Nation Topics - Photography | The Nation

The recently discovered photographs of Vivian Maier are tantalizing works of artistry and ambition.

Zoe Strauss has turned the streets of Philadelphia into a museum for her photography.

Can a beautiful image also accurately capture a moment in time? Can a documentary photograph also be an object of thoughtful reflection?

Why does Errol Morris cling to a model of documentary photography eighty years out of date?

Has success spoiled the photography and the art of Jeff Wall?

Most of what we think we see in the photos and films of Laurel Nakadate is our own projection.

Most journalists think that words are more important than images. Barbie Zelizer thinks they are wrong.

The 4,500 images in the recently discovered Mexican Suitcase deepen our understanding of photojournalism as well as the complexities of the Spanish Civil War.

Susie Linfield's The Cruel Radiance is a demanding and flawed attempt to regard the pain of others through photographs.

Miroslav Tichy's haphazard, eccentric photographs are disciplined, even rigorous--and indifferent to the claims of their female subjects.