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
How Dan Nelken Approached Photographing the Women of Rural Uganda as an Outsider
Being an outsider shaped every portrait Dan Nelken made. He had known that feeling long before arriving in Uganda. Photography Book Spotlight
After Her Arrest, Kristina Rozhkova Began Seeing Cages Everywhere
Can a prison cage exist without prison walls? For Kristina Rozhkova, this question became personal after her arrest in Russia in June 2024. Photography Book Spotlight
The Words in Atlas of Invisible Things Were Never Meant to Tell You What the Photographs Mean
A photograph can lose something when words explain it. Stephanie Duprie Routh made this tension central to Atlas of Invisible Things. Photography Book Spotlight
What Happens When You Look Back at 50 Years of Your Photographs? Greg Girard Found a Career He Had Never Fully Seen
What happens when you revisit fifty years of photographs? For Greg Girard, looking back was not simply about remembering where he had been. Photography Book Spotlight
Lewis Ableidinger Has Photographed the Midwest for 25 Years. Here’s Why He Keeps Returning to the Same Places
The same place can become a different photograph. Returning years later can change what you notice. Photography Book Spotlight
Benita Suchodrev Stopped Searching for Specific Pictures. She Began Waiting for the Photographs to Find Her
Some photographs reveal their meaning only years later. Benita Suchodrev discovered this while returning to images made across different periods of her life. Photography Book Spotlight
Taisuke Nakano Discovered a Murderer Shared His Name. Here’s Why He Refused to Photograph the Crime Like a Documentary
A murderer shared Taisuke Nakano’s exact name. He discovered this while researching a real murder from 2000. Photography Book Spotlight
Tsubasa Kawaguchi Found a Broken Camera. Its Magenta Photographs Became His First Photobook
Tsubasa Kawaguchi found beauty in a camera’s failure. The old camera could not focus properly, its shutter often failed, and its colors shifted toward magenta. Photography Book Spotlight
What Does It Mean To Be Jewish Today? Marnie Salsky On Photographing Identity Beyond Religion, Politics, And Stereotypes
What does being Jewish look like today? It can be expressed through religion, culture, family, history, community, or small daily decisions. Photography Book Spotlight
How A Save The Children Assignment Became Carol Allen-Storey’s 10-Year Documentary Project About Disability, Motherhood, And Survival
Trust matters more than photographs in long-term documentary work. Carol Allen-Storey discovered this through Defying the Myth, a project that began with a Save the Children assignment in 2014 and continued for more than a decade. Photography Book Spotlight