Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time
Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.
Oct 15, 2015 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer
Forget Where I Heard It Forget Where I Heard It
With pigeon force the air men come clattering. It would be sad if it wasn’t so funny, one swore. Stay out of the nettles. Do not live above the shop. His men may find you there. Otherwise, as coma says, my beans, my peas, my coma get read into the riot act. That comes later. After three decades of futility, you have to ask: Who was this composer? Was he known for anything else? Is the mere survival of the notes justified, or do we all survive this way, more or less?
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Ashbery
How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change
The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...
Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens
Vergara’s ambivalent feelings about gentrifying Harlem stem from a recognition of just how far the neighborhood had fallen in previous years.
Mar 22, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pictures Without an Exhibition Pictures Without an Exhibition
The Brooklyn Museum’s massive show of war photography is a wasted opportunity.
Jan 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Susie Linfield
Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli Showing, Saying, Whistling: On Lorna Simpson and Ahlam Shibli
Two photographers focus on the difficulties of putting words to what one sees.
Aug 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Chim’s Eye: On Photography and Politics Chim’s Eye: On Photography and Politics
Is it possible to create an intellectually aware, politically honest image?
Apr 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Francis Reynolds
As They Live: On Roman Vishniac As They Live: On Roman Vishniac
How a photographer’s images of Jews were liberated from the lachrymose history he imposed upon them.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Robert Burley’s The Disappearance of Darkness, Harvey Wang’s From Darkroom to Daylight.
Mar 6, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Lucy McKeon
‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film
The film’s torture scenes do not excuse or glorify torture; they do something worse: draw the audience into accommodating it.
Jan 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski