Two anniversaries are being celebrated this year in Germany: the 50th anniversary of the death of August Sander in 1964 and the 40th anniversary of the creation of the publishing house Schirmer/Mosel…
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“I’m interested in stories, which are always told by someone, whether the story is a myth, a tale or an anecdote. Photography allows me to plumb the depths of personalities…
In the 1920s, August Sander conceived of The People of the 20th Century, a seven-volume series that would encapsulate the face of the times, and to this project he dedicated the better…
The Overseas Press Club of America announces its four photography awards : Tyler Hicks wins The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award (Best published photographic) reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage…
Hoda Afshar’s series "Under Western Eyes" comprises digitally manipulated photographs that are designed to shift the conversation around the representation of Islamic women as subjugated and suppressed. Afshar, who is…
A portrait of an artist is always their subject. We may know the photographer from the photograph in the way they see the world and the artifacts that they make,…
Another surprise from this Californian edition of Paris Photo is an exhibition from its director, Julien Frydman, and Fototeka, based on the archives of the Los Angeles Police Department. The…
Springtime is here, writes The Guardian, and the sheep are jumping. The Russians are at Ukraine’s door, which you can read in all the newspapers of the world—except Holy Russia’s……
Alexei Partola, a graduate of the British High School of Art and Design, presents a project devoted to “train-bombing.” According to the rules of the genre, the process of creating…
Every winter between mid November and beginning of February the sun fails to rise above the flanks of the Alps, leaving the Northern Italian village of Viganella completely in shadow.…