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Photographing the Lower East Side's Fading Jewish Culture
For Remnants, Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum photographed the synagogues, knisheries, delicatessens, and other survivors of Jewish heritage on New York's Lower East Side.
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The Surreal Arctic Life of Svalbard, One of the Northernmost Settlements
In Svalbard — An Arcticficial Life, Julia de Cooker photographs the life and landscapes of one of the northernmost human settlements.
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Poems that Make You Aware of Your Skin
With dystopian fear and fierce warmth, Rindon Johnson's book, illustrated by Ser Serpas, is an evocative encounter between image and text.
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A Quiet, Painful Meditation on Human Illness Through VR
In this surprising use of VR, the camera never leaves the bedroom, as we watch an artist’s mother wake up, check her online dating app, and take medication from a carrier bag full of pills.
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Seeing Our Digital Lives More Clearly Through Painting
Downey’s paintings function in the pre-internet and are not seduced by the internet’s promises; instead he shows us part of what we have lost.
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Winding Paths and Swooping Walls Create an Oasis in London
Spaces for rest, reflection, and community at London's Serpentine Pavilion.
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The "Shelfies" of Korea's Joseon Dynasty
Chaekgeori may not be well known in the United States, but it's an art form that influenced centuries of art in Korea.
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An Unsensational, Deeply Intimate Look at Human Sexuality
Sarah Sudhoff’s and Jo Broughton’s photographs of sex toys and porn sets do not shock or sensationalize. Instead, they provoke curiosity about a topic likely to engender disgust or nonchalance in another’s hands.
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Tongue-in-Cheek Fetishism, Tied Up with a Pretty Bow
Playing photographically with femininity, commodity, and bodily perception, Heather Bennett reveals a sly sense of humor.
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Framing Tina Modotti’s Art and Activism on Their Own Terms
A newly reissued biography chronicles the career of photographer and revolutionary Tina Modotti, whose art is often eclipsed by her relationships with male artists.
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Picturing America's Weirdest Laws by Breaking Them
In photos that range from silly to unsettling, looking at the US's oddest, most surprising, least sensible — and sometimes outright fake — laws.
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A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere
The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.