A Journey Through Time Aboard the Orient Express
A book by Eva Gravayat and Arthur Mettetal recounts the epic of the Orient Express using previously unpublished archival images. It takes a look at this iconic rail line that linked Paris and Constantinople from 1883 to 1977, and which continues to fascinate railroad enthusiasts.
Introducing the Next Generation of Queer Photographers
With the democratization of photography, LGBTQ photographers around the globe are creating new visual languages to express their ideas of gender, sexuality, love, and lust.
Out of the Cool: The New York Street Photographs of Godlis
Native New York Godlis celebrates his hometown in a new book documenting alternately humorous, surreal, and poignant scenes of everyday life.
Documenting the Art of Protest
“If graffiti changed anything, it would be illegal,” street artist Banksy said. Jaime Rojo and Steven Harrington of Brooklyn Street Art reflect on the relationship between street art, activism, and photography.
Tracing the Roots of Jim Goldberg’s Epic “Raised by Wolves”
In Fingerprints, Jim Goldberg shares a selection of never-before-seen Polaroids that served as drafts for photographs he later created for the landmark book Raised by Wolves.
Elsa and Johanna: Self-Portraits in Limbo
The French artist duo known as Elsa & Johanna are releasing their first photographic book for H2L2 editions: a series of self-portraits staged in the city of Calgary in Canada, for which they are seeking support through crowdfunding.
Marvin Bonheur Pays Tribute to Travelers at the Gare du Nord
A free exhibition by photographer Marvin Bonheur is held at the Gare du Nord in Paris through the end of February. The installation, organized by StatioNord and carried out by the Dysturb collective’s creative studio, brings travelers into the limelight: thirty-five portraits of rail passengers captured en-route tell the story of their relationship with the train station.
Photographic and Musical Road Trip Across Germany
The German photographer Hans-Jürgen Burkard spent several months traveling to the four corners of his native country. His book, An Tagen wie Diesen [Days Like These], is a journey through photography and music, a snapshot of a carefree Germany full of humanity, in equal part youth and tradition.
How to Master Landscape Photography
Landscape photography is one of the most popular forms of photography, as it is naturally and easily accessible to everyone. Regardless of what kind of equipment you have, you can still optimize your images by using composition guidelines that will be simple to implement on your future hikes and trips. Here are a few tips specially geared towards landscape photography.
A Dazzling Portrait of Newark During the 1970s
Constance Hansen, one half of the husband and wife photography team Guzman, takes us back to the start of her career when she taught students at Newark’s renowned Arts High School in the 1970s.
The DRC Through the Eyes of Congolese Photographers
Prompted partly by the health crisis, the Carmignac Photojournalism Award has transformed this year into a collaborative project that explores the notion of representation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and spotlights local journalism.
Tenderness, Mystery and Cruelty at the Singapore International Photo Festival
The 7th edition of the Singapore International Photo Festival takes advantage of this year’s unique context by offering off-the-beaten-path programming and online discussions that can reach a worldwide audience. The festival is establishing itself as a major forum and prescriptive event for photography in Southeast Asia.
Editorial: The Power of Photography
As we cope with worrisome situations, Blind wishes to continue providing up-to-date information and be your window onto the world.
A Portrait of Muhammad Ali and the Men He Bested
Michael Brennan brings together a collection of portraits and stories of the men Muhammad Ali faced in the ring to create a fascinating portrait of the Greatest of All Time.
Erik Madigan Heck’s Spellbinding Works of Fashion, Fantasy, and Fine Art
In “The Garden,” artist Erik Madigan Heck transports to a magical realm where photographs are transformed into timeless scenes from picture book fairytales.
Spend a Day With the Freissers, a Mennonite Family Living in Bolivia
In “A Day With the Freissers,” Brazilian photographer Ana Caroline de Lima traveled to Bolivia to document the lives of a Mennonite family preserving a disappearing way of life.
How to Master Night City Photography
Night city photography is among the most complex tasks in photography. You will need to leave the comfort zone of the automatic mode and develop more advanced technical skills in order to capture the desired image. How to shoot movement in low light? What settings to choose? How to capture light trails? We will take a closer look at different ways of optimizing night city photos.
Being LGBT in East Africa
Neus publishes a book by Frédéric Noy which concludes a long-term project on the LGBT community — or, as he prefers to call them, LGBT minority — in East Africa. The book comes out at a time when the candidates in Uganda’s January presidential election are turning homosexuality into a political scape goat, blaming it for all of the country’s ills.
Wild beasts in the city
The exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019 on view at the Museum of Natural History in London brings together a collection of photos of wild animals pictured in their natural habitat. These images are traces if intimate encounters, offering us a glimpse into a mysterious world as seen through the lens of photographers who share deep respect for animal life.
When War Reporters Document Peace
The VII Foundation presents a new book by photographer Gary Knight. Imagine: Reflections on Peace (also published in French as Imagine: Penser la paix), created in collaboration with several photo reporters and journalists, is a collection of 200 images accompanied by reflections on the imperfect construction of peace.
The Glorious Glamour of Domestic Demise in the Photography of Patty Carroll
In her series “Collapse and Calamity,” photographer Patty Carroll stages exquisite scenes of death by interior design.
The Lost Lands of Tanzania’s Maasai
French photographer Éloi Ficat photographed Maasai populations and their environment. Magnificent images taken over the last two years.
