Wesley Verhoeve photographs first and finds the story later. His Notice books began with learning to slow down during lockdown in Vancouver. Photography Book Spotlight

Robin de Puy could no longer make this project alone. She first photographed Randy in Ely, Nevada, during a 2015 road trip and kept returning to him for more than ten years. Interviews

Gosbert Gottmann wanted war photographs that resisted easy reading. In Freiheit Freedom Воля, he works with images connected to the war in Ukraine and changes them through abstraction, distortion and deformation. Photography Book Spotlight

Lee Espinoza reminded Darren Vargas of his late grandfather. The photographer met the boxing coach in 2025, five years after his grandfather Esmael died. Photography Book Spotlight

The street is boring until you learn what to notice. Most of the time, nothing special is happening. Photography Book Spotlight

The past became visible once Richards learned where to look. For The Inner Passage, Virginia McGee Richards spent fifteen years photographing a waterway in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Photography Book Spotlight

Nirvana began with a question about another life. After losing a close friend, Daesung Lee returned to his parents’ home and began spending more time with his mother. Interviews

Ian Bates found his wildfire story after the fire. In 2014, he saw his first wildfire while visiting a friend in Eastern Washington. Photography Book Spotlight

Alberto Tandoi walked 400 kilometres photographing London strangers. The project started from his fascination with how people in the city express themselves through clothes and personal style. Photography Book Spotlight

The camera helped Jo Ann Chaus uncover herself. What began as self-portraiture slowly became a way to understand feelings she had kept hidden for years. Photography Book Spotlight

The familiar image of the American firefighter is incomplete. For RJ Clarke, part of what is missing is the history of Black firefighters and other firefighters of color. Interviews

Emin Özmen spent 15 years photographing ordinary life in Turkey. His new photobook, Memleket, brings together people, places, and small moments he encountered across Anatolia. Photography Book Spotlight

For six years, Eva Verbeeck listened before photographing. She travelled across 28 American states and photographed more than 400 girls between the ages of 8 and 18. Photography Book Spotlight

One sleep-lab transcript changed Susan kae Grant’s photography. She had been waking from REM sleep and describing what she had just seen. Photography Book Spotlight

David Katzenstein returned to Bhutan after twenty-six years. There, he met the same three girls he had photographed in 1999, now grown women. Photography Book Spotlight

Radford used AI to make his father disappear. After his father died, William Josephs Radford went through thousands of family photographs and was surprised by how few included him. Interviews

What would you do if a polar bear appeared outside Story Behind The Photograph

Sometimes the answer comes during editing. Sometimes it appears months or years after a photograph was made. But for Luke Oppenheimer, it happened before he even pressed the shutter. Story Behind The Photograph

New York’s diners are disappearing faster than we notice. Rising rents, gentrification, and higher operating costs are forcing many of these places to close. Photography Book Spotlight

Sherrie Nickol found her photographic voice fifty years later. When she returned to her archive from the late 1970s, she discovered more than 300 photographs that had almost never been seen. Photography Book Spotlight

Silence changed how Pie Aerts understood his own fear. For most of his life, he was afraid of being alone. Photography Book Spotlight