How Sunrise Hunts and Serendipity Created the Look of Alex Kittoe’s book
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
How Claire Rosen Turned a Simple Visual Experiment Into a Call to Rethink How We Treat Animals
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
How Eight Years in the Arctic Shaped Marta Bevacqua’s Most Personal Project
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
How Hanno Ketterer Turned 1,000 War Letters Into a Powerful New Photographic Story About Love and Survival
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
Inside the Imagined Kyoto Yasuhiro Ogawa Spent 10 Years Photographing
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
How Christophe Jacrot Turns Brutal Snowstorms Into Art in Winterland
Most photographers avoid bad weather. Christophe Jacrot chases it. His new book Winterland is about the kind of beauty most people try to escape. Photography Book Spotlight
How Ghana Turns Funerals Into Art: Regula Tschumi’s 20-Year Journey
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
How Paul Nicklen’s Reverence Turns Wildlife Photography Into a Tribute to the Planet
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
‘Roadside Lights’ in the Blizzard: Eiji Ohashi’s Journey Through Japan’s Frozen Nights
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
How a Hollywood Location Scout Turned Real Places into Scenes from Movies That Don’t Exist
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
How Marshall To Turned Taoist Ghost Stories Into a Haunting Debut Photobook
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
Advice for Young Artists: Alec Soth on Finding Joy in Creative Chaos and Experimentation
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
How Amani Willett Turned a Childhood of Unprocessed Trauma Into His Most Personal Photography Book Yet
Can a photo book capture the weight of unspoken trauma? Amani Willett believes it can. Photography Book Spotlight
Frederik Rüegger’s I Am a Stranger in This Country Reveals the Last Refuge of Traveller Traditions
Traveller traditions survive in horse fairs, and Frederik Rüegger documented them. These events are the last places where Europe's nomadic communities can live without restrictions. Photography Book Spotlight
How Do You Photograph a Country That Won’t Let You Look? Inside Tariq Zaidi’s North Korea Project
Photographing North Korea means working under constant watch. Two government guides followed London-based photographer Tariq Zaidi everywhere for two years, monitoring every frame he captured. Photography Book Spotlight
Seamus Murphy’s Strange Love Finds Shared Humanity Between Two Nations Once Defined as Enemies
Photography can still reveal what politics hides. In his book Strange Love, Seamus Murphy photographed life in both the United States and Russia. Photography Book Spotlight
How Jamel Shabazz Turned Prospect Park Into 45 Years of Healing, History, and Hope
Brooklyn's Prospect Park became Jamel Shabazz's classroom, refuge, and legacy. Most photographers chase subjects across cities, but Shabazz found everything he needed in 580 acres of green space. Photography Book Spotlight
From New York Streets to Global Cities: Phil Penman on 30 Years of Iconic Street Photography
Phil Penman has captured 30 years of the world's streets. His camera has documented everything from 9/11 to quiet moments in Tokyo alleyways. Photography Book Spotlight