By framing inanimate scientific tools as the protagonists in her work, Kata Geibl highlights how we rely on lifeless objects to reveal secrets about human nature.
Rejecting offensive stereotypes related to piracy and terrorism, this project collaborates with the people of Somaliland to show off their vibrant visual culture, fashion and architecture.
Creating temporary collages with his family archive, photographer Jerry Takigawa confronts his family’s generational experiences with racism in America.
Tracing the footsteps of century-old survey photographers, The Mountain Legacy Project uses contemporary imagery to document critical changes in Canada’s landscape.
By creating his own archive of a fabricated space mission, artist Nicolas Polli encourages us to re-evaluate our acceptance of photography as scientific evidence.
Embracing the limitations of photography’s ability to depict the divine, Kenta Nakamura playfully reimagines what traditional stories look like when photographed.
Manipulating candid images with slices of blinding light, photographer Amy Friend explores the possibilities of parallel universes revealed through photography.
By altering the original state of his family photographs, Antonio Pulgarin creates dynamic collages that act as the visual representation of his lifelong tension with machismo in Latin American culture.
Edgar Martins uses the social context of incarceration to explore ideas of presence, absence, and loss—as well as photography’s ability to represent a subject that is missing from the frame.
Wandering an ancient Aegean island during a period of intense grief, photographer Anargyros Drolapas ponders the island’s geological composition and his own state of mind.
The founder and owner of GUP Magazine and Kahmann Gallery speaks about what he learned from working on Ed van der Elsken’s book “Amsterdam” as well as the four qualities he looks for in an emerging talent.
Our memories are fleeting by nature—many photographers (amateurs and professionals alike) make visual diaries to remind ourselves of quirky personal moments, ideas and events that capture our attention.
Yo Soy Fidel: Crossing Cuba with Michael Christopher Brown
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Following the “Freedom Caravan” that carried Fidel Castro’s remains across Cuba after his death, photographer Michael Christopher Brown offers a revealing portrait of the island nation.
Piecing together imagery from digital archives with her own photographs, artist Bianca Salvo presents new interpretations of the cosmos, challenging our acceptance of images as evidence.
Starting with wet plate collodion photos from the early 1900s, artist Peter Franck creates quirky images that twist and bend reality just enough to make you look twice.
At first glance, these artful landscapes might recall Japanese woodblock prints, yet these complex conceptual photographs offer a memorable vision of current areas of nature still affected by the Fukushima disaster.
Good Work is Good Work: Notes from the Magenta Foundation
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The founder and director of the pioneering arts publishing house, MaryAnn Camilleri, speaks about providing careers to under-represented photographers, the culture of book and monograph making, and much more.
The Making of Photobooks: Insight From Kehrer Verlag’s Acquisitions Editor
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Down to earth and practical advice from inside one of the world’s most respected photobook publishers—ranging from how to stand out in a crowd and where to get discovered plus much more.
Inspired by Japan’s popular three-tiered dessert, these colorful triptychs capture snippets of vibrant street life during the country’s busy flower season.
By analyzing deceptive images of fantastical environments, artist Ana Samoylova questions how much we actually know about our own surroundings and natural landscapes.
An exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre spotlights the work of Vanessa Winship, a photographer with a knack for capturing life on the margins in the Balkans, North America, and beyond.
Sally Mann Deconstructs the South in “A Thousand Crossings”
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Bringing together themes of adolescence, death, and motherhood, an expansive exhibition of Sally Mann’s work—featuring more than 100 images—traces the photographer’s experience growing up and raising children in the American South.
While working as a valet at a Veterans Affairs Hospital, M L Casteel created a series that uses photographs of car interiors to illustrate the psychological repercussions of war.
