His Mother Said She Never Wanted to Be Reborn. Daesung Lee Turned That Answer Into a Photography Project
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
35,000 Photographs Across 26 States Later, RJ Clarke Is Building a Historical Archive of Black Firefighters and Other Firefighters of Color
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
What Happens To A Memory When You Remove Someone From The Photograph That Holds It?
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
Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj’s Pasqyra e Lëndësh Shows How Exile Turns Home Into A Fragmented Memory
What happens when home becomes inherited memory? For Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj, this question began with Albania, a place she left very young and later returned to as both familiar and foreign. Interviews
How Artificial Trees, Fake Rocks, and Museum Dioramas Became Nicolò Rinaldi’s Way of Questioning Nature
What happens when wilderness becomes a human invention? For Nicolò Rinaldi, this question became the starting point of W.E.I.R.D.. Interviews
From Static Photos to Living Images: How Sandra Cattaneo Adorno Uses Light, Movement, and Materials to Transform Perception
I used to think photos were fixed objects. That once you take them, they stay the same forever. Interviews
How Nicole Tung Exposed the Invisible System Behind the Fish on Our Plates
Nicole Tung photographed what the seafood industry hides. Her project looks at the world behind the fish people buy, eat, and rarely question. Interviews
John McDermott on the Long Road to Photography, From the Navy and Newsrooms to the Streets of Sicily
His photography began long before he called himself a photographer. John McDermott did not arrive at photography by a straight path. Interviews
How a Pub Full of World Cup Fans Led Mike Taylor to the Picture That Changed His Photography
A pub full of fans changed Mike Taylor’s eye. What began with an unexpected afternoon off on his 55th birthday during the 2018 World Cup became the start of a project that would stay with him for years. Interviews
Photography Doesn’t Distort Reality. Your Perception Does. Uetsugu Kotomi Explains What That Changes About Seeing
Uetsugu Kotomi photographs the moment before recognition. Her project From Vision to Perception is about that split second when your eyes see details, but your brain still cannot decide what it is. Interviews
How Charles Brooks Turns Musical Instruments Into Vast Architectural Worlds You Have Never Seen Before
Have you ever wondered what music looks like from within? Most of us spend our lives hearing instruments without thinking about their hidden spaces. Interviews
Two Bodies, One Home: How Pixy Liao Reinvented Domestic Space Through Living Furniture
What happens when a couple becomes the furniture?This project starts with a simple idea: two people using their own bodies to form chairs, tables, and othe familiar objects. Interviews
Eric Meola Made Color His Subject – From India’s Ceremonies to Tornadoes on the Great Plains
What turns a childhood magic trick into fifty years of legendary photography? For Eric Meola, it started in a basement darkroom at age twelve. Interviews
The Photographer Who Turns Accidents Into Art: Michael Turek on Blended Exposures and Contrails
Michael Turek shows us a way of seeing how photography can be playful and serious at the same time. This interview explores the ideas, experiments, and stories behind his work. Interviews
The 3-Part Formula Dotan Saguy Uses to Turn Street Chaos Into Strong PhotographS
Street photography isn't about luck; it's about method. Most photographers walk the streets hoping something interesting will happen in front of their camera. Interviews
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno and Gulnara Samoilova on Photography, Friendship, and Finding Your Voice
Two photographers prove there's no single path into art. Sandra Cattaneo Adorno picked up her first camera at 60. Gulnara Samoilova fell in love with photography at 15 in Soviet Russia. Interviews
Gregory Crewdson on Turning Suburban Streets Into Cinematic Worlds of Mystery and Light
Gregory Crewdson makes photos that look like movies.He builds scenes in small American towns where the streets, houses, and people look normal but something feels strange, like a moment from a story you cannot fully explain. Interviews
Why Martin Parr Says Most Photographers Overestimate Their Talents
Every bad picture is a step toward a good one. Martin Parr knows this better than most photographers. Interviews