I Throw Away Most of My Images: Huntington Witherill on Failure, Discipline, and Photo Synthesis
Experience doesn’t reduce failure. It increases it. Huntington Witherill says this after more than fifty years in photography.Photography Book Spotlight
I Took a Wrong Turn in 2017. Two Years Later, It Became My Most Important Photography Book
This book began with being completely lost. Lisa Cutler took a wrong turn in Brooklyn and decided not to correct it. Photography Book Spotlight
ONE: Hallway - Roy DeCarava by Sean Kernan
This installment turns to Roy DeCarava’s Hallway, a picture that feels endlessly engaging and somehow purely photographic, even when you cannot explain why. Photography Book Spotlight
She Lived Near This River for 15 Years. Then She Accidentally Discovered a 600-Year-Old Fishing Tradition Hidden in Plain Sight
A photographer accidentally uncovered a 600-year-old fishing tradition. It happened close to her home, in a place she thought she already knew. Picture Story
Catching the Tide: How Colin McPherson Earned “Free Reign” to Photograph a Disappearing Trade
You cannot fake trust in a long-term project. Colin McPherson spent 30 years with Scotland’s salmon net fishermen. He kept returning to the same shores until the men gave him free reign. Photography Book Spotlight
From Desert Stars to Downtown Shadows: How Moving Across Los Angeles Shaped David Cruz‘s Semiotic Nights
At night, Los Angeles reveals a second identity. The streets become quieter, the light becomes harder, and familiar places feel uncertain. Picture Story
From News Photography to Long Exposures: How Shintaro Sato Trained His Eye to Find Beauty in Pure Function
Can discipline from news photography reshape how you see cities? This article is about how news photography trains the eye before it trains expression. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Italy’s Fishermen Are Disappearing and What Joe Pansa Saw After 2 Years Embedded at Sea
These fishermen are witnessing the end of their world. This story is about a fishing community in southern Italy that is slowly disappearing. Picture Story
THE CAMERA REVEALED WHAT WORDS NEVER COULD - Julian & Jonathan by Sarah Mei Herman
In 2005, a family trip quietly became a 20-year project. It began as a way to photograph a young boy and his father during a short time together. Photography Book Spotlight
Cities Without Humans, Animals Everywhere: How Isabelle Rozenbaum Turned Surveillance Footage Into a Record of a Silent World
In early 2020, the world vanished from its own streets. Cities emptied almost overnight, leaving behind places built for crowds but suddenly without people. Picture Story
How Kathya Maria Landeros Spent 13 Years Photographing Immigrant Farm Communities to Rewrite the Story of the American West
Verdant Land reframes immigrant labor through patience, trust, and time. It looks at how long-term photography can show immigrant communities beyond work alone. Photography Book Spotlight
The Year of the Lizard: How Fleeting Light, Instinct, and Analogue Film Became a 63-Copy Handmade Book
I trust instinct more than intention when photographing. This idea shapes The Year of the Lizard, a book built from brief moments that appear before they can be fully understood. Photography Book Spotlight
Inbal Abergil on Photographing What Remains When Someone Never Comes Home
Not every story of war involves the battlefield. This conversation looks at what remains after someone never comes home. Photography Book Spotlight
Why James Florio Hiked Into a Blizzard Hundreds of Times to Photograph One Place
For eight winters, one sculpture kept calling him back. James Florio returned to the same hill again and again, often in extreme wind and snow, carrying an 8×10 camera and knowing he might not be able to make a photograph at all. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Wendy Ploger Didn’t Burn Her Diaries and Instead Turned Them Into a 104-Page Photobook
After her breakup, Wendy Ploger opened her diaries instead. What began as private notes written between 2015 and 2019 slowly turned into material she could no longer ignore. Photography Book Spotlight
What Lies Under the Blue Tarps of Japan? Norio Kobayashi on Chance, Intuition, and 30 Years of Looking
Why photograph blue tarps for 30 years? Japanese Blue follows Norio Kobayashi’s long attention to temporary blue sheets spread across Japan. Photography Book Spotlight
No Project, No Plan, No Safety Net: How Reuben Radding Built Heavenly Arms by Trusting Instinct Over Concepts
I used to think serious photographers needed projects. I thought a project was proof that the work mattered. Photography Book Spotlight
How Valery Rizzo Used Imperfect Cameras to Preserve a Brooklyn That Was Slipping Away
hat happens when imperfection becomes the most honest way to photograph? Valery Rizzo began photographing Brooklyn with plastic toy cameras after an illness made movement difficult. Photography Book Spotlight