Duane Michals Unlocks his Andy Warhol Archive
Here’s Andy Warhol’s ear. Here’s Andy Warhol’s eye. Here’s his chin. Here’s his hair. Duane Michals, who knew Andy since his days as an illustrator at iconic New York department store Bonwit Teller, has documented every inch of Andy Warhol, even blowing up portraits into extreme close-ups to show each of his features. As Michals […]
Celebrating the Glamour of the Golden Age of Air Travel
In the new book Come Fly With Me, author Jodi Peckman shares iconic paparazzi shots of the jet set from the 1950s through today.
Getting Up and Catching the Wave
The French aquatic photographer Laurent Masurel has a book coming out titled Line-Up, a seminal work on waves and surfing.
Is This the World We Created?
Describing and portraying today’s world in pictures: that, in a nutshell, describes the exhibition “Civilization – What an era!” presented at the MUCEM in Marseille, France. An opportunity to explore photographic art from the past twenty years and to reflect on the world around us.
Meet the Climate Heroes
First a documentary series, then an association, for over ten years Climate Heroes has been giving a face and a voice to some of the true saviors of the planet, those who work day by day to halt climate change. Thanks to crowdfunding, a forthcoming photo book published by Hemeria is slated to complement this project.
From Russia With Love: The Making of Women Street Photographers
Gulnara Samoilova explores how her formative years in Soviet-era Bashkortostan shaped her, the artist and visionary behind a new book entitled Women Street Photographers.
How Photography Changed the Essence of Fashion Magazines
Print is rumored to be dead, but there’s something about the allure of a magazine, of holding a glossy publication in your hands, that keeps bringing us back to it. Granted, the mainstream magazines of late have largely foregone artistic innovation in favor of pure celebrity worship. It wasn’t always like this, though: looking back […]
Inside New York’s Radical Punx of Color Scene
In her first book, Destiny Mata revisits the New York’s avant garde punk scene over the past decade.
World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020
The results of the 64th edition of World Press Photo were announced on April 15. Six nominees were in the running for the prestigious and coveted world photo of the year. The World Press Photo of the Year was awarded to Mads Nissen for his photograph of a hug between a nurse and an old lady during the covid pandemic, in São Paulo, Brazil. Blind looks back at the year 2020 marked by Covid, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, among others.
Fabio Ponzio: East of Nowhere
An eyewitness to the fall of Communist regimes in Europe, the photographer Fabio Ponzio publishes his photographs covering twenty-two years spent in the East.
Bruce Gilden: “It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect, It’s Organized Chaos”
In December 2019, Bruce Gilden frequented one of Palermo’s most typical markets, Ballarò, for about a week. Attracted by the genuine rough faces of its vendors and buyers he spent hours strolling its narrow streets.
June Newton, Portrait Photographer Also Known as Alice Springs, Dies at 97
Remembering art director, curator, and portraitist June Newton, whose photography career began one day in 1970 when her husband Helmut fell ill with the flu and sent her in his stead.
Hassan Hajjaj’s Colorful Cabinet of Rock Stars and Fashionistas
Hailing from the fishing town of Larache on the northwest coast of Morocco, photographer Hassan Hajjaj was born in 1961 — just five years after the country achieved independence. Throughout the ‘60s, the African Independence Movement swept the continent, restoring a feeling of pride to the peoples whose lives and land had been unjustly usurped by foreign […]
When Broadway Does its Striptease for a Good Cause
Rivka S. Katvan captures backstage Broadway like no one else. In 1987, she put her photographic talent in the service of a good cause, joining forces with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an organization fighting against HIV. This collaboration has resulted in a series of striking photos that embody the magic of the American burlesque stage.
Duane Michals on Opening his Archive and Unseen Pictures of Alaska
In 1966, Duane Michals got on a plane bound for Alaska. What was supposed to be a short trip on an assignment for Esquire photographing the Alaska Natives, ended up being a three-week stay, with temperatures so low that it was impossible to ever get warm. A few photos from this trip were published in an article […]
A Poignant Reminder of the Incalculable Cost of War
Magnum Photos member Peter van Agtmael offers a deeply disconcerting look at the dissonance between violence, spectacle, and perception in his latest book, Sorry for the War.
An Intimate Portrait of Boyhood Friends, Then and Now
In The Boys, Rick Schatzberg pairs snapshots from the 1970s with portraits made today, looking back at a group of childhood friends at the brink of old age.
Mona Kuhn’s Universal Figures
Over a career spanning more than twenty years, Mona Kuhn’s underlying theme has always been humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. She is renowned for developing close relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable intimacy. The new book Mona Kuhn: Works is her first retrospective.
A Portrait of Disenchanted Youth Flocking to Haight-Asbury in the 1960s
Fifty years in the making, William Gedney’s chronicle of the early San Francisco hippie scene has finally been published, offering an unvarnished look at the roots of the legendary 1960s counterculture.
The Inuit in the Light of Day
Published by the Lumière des Roses Gallery, the catalog Inuit features early twentieth-century portraits from the archive of the writer-journalist Victor Forbin.
Peter van Agtmael Chronicles the Frontlines of War in the 21st Century
Magnum Photos member Peter van Agtmael shares his journey as a conflict photographer, and the importance of adopting an open, questioning approach to photojournalism.
LA’s Latino LGBTQ Scene in the 1980s and ‘90s
In a new book, Reynaldo Rivera looks back at his formative years growing up in Los Angeles before gentrification turned the lights on the “City of Night.”
Shisei Kuwabara: Minamata Disease, and the Poisoning of a Town
For sixty years Japanese photographer Shisei Kuwabara has been documenting the city of Minamata and those who suffer from the disease that bears its name.
Mark Power: “America continues to enthrall and to disappoint in equal measure”
In 2012, Mark Power embarked on an ambition journey: Good Morning America, a visual narrative of the United States, spanning over five books and ten years. One way to undertake such a project would be to follow thematic or geographical patterns, but the British photographer refuses to cluster his photos along these lines, inviting us instead on an unpredictable ride […]
Celebrating Mary Ellen Mark’s Poignant Portrait of Girlhood
A new exhibition explores how, aside from her projects, Mary Ellen Mark documented the lives of young women and girls around the globe over half a century.
A 30-Year Odyssey Documenting Lives of Girlfriends Coming of Age
In the new book Between Girls, Karen Marshall explores gender, identity, self-discovery and friendship between women in photographs, film, and audio recordings.
Celebrating the Unpredictability of Life with Magnum’s Print Sale
Entitled “The Unexpected”, a collection of more than ninety prints by Magnum photographers is available for $100 for one week. It represents the breadth and variety of what photography can convey and capture.
Dig Down a Little Deeper and You’ll Find Me
Living in Pennsylvania and traveling through the cities and towns, long before photographer Niko J. Kallianiotis picked up a camera, helped him shape his perception of what America is, or isn’t. His project entitled America in a Trance is an observation of the fading American dream so typified in the northeastern Pennsylvania landscape but widespread across the United States.
Retracing the Route of a Country Doctor in Rural Indiana
Inspired by the iconic work of W. Eugene Smith, Rebecca Norris Webb traces the route of her father, a country doctor, in the new book Night Calls.
Iris Hassid: Seeing the Other Side
The first monograph by Israeli photographer Iris Hassid, A place of Our Own, takes viewers into the day-to-day life of four young Palestinian women from Israel.
Behind the Masks: Faces of Those Fighting COVID-19
Photos of nurses by portrait photographer Cedric Matet are on display in the town of Montpellier, in France, until March 21. The exhibition “Behind the Masks” shines the spotlight on Covid-19 teams at the Montpellier University Hospital.
In a League of Her Own: Ida Wyman, Girl Photographer in a World of Men
A new exhibition looks at rare color photographs of documentary photographer Ida Wyman made on the streets of New York in the 1940s.
Joan E. Biren’s Touching Portraits of Lesbians
The reissue of Joan E. Biren’s Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, which was first published in 1979, is cause for celebration. During a historical era characterized by political urgency and high hopes, being seen – having agency – was inextricably linked to effecting social change. The expanded version of her out-of-print photobook, a classic of photographic literature, […]
Photos Capturing the Grit and Glamour of 1970s LA
Los Angeles in the 1970s was an age filled with grit and glamour. The allure of Hollywood in its gilded age hasn’t faded; today, fashion, music, and film all pay homage to the 1970s and the glitterati that inhabited it then. But LA had a less glamorous side, too; photographer Gary Krueger captured the frenetic, […]
By the Creek, Opposite of a Meadow
In order to reconnect with her homeland, document remnants of identity, and trans-generational connection to Slovakia, Michaela Nagyidaiová planned a journey across the country. She captured places and people linked to her parents’ memories of vacationing in Slovakia during socialism and explored her own recollections of childhood.
Gilles Caron: A Witness to an Imperfect World
The book Gilles Caron, Un monde imparfait accompanies the eponymous exhibition, which was on view in Reims and is traveling to Cherbourg starting April 24, 2021. Blind invites you to discover Gilles Caron’s remarkable work through his photographs and the testimony of Robert Pledge, director of the agency Contact, who was close to the photographer who died suddenly at the age of thirty.
Philip Wolmuth, Socially Concerned British Photographer, Dies at 70
Reflecting on the life and legacy of British photographer Philip Wolmuth, who used the camera as a tool of liberation in the fight for social justice.
Paris In Photos: An Accessible Collection
Thinking about starting a photography collection? Thanks to the Internet, auction sales are now more accessible to many more people. While some are aimed at experts, as they’re devoted to great figures or famous collections, others are aimed at amateurs. “Paris Seen By Various Photographers,” organized by Christophe Gœury, is one such example.
A Camera and Three Chords: Documenting the D.I.Y. Ethos of Punk
Celebrated photographer and film director Michael Grecco revisits his archive to unearth images capturing the raw power of punk music.
How Ebony Became the Gold Standard of Black American Photo Magazines
A lavish new photography book celebrates the legacy of the magazine that chronicled the extraordinary progress of Black America throughout the twentieth century — and beyond. It coincides with the announcement of Ebony‘s rebirth this month.
Exploring the Mystical Drama of Life Through Photography
A new exhibition at International Center of Photography in New York and a new book mediate on the role of documentary photography in our ever-changing world, offering a slice of life that is poetic in form.
Photographs of New York’s Isolation in Lockdown
When COVID hit New York City last March, placing one of the busiest cities in the world in a seemingly endless period of stasis, the photographer Brea Souders moved upstate to a remote area, staying at a home situated at the end of a cul-de-sac. During that intense period of isolation, she began to notice people who, […]
Shedding New Light on the Marginal Lives and Lifestyles of the African Diaspora
Organized around the work of four different photographers, the exhibition (Un)hidden, on view now at the Dominique Fiat gallery in Paris, provides a glimpse of various forms of resistance.
The Anonymous Project: Our Big Family Album
Since 2017, Lee Shulman, a filmmaker and founder of The Anonymous Project, has been collecting photographic slides of anonymous people. He has unearthed forgotten gems in attics and lent a second life to family memories captured in Kodachrome. The Polka Factory invites viewers to the exhibition American Stories, featuring previously unseen photographs.
A Tender Portrait of Teen Girls Coming of Age
Deanna Templeton’s new book What She Said explores the struggle for independence, agency, and self-expression that defines female adolescence.
