Blinked Myself Awake: A Photographic Journey Through Memory, Astronomy, and Bieke Depoorter’s Most Personal Book Yet
It was night in Ghent when Bieke Depoorter saw a man watching the moon. She didn’t expect that moment to change the direction of her work. Photography Book Spotlight
Sweet Noise: A Holocaust-Era Love Story Told Through Photos, Silence, and 700 Letters
Can a photograph carry the weight of a family’s silence? That question followed Max Hirshfeld when he traveled to Poland in 1993 with his mother, a Holocaust survivor. Photography Book Spotlight
How Eduardo Ortiz Uses Color Theory to Make Street Photos That Feel Cinematic and Balanced
Great color photography isn’t about saturation. It’s about balance. Eduardo Ortiz understands how colors work together and how they affect the mood of a photo. Photography Book Spotlight
Americans Seen: A Theater of the Streets in the Pre-Digital Era by Sage Sohier
Photographing real people means stepping into their world. It’s about more than just capturing moments; it’s about understanding people and their stories. In Americans Seen, Sage Sohier focused on trust and collaboration, creating portraits that feel personal and honest. Photography Book Spotlight
How Jeffrey Marqusee Turned Walt Whitman’s Poetry Into a Visual Conversation Across Time
Can a photograph carry the emotional weight of a poem? That’s the question Jeffrey Marqusee asked when he began pairing his photography with the poetry of Walt Whitman. Photography Book Spotlight
How Russell Hart Preserved Family Memories in As I Found It: My Mother’s House
Preserving memories is the only way to keep them alive, especially when time and illness begin to erase the stories we once thought were permanent. This interview explores how photographer Russell Hart turned the emotional task of clearing his mother’s home into a project of preservation and discovery. Photography Book Spotlight
How Jonathan Jasberg Captures Candid Photos That Feel Cinematic, Intimate, and Real
Jonathan Jasberg spends hours walking, waiting, and watching, just to capture one frame that feels alive. He doesn’t rely on luck or dramatic scenes. He looks for quiet, layered moments that hold emotion. Photography Book Spotlight
How Jon Ortner’s Peak of Perfection Turns Flesh Into Sculpture Using Only Light and Shadow
What does perfection look like in a human body? It’s not just about muscles or symmetry. It’s about control, strength, and moments that only last a second, captured by the camera. Photography Book Spotlight
What Happens After Tragedy? Alberto Gandolfo on Photographing Those Who Inherit the Fight for Justice
What remains after tragedy? Alberto Gandolfo answered with a camera. His long-term project focuses on the people who stay behind, those who lost someone and are now fighting for justice. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Ansley West Rivers Builds Her Own Landscapes - One Exposure at a Time
This is not what a river looks like. It’s what it feels like. Ansley West Rivers does not photograph landscapes the usual way. She spends weeks exposing a single sheet of film, building one image from many places, many times of day. Photography Book Spotlight
Sculpting Silence: How Mirjana Vrbaški’s Portraits and Forests Echo the Depth of the Human Soul
Can silence be sculpted into an image? Mirjana Vrbaški shows it can. Her portraits of women and fast, instinctive photographs of forests are quiet but powerful. They speak to something deeper, something hard to explain with words. 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
How 15 Years of Shooting in Macau Revealed Layers of Transformation You Won’t Find in Any Travel Guide (by Adam Lampton)
Macau is proof that capitalism reshapes culture in unexpected ways—just like your neighborhood, every photograph could be a record of what’s lost forever. Adam Lampton’s decade-long project documenting Macau’s evolution reveals the urgency of using the camera as a tool to archive what progress tends to erase. Photography Book Spotlight
The Art of Urban Wildlife: How Julie Hrudová Turns City Birds Into Visual Fables
Photography can make the familiar feel like fiction. In Amsterdam, Julie Hrudová has been photographing grey herons for years, not in the wild but in the middle of the city. Photography Book Spotlight
Malparaíso: A Visual Novel Where Beauty and Decay Collide
Malparaíso rewrites reality with impulse, poetry, and pain. This is not a book about one place or one story. It’s a journey across deserts, cities, and shadows, where everything real begins to feel imagined and everything imagined feels like it might be real. Photography Book Spotlight
Why Michael Kenna Still Shoots Film - and What Japan Taught Him About Patience, Prayer, and Photography
In an age of instant everything, Michael Kenna still waits. He waits for light, for stillness, and for a feeling that can’t be rushed. While most photographers move quickly from shot to shot, Kenna works with film, long exposures, and a deep sense of patience. Photography Book Spotlight
How Alexey Titarenko Turns Cities Into Poetry Using Just a Camera and Time Itself
What if the soul of a city could be photographed? Alexey Titarenko has been trying to answer that question for nearly 50 years. Using long exposure, darkroom techniques, and careful sequencing, he transforms familiar streets into something that feels like memory or even music. Photography Book Spotlight
The Dream and the Decay: Joshua Lutz’s Orange Blossom Trail
This road was once a promise—lined with orange groves, motels, and the dream of a better life. Now, it’s a stretch of fading signs, struggling businesses, and people trying to survive. Joshua Lutz’s Orange Blossom Trail doesn’t just show what’s there; it reveals what’s been lost. Photography Book Spotlight