Ben Marcin Photographed Baltimore’s Last Row Houses, Then the Empty Lots They Left Behind
A house could disappear and still shape Ben Marcin’s project. In Baltimore, he photographed single row houses left standing after their neighbours had been demolished. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Julio Mitchel Stopped Photographing El Sur After 20 Years
Julio Mitchel finished El Sur without seeing conditions improve. From the 1980s to 2000, he travelled through seven Latin American countries, photographing poverty, inequality, and the abuse of power. 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
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
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
Can a Photograph Humanize a Murderer Without Excusing the Crime?
Vladimir Karamazov entered prison looking for humanity. For one year, he photographed inside Belene, Bulgaria’s most heavily guarded prison. Photography Book Spotlight
Marina Sersale Started Photographing Rome by Chance. 10 Years Later, It Became Liminal Space
Marina Sersale found mystery on her daily walk. What began as a simple habit slowly became a way of seeing. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Melonie Bennett Spent 20 Years Photographing Her Family’s Drunken Parties, Illness, Fights, and Private Moments
Melonie Bennett photographed what most families bury. Her book Holy Cow! follows more than twenty years of family life filled with drunken parties, illness, fights, jokes, rituals, and emotional chaos. Photography Book Spotlight
Mark Power’s FASHION: How 27 Years of Commissioned Work Became One Photography book
Can commissioned photography still feel brutally honest? This article is about Mark Power and his book FASHION. Photography Book Spotlight
THE CAMERA REVEALED WHAT WORDS NEVER COULD - Julian & Jonathan by Sarah Mei Herman
In 2005, a family trip quietly became a 20-year project. It began as a way to photograph a young boy and his father during a short time together. Photography Book Spotlight
Living Normally in an Abnormal Place: Pierpaolo Mittica on Photographing Workers, Families, and Faith Inside Chernobyl
What does everyday life look like inside Chernobyl? For many people, Chernobyl still means empty buildings, danger, and silence. But this place is not only ruins and abandoned rooms. Photography Book Spotlight
How Benjamin Rasmussen’s The Good Citizen Challenges America’s Myths Through History, Law, and Photography
Sometimes the most powerful photographs hide their true intent. In The Good Citizen, Benjamin Rasmussen uses this Trojan horse idea to make people look at difficult history in a new way. Photography Book Spotlight
How Merlin Daleman’s Mutiny Captures the Social and Economic Divides of Post-Brexit Britain
Photography can reveal the fractures a nation tries to hide. Merlin Daleman’s new book Mutiny shows the social and economic divides that shape post-Brexit Britain. Photography Book Spotlight
Robin Hinsch’s Lonely Are All the Bridges Captures the Fragile Connections That War Destroys
Can photography capture what war tries to erase? Robin Hinsch spent 15 years photographing Ukraine to find out. Photography Book Spotlight
Wahala: How Robin Hinsch’s Global Journey Reveals the Violence Behind the Oil and Coal We All Use
Not every moment should be photographed, and knowing which is which takes courage. Robin Hinsch’s project Wahala shows the hidden cost of oil, coal, and gas in places most people never see. Photography Book Spotlight
Photographing Orwell’s Island: How Craig Easton Captured What Jura Feels Like
Most photos show what a place looks like. These show how it feels. Craig Easton went to Jura, the remote Scottish island where George Orwell wrote 1984. He wanted to understand why Orwell chose this isolated place and what it might still hold for someone searching for focus, silence, or meaning. Photography Book Spotlight
Photograph What You Care About Before It’s Gone - Faultlines by John Volynchook
Instead of pointing his camera at activists and banners, John Volynchook focused on the earth itself, grass, roots, chalk, water. What looks peaceful at first becomes more powerful the longer you look, especially when you know what’s at stake. Photography Book Spotlight
Photographing the Astronomers Who Map the Stars: Daniel Stephen Homer’s Route de la Belle Étoile
Astronomy isn’t just about telescopes and distant galaxies, it’s about the people who spend their nights chasing the unknown. These amateur astronomers, often working from backyards and homemade observatories, have made real contributions to science. Photography Book Spotlight