Photography

PHOTOS: How to Destroy an American Landmark

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 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

Portrait of Shahidul Alam

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

Pledge of Allegiance by Dorothea Lange

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? 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

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

Pieces of Vivian Maier

Pieces of Vivian Maier Pieces of Vivian Maier

The mysterious photographer left behind so much and, at the same time, so little.

Nov 6, 2017 / Jillian Steinhauer

Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’

Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’ Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’

In today’s confused, commercial, and not-quite-intellectual environment, the phrase “female gaze” functions in varied ways, according to its users’ needs.

Sep 18, 2017 / Alina Cohen

The Borderlands’ Human Stain

The Borderlands’ Human Stain The Borderlands’ Human Stain

Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.

Jul 27, 2017 / Photo Essay / John Washington

Hundreds of writers, artists and activists protest president-elect Trump.

Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities

This is not about fiscal responsibility.

Mar 13, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

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