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“Colour Is Language”: What Zak van Biljon’s Pink Alps Say That Green Never Could
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/18/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/18/26

“Colour Is Language”: What Zak van Biljon’s Pink Alps Say That Green Never Could

Infrared turns the Alps into a new color vocabulary. It takes a place everyone thinks they know and makes it strange again. Photography Book Spotlight

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The Places You Ignore Are Holding Your Neighborhood Together: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani on Photographing “Placework”
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/16/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/16/26

The Places You Ignore Are Holding Your Neighborhood Together: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani on Photographing “Placework”

Everyday places quietly hold our neighbourhoods together. If you live in a city, care about community, or photograph street life, this is for you. Photography Book Spotlight

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After Losing 90% Of His Life’s Work, KAI Fusayoshi Had To Decide What Really Matters In Photography
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/14/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/14/26

After Losing 90% Of His Life’s Work, KAI Fusayoshi Had To Decide What Really Matters In Photography

He lost 2 million negatives overnight. In 2015, a fire destroyed almost 90 percent of KAI Fusayoshi’s life’s work in Kyoto. Photography Book Spotlight

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The Digital Mask: Exploring the Creative Frontier of Multi-Face Swapping in Videography
Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 3/13/26 Advertorial Martin Kaninsky 3/13/26

The Digital Mask: Exploring the Creative Frontier of Multi-Face Swapping in Videography

For over a century, the group portrait has been a staple of the photographic medium. Advertorial

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Think Street Photography Is About Luck? Melissa O’Shaughnessy Explains Why It’s Actually About Failure, Persistence, And The “Gift” You Don’t See Coming
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/12/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/12/26

Think Street Photography Is About Luck? Melissa O’Shaughnessy Explains Why It’s Actually About Failure, Persistence, And The “Gift” You Don’t See Coming

Street photography isn’t luck. It’s relentless failure. If you have ever walked the street with a camera and felt shy, frustrated, or invisible, this conversation is for you. Photography Book Spotlight

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I Discard Most of My Images: Huntington Witherill on Failure, Discipline, and Photo Synthesis
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/10/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/10/26

I Discard Most of My Images: Huntington Witherill on Failure, Discipline, and Photo Synthesis

Experience doesn’t reduce failure. It increases it. Huntington Witherill says this after more than fifty years in photography.Photography Book Spotlight

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I took a wrong turn in 2017. Nine years later, It became my most important work: The HOOK.
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/8/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/8/26

I took a wrong turn in 2017. Nine years later, It became my most important work: The HOOK.

This book began with being completely lost. Lisa Cutler took a wrong turn in Brooklyn and decided not to correct it. Photography Book Spotlight

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ONE: Hallway - Roy DeCarava by Sean Kernan
ONE Martin Kaninsky 3/6/26 ONE Martin Kaninsky 3/6/26

ONE: Hallway - Roy DeCarava by Sean Kernan

This installment turns to Roy DeCarava’s Hallway, a picture that feels endlessly engaging and somehow purely photographic, even when you cannot explain why. Photography Book Spotlight

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She Lived Near This River for 15 Years. Then She Accidentally Discovered a 600-Year-Old Fishing Tradition Hidden in Plain Sight
Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 3/4/26 Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 3/4/26

She Lived Near This River for 15 Years. Then She Accidentally Discovered a 600-Year-Old Fishing Tradition Hidden in Plain Sight

A photographer accidentally uncovered a 600-year-old fishing tradition. It happened close to her home, in a place she thought she already knew. Picture Story

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Catching the Tide: How Colin McPherson Earned “Free Reign” to Photograph a Disappearing Trade
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/2/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 3/2/26

Catching the Tide: How Colin McPherson Earned “Free Reign” to Photograph a Disappearing Trade

You cannot fake trust in a long-term project. Colin McPherson spent 30 years with Scotland’s salmon net fishermen. He kept returning to the same shores until the men gave him free reign. Photography Book Spotlight

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From Desert Stars to Downtown Shadows: How Moving Across Los Angeles Shaped David Cruz‘s Semiotic Nights
Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/28/26 Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/28/26

From Desert Stars to Downtown Shadows: How Moving Across Los Angeles Shaped David Cruz‘s Semiotic Nights

At night, Los Angeles reveals a second identity. The streets become quieter, the light becomes harder, and familiar places feel uncertain. Picture Story

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From News Photography to Long Exposures: How Shintaro Sato Trained His Eye to Find Beauty in Pure Function
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/26/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/26/26

From News Photography to Long Exposures: How Shintaro Sato Trained His Eye to Find Beauty in Pure Function

Can discipline from news photography reshape how you see cities? This article is about how news photography trains the eye before it trains expression. Photography Book Spotlight

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Why Italy’s Fishermen Are Disappearing and What Joe Pansa Saw After 2 Years Embedded at Sea
Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/24/26 Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/24/26

Why Italy’s Fishermen Are Disappearing and What Joe Pansa Saw After 2 Years Embedded at Sea

These fishermen are witnessing the end of their world. This story is about a fishing community in southern Italy that is slowly disappearing. Picture Story

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THE CAMERA REVEALED WHAT WORDS NEVER COULD - Julian & Jonathan by Sarah Mei Herman
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/22/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/22/26

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

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Cities Without Humans, Animals Everywhere: How Isabelle Rozenbaum Turned Surveillance Footage Into a Record of a Silent World
Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/20/26 Photo Essay Martin Kaninsky 2/20/26

Cities Without Humans, Animals Everywhere: How Isabelle Rozenbaum Turned Surveillance Footage Into a Record of a Silent World

In early 2020, the world vanished from its own streets. Cities emptied almost overnight, leaving behind places built for crowds but suddenly without people. Picture Story

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How Kathya Maria Landeros Spent 13 Years Photographing Immigrant Farm Communities to Rewrite the Story of the American West
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/18/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/18/26

How Kathya Maria Landeros Spent 13 Years Photographing Immigrant Farm Communities to Rewrite the Story of the American West

Verdant Land reframes immigrant labor through patience, trust, and time. It looks at how long-term photography can show immigrant communities beyond work alone. Photography Book Spotlight

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The Year of the Lizard: How Fleeting Light, Instinct, and Analogue Film Became a 63-Copy Handmade Book
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/16/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/16/26

The Year of the Lizard: How Fleeting Light, Instinct, and Analogue Film Became a 63-Copy Handmade Book

I trust instinct more than intention when photographing. This idea shapes The Year of the Lizard, a book built from brief moments that appear before they can be fully understood. Photography Book Spotlight

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Inbal Abergil on Photographing What Remains When Someone Never Comes Home
Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/14/26 Photography Book Spotlight Martin Kaninsky 2/14/26

Inbal Abergil on Photographing What Remains When Someone Never Comes Home

Not every story of war involves the battlefield. This conversation looks at what remains after someone never comes home. Photography Book Spotlight

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