Six Pictures: Gordon Parks’ “Atmosphere of Crime”
A timely installation at New York’s Museum of Modern Art looks at the way photographers—Gordon Parks chief among them—look at crime.
Handpicked Books for Christmas: Black and White
From the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to Gilles Favier, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Lee Friedlander: four volumes in black-and-white to add to your library.
Handpicked Books for Christmas: Special Projects
From a book neatly tucked inside its box cover to a made-to-order calendar or a jigsaw puzzle, photography can take on all manner of forms, much to the delight of consumers everywhere. Following are a few of our suggestions to enjoy year-round.
Richard Avedon’s Legendary Ascent
A new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most”, charts the photographer’s rise to becoming one of the most iconic portraitists of the 20th century.
Handpicked Books for Christmas: Distant Horizons
Africa, India, the United States, and many other destinations: we take you on a photographic trip around the world via four books by Peter Beard, Harry Gruyaert, Franco Fontana, and a group of around 40 photographers.
In the Footsteps of Antarctic Explorers
Atlas Gallery in London exhibits images by the photographers Frank Hurley and Herbert Ponting, and the explorer Robert Falcon Scott, taken in the South Pole in 1911.
Paul Hart, Denatured Landscape
British artist Paul Hart photographed lands disfigured by outrageous productivism. Images that are both simple and symbolic.
How One Gallery Reinvents the Virtual Tour
While galleries, museums, and other cultural sites keep re-opening and closing because of the pandemic, the Thierry Bigaignon Gallery in Paris launches a whole new type of virtual tour, called the Interactive Video Tour. It is the only photo gallery in the world to become equipped with a tool offering this level of interactivity, which might in turn increase its visibility on the international scene.
Tennis: A Great School of Photography
Former head of photography at the newspaper L’Équipe, now a gallery owner specializing in sport photography, Jean-Denis Walter serves up a new regular column at Blind with a first installment devoted to tennis photography.
Exploring Ideas of Black Masculinity Through Self Portraiture
Fifty years in the making, a new book explores identity, representation, and history in postcolonial Africa through the eyes of Cameroonian-Nigerian photographer Samuel Fosso.
Handpicked Books for Christmas: Modern Icons
With Christmas just around the corner, we present a handpicked selection of photo books, focusing today on celebrities: Greg Gorman, Peter Lindbergh, Neal Preston, and Mick Rock. These books reveal how photography has helped to turn stars into legends and forge new icons.
Exploring the Connection Between Punk Music, Photography, and Graffiti
Punk and graffiti reunite for an extraordinary outpouring of art as famed street artists remake Janette Beckman’s iconic photos of England’s heady punk scene for “The Mashup 2,” a limited edition series of silkscreen prints.
Raymond Depardon, Rural Portraits
Photographer Raymond Depardon traveled up and down rural France to meet farming communities until 2015. A gentle immersion in country life.
Narelle Autio’s Immersive Exploration of Our Connection to the Sea
Through a series of mesmerising images, Australian photographer Narelle Autio draws readers into a watery world that is both exhilarating and frightening.
Six Pictures: Life Magazine’s Ed Clark
Celebrated photo historian and former Senior Photography Curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) goes deep on six key images from his new book about one of Life magazine’s most prolific—and least-known—photographers.
Photographing Landscapes on the Move
Whether you’re on your way to your holiday destination or taking your daily commute, you might be passing scenery worth photographing. How does one capture landscapes from a moving vehicle? What to do about glare? Today we offer you some tips on taking pictures on the road, when you don’t have the time to stop.
Four Photographers Who Highlight the Color in Architecture
Architecture, be it a monument as a whole or a construction detail, is a hot topic on Instagram. Blind has selected four architectural photographers who celebrate color in architecture.
FLORE in Search of Lost Time
In anticipation of reopening of the Festival du Regard and the Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière Photography Award exhibition at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Maison CF publishes L’odeur de la nuit était celle du jasmin [The Night was Fragrant with Jasmine], who just won the 2020 Nadar Prize. The book ushers us into the enchanted world of FLORE.
Past Recipients of Eugene Smith Grant Help Raise Funds with Print Sale
57 renowned documentary photographers donate a photograph, including Eugene Smith’s famous “Pride Street” photograph, to help underwrite the institution’s 2021 grants and fellowships.
A Captivating Look Inside the Ballroom Scene of the New Millennium
Dustin Thierry’s new exhibition of the Ballroom scene celebrates the liberatory power of pride, style, and resistance of Black queer culture.
How Tony Vaccaro Used Photography as the Antidote to Inhumanity
As his centennial approaches, Tony Vaccaro looks back at a singular life in photography that enabled him to survive both the Battle of Normandy and COVID-19, and work for Flair, Look, and Life during the golden age of picture magazines.
Les Krims’s Surreal Uranium Robots
In the mid-1970s, American photographer Les Krims, known for his pioneer satirical mise-en-scènes, created an intriguing series of photos of robots, exhibited today for the first time in 40 years.
KBr: A New Photography Center Comes to Barcelona
KBr discreetly opened its doors last month in Barcelona’s Port Olímpic district. The pandemic did little to discourage the public who flocked to this new space dedicated to photography to see the two inaugural exhibitions: Bill Brandt and Paul Strand.
