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How Steve McCoy Turned “Bad Family Photos” Into An Art Project That Still Makes People Laugh

When Bad Pictures Make Great Stories. Steve McCoy started photographing his family in ordinary, sometimes funny situations. Story Behind The Photograph

Martin Kaninsky 10/16/25 Martin Kaninsky 10/16/25

The Story Behind ‘Chicken Girl’: How Steve McCoy Captured a Defining Portrait of Skelmersdale

‘Chicken Girl’ vanished, resurfaced, and became a record cover. Steve McCoy took the photograph in Skelmersdale in the 1980s, working with people in their everyday spaces. Story Behind The Photograph

Martin Kaninsky 9/19/25 Martin Kaninsky 9/19/25

What Does It Mean to Be Close? Stephen Mccoy’s Proximity Exhibition Answers in Photographs, Not Words

What does it take to go beyond appearances? Stephen Mccoy’s new exhibition Proximity asks this question with quiet humor and honesty. Interviews

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