The Japanese photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto who has died at the age of ninety was one of the leading figures in the renaissance of photography in Japan in the years immediately…
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Iwan Baan’s everyday is being in a constant state of flux, a way of life he has had since the age of 20. Yet this incessant mobility has enabled him…
In 2006, Sophie Scher graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine, having specialized in what she calls “Poetic urban instants.” Coming from a family of artists—her parents are both…
Their names are Petra and Jessica, they’re Dutch, and they’re developing an interesting project on their blog: Eager. They have linked together 114 photographers from over 18 countries by combining…
The National Gallery of Art presents a centenary retrospective of the American photographer Harry Callahan’s work that is enlightning. Harry Callahan only looked for light in his pictures. It was…
In 1977 Francesca Woodman arrived in Rome to attend the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) overseas study program at Palazzo Cenci, following a tradition that dated back to the…
For some artists, a good way to get attention is to share their iPhone photos online, and show them in galleries and photo competition. Although the device is justly celebrated…
In 1995, the World Health Organization declared the tuberculosis epidemic in Ukraine. Over the past 16 years the situation has greatly worsened. Each day TB takes the lives of 30…
Gangs in black jackets, poseurs dressed in blue jeans and big belt, girls with beehive hairdos, the young rebels photographed by Karklheinz Weinberger had for heroes James Dean, Marlon Brando,…
Founded by Alfred Barr and Beaumont Newhall in 1940, the Department of Photography at the MoMA was the first of its kind in an art museum. The department greatly influenced…