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 to Expect from a Photography Degree in College
Pursuing a photography degree in college offers an exciting blend of technical training, creative exploration, and professional preparation for aspiring photographers. Sponsored
Learning Photography Through Everyday Life in College
One of the finest periods to discover new interests is college. Busy schedules, social activities, and quiet intervals in between make photography more than simply a pastime; it is a means of viewing the world differently. Sponsored
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
Don’t Be Hypnotized by the Scene: How Jonathan Jasberg Nearly Lost the Shot - Then Turned Chaos Into Beauty
Too many photographers freeze when the scene feels too perfect. There’s color, movement, interesting people, great light but no clear photo. You start shooting anyway, hoping something works. You don’t slow down, you don’t think, and in the end, you have nothing. This isn’t about gear or luck. It’s about what you choose to see. Story Behind The Photograph
How to Create Photo Albums Without Losing Your Mind
In this era of digital photographs taken from the phone constantly in your pocket and saved on some hypothetical cloud, an actual photo album can still bring an old-school sensibility.
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
A Landscape of Questions: Ian Howorth’s Journey into Ambiguity
A great photograph should leave you with more questions than answers. It shouldn’t just show a place, it should make you wonder about it. Story Behind The Photograph
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
The Market That Wakes Before Mumbai: Inside the Fragrant, Fading World of Dadar’s Flower Women
How do you photograph something you can’t see, like scent or tradition? The Dadar Flower Market in Mumbai is full of smells, sounds, and rituals that are hard to capture with a camera. Picture Story