In the backs of pickup trucks, construction workers lie among tools and blankets, headed to the city for a day’s work. Alejandro Cartagena turned his camera on the carpoolers.
Perfect Timing on the Right Side of the Tracks
A photographer who went to document New York City’s bridges and elevated train tracks discovered worlds of activity underneath them.
An ‘Orphaned’ Photo Of Kites And Love, Rescued From Oblivion
Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin finds two very different photographs from his archive.
Bringing the Drone War to American Skies
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Tomas van Houtryve wanted to show American viewers the kind of ambiguous situations where the military has used drones to strike at combatants and, at times, civilians.
Same-Sex Couples, at Ease at Home
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It was only after photographer Sage Sohier had been photographing gay and lesbian couples in the mid-1980s that she realized she had a personal connection to the topic.
Photographers Capture The Sorrow And Pain Of Global Girls
In honor of the U.N.’s International Day of the Girl Child I interviewed five photographers who devote much or all of their time to documenting the lives of global girls, who face terrible things from genital mutilation to child marriage.
Selfies Against the Death Penalty
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In the tradition of photographers calling attention to societal ills, Marc Asnin has begun a campaign enlisting photographers to take selfies to campaign against capital punishment.
Japanese Swordsman With a Camera
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Whether on Japan’s street or shores, Issei Suda takes pictures like a swordsman, with light swiftly slicing the scene.
Untold Stories After the Arab Spring
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A new website and book feature the work of North African photographers whose projects show aspects of life overshadowed by the region’s tumult.
His Camera Takes Us To The World ‘We Must Preserve’
The photographer Sebastiao Salgado, in New York City on Thursday, says we are at a “special moment” — our world now needs to be protected from climate change and other forces.
No Longer an Invisible Photographer
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Among the images in Vanessa Winship’s first retrospective are portraits taken with a view camera, which led her to slow down and engage her subjects rather than be fleetingly invisible.
Windows Without Prison Bars
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A photographer has asked hundreds of prisoners a straightforward question – if your cell could look out on one scene, what would it be?
Portraits on the Street, in the Moment
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Jacques Sonck has spent almost 40 years in Belgium making portraits of people — with odd or singular looks — who capture his attention on the street.
Marilyn Monroe’s Photo Caper in Poland
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A trove of Marilyn Monroe photos by Milton H. Greene is being auctioned in Poland this week. How the images got there – and how they will be sold – is worthy of a madcap caper.
A River Changes Young Women’s Photography, and Their Lives
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More than half a century since Inge Morath photographed the Danube, nine young female photographers will follow her footsteps and add to her legacy.
A Life Collecting Chinese Landscapes
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Lois Conner has devoted three decades to making landscapes of China layered with detail and history.
Why Pickle Brine Is a Secret Weapon Against Ice
In the effort to melt ice and snow, salt and calcium chloride have strange—and eco-friendly—company.
Italy’s Independence in Postwar Photography
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After the Second World War, Italian photographers found their voices and visions through streets, landscapes, and everyday realities.
Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment
Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Images
Group Show Review
Remembering Bushwick Musician, Artist, and Bartender Christo Buffam
Last night, friends and family members of Christo Buffam gathered at Cheap Storage to commemorate the life of the musician and artist who, last Wednesday, died in his apartment of unknown causes at the age of 31.
What’s Behind the Spike in Gulf Coast Dolphin Attacks?
When onsite necropsies reveal no signs of oil-related injury, bacterial infection, biotoxins, or disease in stranded dolphins along the Gulf Coast.
10 Picks From The European Fine Art Fair
Every year, The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) takes over Maastricht in the Netherlands. See some of my “picks” from this year’s fair.
