Photography

Extravagant Disorder Extravagant Disorder

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

Apr 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl

How Soon Was Now? How Soon Was Now?

The death, and afterlife, of the Polaroid.

Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand

For the photographer Thomas Demand, Germany is like any other country because it is haunted by history.

Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Pattern Recognition: The Writings of Hollis Frampton Pattern Recognition: The Writings of Hollis Frampton

A new volume of essays shows Hollis Frampton leaving behind photography for film.

Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered Fleeting Exchanges: Helen Levitt Remembered

Helen Levitt's idiosyncratic photographs.

Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl

A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited

Do images understand us, the Pictures generation asked, more than we understand them?

May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice

Two new books explore the truths and artifice of photography.

Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

The Uneasy Documentary Vision of Susan Meiselas The Uneasy Documentary Vision of Susan Meiselas

A new exhibit explores the remarkably sophisticated wellspring of social, political and ethical deliberation of Susan Meiselas' photography.

Dec 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Roth

Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces

Democratic Camera: William Eggleston's grand and gorgeous retrospective at the Whitney Museum.

Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Photo Ops: Josef Koudelka Revisits Prague 1968 Photo Ops: Josef Koudelka Revisits Prague 1968

A new book and companion exhibition highlight a Czech photographer's stunning snapshots of the Soviet invasion of Prague.

Oct 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Megan Buskey

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