Imagining a World Somewhere Else from Sweden
Photographer Per-Olof Stolz has photographed the suburbia of his hometown Rydebäck, in southern Sweden, where his family bought a house in the 1960s. A simple documentation of the middle-class life, which tells about both prosperity and isolation.
Haunting Photos of Midnight Crossings at the US/Mexico Border During the 1980s
American photographer Ken Light looks back at his time at the US/Mexico border in the 1980s when The Border Patrol began hunting migrants in the dead of night.
Creating a New Language for Black Male Desire
Using fantasy and mysticism to disrupt the historical portrayal of Black masculinity, interdisciplinary artist Shikeith creates liberated images of desire.
How the 1970s Revolutionized the Art of Photography
A new online exhibition by PDNB Gallery explores how photographers working in the 1970s transformed not only the language of photography, but invented new ways of seeing the world.
Jacques Léonard’s Gypsy Snapshots
Life in the heart of a Barcelona gypsy community in the 1950s, as if you were there, shown through the sensitive lens of Jacques Léonard, a Frenchman who spent time living in their midst.
A Portrait of Africa on the Cusp of Independence
Recently rediscovered photographs from Todd Webb’s five-month trip to Africa offer a look at the relationship between independence and imperialism in the Global South.
Donna Ferrato: A Life Dedicated to Women’s Liberation
Having scoured her archives to collect 50 years’ worth of photographs of women, depicting their ecstasies and their breakdowns, Donna Ferrato publishes a troubling tribute to feminine power.
The Endangered Future of Greenland’s Heroes
Icelander Ragnar Axelsson has devoted his career to photographing the Far North. His documentary photographs have earned him multiple awards, including the prestigious Icelandic Photojournalist Award, and have appeared in LIFE, National Geographic, and Le Figaro. He now publishes Arctic Heroes with Kehrer, a tribute to the sled dogs of Greenland.
Celebrating Kamoinge, the World’s Longest Running Photography Collective
In the fall of 1963 — the final year of Jim Crow America — two Harlem-based groups of Black photographers came together to create the Kamoinge Workshop, which has since become the world’s longest-running photography collective. Taken from the Gikuyu language of Kenya, meaning “a group of people acting together,” Kamoinge provided a space for both professional photographers […]
Rania Matar’s Intimate Portraits of Social Isolation
When the COVID 19 crisis began, Rania Matar embarked on a series of portraits of people in their homes, finding a new way to connect across the divide.
Tips to Master Mountain Landscape Photography
Mountains have always made great photographic subjects. They dominate the surrounding landscape with their size and grandeur and never fail to impress with their changing reflections and dizzying peaks. Dotted with snow in winter, they naturally make for stunning shots. So here are some tips for the best ways to shoot mountain photography, if you’re lucky enough to be surrounded by the mountains.
Feeling Like a Child Again on the Kerkennah Islands
Travel to the Kerkennah Islands off of the Tunisian coast with French-Tunisian photographer Shiraz Bazin-Moussi.
A Harrowing Look Inside the LAPD in the 1990s
Embedded with the LAPD, photographer Joseph Rodriguez was given unprecedented access to street cops in the years following the Los Angeles Riots.
Revisiting New York’s Legendary Drag Explosion of the 1990s
Downtown New York nightlife icon Linda Simpson looks back at the way ‘90s drag culture transformed the way we think about gender, beauty, fashion, and glamour today.
Antoine Agoudjian: An Armenian Story
For over thirty years, photographer Antoine Agoudjian has been driven by a single obsession: to document the Armenian narrative, from the ghosts of the past to the conflicts of today.
Soumya Sankar Bose: Anatomy of a Massacre
In a self-published book titled Where the Birds Never Sing, Indian photographer Soumya Sankar Bose looks at an event that the Indian government has erased from history. The result reveals the political and social complexity of the incident by combining thorough investigative work with visual poetry in several different formats.
Harry Wilks’ Iconic Car Pictures
American photographer Harry Wilks favors the everyday life. His project The Car Picture features a series of yearly photographs in front of the family car shot over a period of thirty years. An ode to family life that documents the passing of time.
Trent Parke: The Crimson Wind
Australian photographer Trent Parke, a member of Magnum Photos and winner of four World Press Photo awards, returns after a five-year hiatus with his first project since 2015. His book Crimson Line is a meditation in scarlet on industrial pollution, creativity, and light.
Larry Fink’s Penetrating Portrait of Class in America
As he approaches his 80th birthday, American photographer Larry Fink looks back at his extraordinary journey through photography in conjunction with a new retrospective of his work opening in Cologne, Germany.
Marseille: In Search of the Lost Coastline
To talk about Marseille and its coastline, Élise Llinarès and Michel Peraldi have joined forces as photographer and anthropologist. Littoral Marseille is the result of their collaboration, a book of personal commitment released by the publishing house d’une rive à l’autre.
Exploring the Art of Looking at Photography
Author Stephen Frailey picks up where John Szarkowski left off with his new book, “Looking at Photography” that showcases 100 seminal works made since 1980.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paul Hart, Denatured Landscape
British artist Paul Hart photographed lands disfigured by outrageous productivism. Images that are both simple and symbolic.
