The Unknown Radicals of Black Photography The Unknown Radicals of Black Photography
A recent exhibition on the Kamoinge Workshop tells the story of a group of photographers who explored the artistic and political potential of the medium to its fullest.
Feb 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
The Vanishing Queer Underground of Los Angeles The Vanishing Queer Underground of Los Angeles
Reynaldo Rivera’s photos of the city's nightlife document a time of cheap rent and possibility.
Dec 10, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf
On Not Looking Away On Not Looking Away
All perpetrators ask is that we remain bystanders. But to combat complicity, we must confront tragedy.
Jul 16, 2019 / Arran Skinner
Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z Branding Fake Justice for Generation Z
Meet Brud, the secretive tech start-up here to outfit corporations with fashionable social causes—through elaborate CGI fiction.
Jun 28, 2019 / Emmeline Clein
Photographing the Otherworldly and the Abject Photographing the Otherworldly and the Abject
Barbara Ess’s lo-fi photos, which pluck scenes from our culture’s surveillance regime, make the banal seem terrifying and mystical.
Jun 14, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark
The slow death of Detroit’s famous Packard Automotive Plant.
Feb 25, 2019 / Photo Essay / Camilo José Vergara
RaMell Ross’s Beautifully Unsentimental Meditation on Southern Life RaMell Ross’s Beautifully Unsentimental Meditation on Southern Life
Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a probing and intimate documentary about life in today’s rural Alabama.
Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’ Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’
The acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, activist, and mentor remains in jail after speaking out against the government.
Aug 24, 2018 / Maia Hibbett
No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers
The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.
May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han
What Would It Take To Actually See What Life Is Like in Prison? What Would It Take To Actually See What Life Is Like in Prison?
An issue and exhibit from the photography foundation Aperture breaks down old tropes of prison life.
Mar 6, 2018 / Photo Essay / John Washington