What Painting Changed About Janelle Lynch’s Photographs
Color entered Janelle Lynch’s photographs through painting. In Another Way of Looking at Love, she photographed plants and trees on her property in the Catskills. Photography Book Spotlight
From Amsterdam Walks to Family Life in Ukraine: What Connects Wesley Verhoeve’s Notice Books
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
From Brief Encounters to Years of Returning: Robin de Puy on Photographing People
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
How Far Can You Change a War Photograph Before It Stops Being About What Happened?
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
A Boxing Coach Reminded Darren Vargas of the Grandfather He Had Lost
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
Mike Chudley Has Been Shooting Street Photography for Almost 10 Years. Here’s What He Wishes He Knew at 19
The street is boring until you learn what to notice. Most of the time, nothing special is happening. Photography Book Spotlight
How 300-Year-Old Maps Changed the Way Virginia McGee Richards Photographed the American South
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
Ian Bates’s Only Road Out Was Blocked by a Burning Tree. It Was the Last Wildfire He Photographed for The Weight of Ash
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
400 Kilometres, a Mamiya RB67, and Hundreds of London Streets: How Alberto Tandoi Built a Portrait Book From Chance Encounters
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
Jo Ann Chaus Spent 10 Years Photographing Herself. The Pictures Helped Her Understand What She Had Kept Unspoken
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
Emin Özmen Spent 15 Years Photographing Everyday Life Beyond Turkey’s Headlines
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
Eva Verbeeck Photographed 400 American Girls. She Let Them Decide How They Wanted to Be Seen
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
Susan kae Grant Spent 25 Years Photographing the Space of Dreams Without Illustrating a Single Dream
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
The Same Valley, 26 Years Later: David Katzenstein on Photography, Time, and Reunion
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
Karla and James Murray Have Photographed New York for 30 Years. Their New Book Reveals Why Its Diners Still Matter
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 Returned to Her 1970s Archive. She Found the Photographer She Was Becoming
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
Photographing Patagonia’s Puesteros Changed Pie Aerts Understanding of Silence
Silence changed how Pie Aerts understood his own fear. For most of his life, he was afraid of being alone. Photography Book Spotlight
These Women Were Sentenced to Life in Prison. Sara Bennett Wanted Us to See More Than Their Crimes
A prison sentence tells only part of a life. Sara Bennett has spent more than a decade photographing women convicted of homicide and sentenced to life in New York State. Photography Book Spotlight