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Frederik Rüegger’s I Am a Stranger in This Country Reveals the Last Refuge of Traveller Traditions
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/24/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/24/25

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

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How Do You Photograph a Country That Won’t Let You Look? Inside Tariq Zaidi’s North Korea Project
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/18/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/18/25

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

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Seamus Murphy’s Strange Love Finds Shared Humanity Between Two Nations Once Defined as Enemies
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/17/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/17/25

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

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How Jamel Shabazz Turned Prospect Park Into 45 Years of Healing, History, and Hope
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/12/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/12/25

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

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From New York Streets to Global Cities: Phil Penman on 30 Years of Iconic Street Photography
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/10/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/10/25

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

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How Patrick Lefèvre Turned Iceland’s Harsh Winter Into Soft, Dreamlike Photographs
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/6/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 10/6/25

How Patrick Lefèvre Turned Iceland’s Harsh Winter Into Soft, Dreamlike Photographs

Patrick Lefèvre transforms Iceland’s brutal cold into gentle beauty. His book Vetur shows winter not as a postcard, but as a place of silence, emptiness, and strange softness. Photography Book Spotlight

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Master Photographer Richard Misrach: How The "Cargo" Creator Still Finds Magic In Every Sunset After 50 Years
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/27/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/27/25

Master Photographer Richard Misrach: How The "Cargo" Creator Still Finds Magic In Every Sunset After 50 Years

Richard Misrach photographed the same view every single day. The legendary photographer captured cargo ships that everyone sees but nobody really notices. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Ragnar Axelsson Turns Storms, Ice, and Silence Into Photographs That Feel Eternal
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/25/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/25/25

How Ragnar Axelsson Turns Storms, Ice, and Silence Into Photographs That Feel Eternal

Ragnar Axelsson has spent his life chasing the Arctic before it disappears. For 45 years, this Icelandic photographer has traveled to places most people will never see. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Pedro Jarque Krebs Uses Baroque Light to Photograph Animals Like Old Masters Painted Kings
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/21/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/21/25

How Pedro Jarque Krebs Uses Baroque Light to Photograph Animals Like Old Masters Painted Kings

Light can turn a wild animal into a timeless portrait. Pedro Jarque Krebs built his technique around this simple truth. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Sergio Purtell Turned 20 Years of American Life Into a Photographic Mirror of Myth and Reality
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/15/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/15/25

How Sergio Purtell Turned 20 Years of American Life Into a Photographic Mirror of Myth and Reality

Sergio Purtell spent 20 years photographing America's contradictions. What he captured was a country performing its own myths while living completely different realities. Photography Book Spotlight

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When Words Fail: Pamela Thomas-Graham Found Light In NYC's Darkest Hours
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/13/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/13/25

When Words Fail: Pamela Thomas-Graham Found Light In NYC's Darkest Hours

Some losses are too deep for language. After two years of trying to process the loss, Pamela Thomas-Graham picked up a camera for the first time. Photography Book Spotlight

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I Wonder What They're Thinking": Inside Oli Kellett's 'Cross Road Blues'
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/11/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/11/25

I Wonder What They're Thinking": Inside Oli Kellett's 'Cross Road Blues'

A street corner can reveal more than a portrait studio. When photographer Oli Kellett sets up his large format camera at busy intersections, he waits for something no studio session can manufacture. Photography Book Spotlight

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Ed Kashi on 45 Years of Photography: Chaos, Clarity, and the ‘Abandoned Moment’
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/5/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/5/25

Ed Kashi on 45 Years of Photography: Chaos, Clarity, and the ‘Abandoned Moment’

What can 45 years behind a camera teach us? Ed Kashi has spent his life photographing the world, from small personal stories to major global issues. Photography Book Spotlight

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The Street Photographer Who Turns Motion Blur Into Emotion — Olga Karlovac on Capturing Life as It Moves
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/1/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 9/1/25

The Street Photographer Who Turns Motion Blur Into Emotion — Olga Karlovac on Capturing Life as It Moves

Olga Karlovac photographs life the way it feels in motion. Her images are often dark, blurred, and filled with movement. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Julien Coquentin Turned the Wolf’s Return to Rural France Into a Poetic Photographic Trilogy
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/26/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/26/25

How Julien Coquentin Turned the Wolf’s Return to Rural France Into a Poetic Photographic Trilogy

What happens when myth walks back into the forest? For photographer Julien Coquentin, the news of a wolf settling in Aubrac felt like a tale suddenly alive. Photography Book Spotlight

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Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies: How Photography Turns Mushrooms Into Metaphors for Womanhood
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/22/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/22/25

Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies: How Photography Turns Mushrooms Into Metaphors for Womanhood

What do mushrooms reveal about women’s hidden strength? In Fruiting Bodies, Ying Ang uses photography to look at mushrooms as symbols of womanhood. Photography Book Spotlight

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How Benjamin Rasmussen’s The Good Citizen Challenges America’s Myths Through History, Law, and Photography
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/20/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/20/25

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

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How Merlin Daleman’s Mutiny Captures the Social and Economic Divides of Post-Brexit Britain
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/18/25 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 8/18/25

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

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Jan Groover

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