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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.
Millions of Young Girls Forced into Marriage
How many children and teenage girls are ready for marriage? Yet the practice is shockingly prevalent: One out of nine girls in developing countries will be married by age 15, according to the United Nations. An estimated 14.2 million girls a year will become child brides by 2020 if nothing changes.
Marc Dennis Interview
Interview with artist Marc Dennis on the occassion of his new show, An Artist, a Curator and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar…
Live from the Library
I was happy to be a part of New York Society Library‘s “Live from the Library” series this season: http://www.nysoclib.org/blog/members-read-live-library/
Van Sarki Closes His Eyes and Sees the Future
On the photographer Van Sarki and his mysterious portraiture.
Europe’s Largest Glacier Comes to New York
By the time Olafur Eliasson came up with the idea to display chunks of glacier as an art exhibit, he had already spent a lot of time at the mouth of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull, the largest ice cap in Europe, watching it melt.
Duane Michals
For this interview, I visited the photographer Duane Michals in his studio where we discussed his memoir, photographs, feature film, and alter ego.
