What happens when a couple becomes the furniture?This project starts with a simple idea: two people using their own bodies to form chairs, tables, and othe familiar objects. Interviews

Most photographers underestimate how complexity really works. Many believe a busy frame is enough, but true complexity needs structure. Photography Book Spotlight

You already have more to photograph than you think. Many photographers search for special places, but strong images often come from the rooms we already live in. Photography Book Spotlight

A hidden family story changed the way she photographed. It helped her understand why she was drawn to family and memory in the first place. Photography Book Spotlight

Understanding the Shankill starts with hearing its people. This is why Julie McCarthy spent five years returning to the same street, listening before photographing. Photography Book Spotlight

The most interesting photos hide in plain sight.
Stefan Draschan has spent years proving this with his patient museum work, waiting for tiny coincidences that suddenly line up. Photography Book Spotlight

It comes from slow travel, from quiet mornings, and from a growing archive that kept changing as Alex Kittoe changed. Across Europe, California, Africa, and Asia, he learned to trust film, to use colour with intention, and to let his curiosity guide him more than any plan. Photography Book Spotlight

Can art make us treat animals with more care? It is a simple question, but it sits at the center of Claire Rosen’s ten year project Birds of a Feather. Photography Book Spotlight

It started the moment she first stepped onto Svalbard.
She thought one visit would finally quiet a dream she carried since childhood, but the opposite happened. Photography Book Spotlight

It starts the moment Hanno opened his grandmother’s box. Inside, he found almost one thousand letters his grandfather wrote during the war. Photography Book Spotlight

What if Kyoto is most powerful when imagined, not seen? This idea helps explain why Yasuhiro Ogawa spent ten years returning to the same streets again and again. Photography Book Spotlight

For over two decades, Regula Tschumi has photographed funerals that look like festivals. In Ghana, saying goodbye to the dead can mean dancing, music, and coffins shaped like cars, fish, or teapots. Photography Book Spotlight

Every image in Reverence is a love letter to what remains. Paul Nicklen spent three decades photographing polar bears, whales, and fragile ecosystems now disappearing faster than ever. Photography Book Spotlight

One winter night, a vending machine guided Eiji Ohashi to safety from a blizzard. What was once just a bright object on the roadside became a symbol of warmth, survival, and human emotion. Photography Book Spotlight

Jan Enkelmann's "Smoking Chefs" provides a glimpse into the lives of Chinatown's kitchen staff in London. Shot mostly at night, the photo essay captures moments of quiet reflection during cigarette breaks, highlighting the chefs' hard work and resilience amidst the area's chaos​

Picture Story

What makes a photo feel like a film you’ve already seen? Maybe it’s the light that looks borrowed from a dream or a person who seems to be acting without knowing it. Photography Book Spotlight

One snowy night, Olga Karlovac turned silence into a photograph. She walked alone on a small hill above Požega, the snow falling fast and the wind cutting through the dark. Story Behind The Photograph

What happens when a childhood of Taoist ghost stories becomes the foundation of a photobook? For photographer Marshall To, it meant turning memories of rituals, talismans, and frightening tales into something real on the page. Photography Book Spotlight

November's newsletter features Alec Soth on meaningful photography, plus insights from Eric Meola, Phil Penman, Richard Misrach, and more. Book giveaway inside.

Even the most accomplished artists feel like beginners sometimes. Drawing from years of experience and his visits to art programs across the United States, Soth offers a rare glimpse into the struggles and joys of making art at any stage of life. Photography Book Spotlight