry blossoms are blooming around the world. It's hard to take a bad picture of a cherry blossom, known as sakura in Japan, so how do you take a better one?
Opinion
Turning Ruined Polaroids Into Artful Abstractions
LOS ANGELES — William Miller's new Polaroid project explores the "ruined" photograph.
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