Some stories are too powerful to stay buried. Raymond Thompson Jr.’s project It’s Hard to Stop Rebels That Time Travel brings hidden histories back into view: stories of maroons, runaway slaves, and lives erased from the American record. Photography Book Spotlight

Imagine a lens that disappears as it photographs. This is not science fiction. It is what artist Tristan Duke built using ice from Arctic glaciers. Photography Book Spotlight

Great photography starts with slowing down. Nick Prideaux doesn’t chase perfect moments. He waits, watches, and responds. His style is quiet and personal, built on everyday scenes and small details most people miss. Photography Lessons

Can photography capture what memory leaves unsaid? Anna Arendt spent 15 years taking pictures to try to find out. Photography Book Spotlight

Photography can reveal truths words will always fail to capture. Ghaleb Cabbabé’s How Can It Still Be Home? shows this in a powerful way. Photography Book Spotlight

What if your tweet became a political portrait? Larson and Shindelman take real tweets and show where they came from. Photography Book Spotlight

Just ten minutes from her home in Swan Valley, Idaho, there is a quiet place on the river that Ansley West Rivers returns to again and again. It is not part of the iconic Snake River views seen in postcards or photography books. Story Behind The Photograph

Photography keeps the Amazon’s fading myths from disappearing forever. The stories of the river people are passed down by word of mouth. Stephanie Pommez spent years with the midwives who tell these stories. Photography Book Spotlight

Patience, not gear, makes unforgettable photographs. It’s easy to think that better equipment means better photos, but that’s not always true. Story Behind The Photograph

Some moments can only be captured on film. Film photography shows what digital often misses: emotion and atmosphere. Picture Story

Can photography capture what war tries to erase? Robin Hinsch spent 15 years photographing Ukraine to find out. Photography Book Spotlight

Strawberries, fairground rides, golden light: the perfect storm for art. Anthony Blasko didn’t plan to turn a small Florida festival into a long-term project. Photography Book Spotlight

Eduardo Ortiz builds photos like puzzles, not snapshots. Each piece matters: the background, the subject, and the moment itself. Story Behind The Photograph

A photograph can carry generations of memory. This is the idea behind Hannah Altman’s book We Will Return to You. She combines Jewish folklore, ritual objects, and careful use of light to explore how personal and collective memory can live inside an image. Photography Book Spotlight

A flood destroyed everything, so Nick Prideaux turned it into art. Instead of letting it fade away, he built something new: a photo book that blends fiction and truth, grief and beauty. Photography Book Spotlight

One frame at a time, Marjolein Martinot photographed her way back to herself through the rivers of France. She wasn’t planning to make a book, just trying to stay grounded during a time of emotional chaos. Photography Book Spotlight

Your photography improves dramatically when you stop forcing projects. When you always have fixed ideas, your pictures feel predictable and empty. Photography Lessons

Not every moment should be photographed, and knowing which is which takes courage. Robin Hinsch’s project Wahala shows the hidden cost of oil, coal, and gas in places most people never see. Photography Book Spotlight

What happens when art is built to disappear? Photographer James Florio spent years chasing sculptures that were never meant to last. Photography Book Spotlight

Juan Rodríguez Morales spent ten years capturing suburban decay. He photographed two towns just outside Madrid that feel like they’ve stopped moving. Picture Story

In the spring of 2020, the world felt quiet. The COVID lockdowns had emptied even the busiest places. Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, usually full of hikers, campers, and tourists, stood nearly silent. For photographer Ansley West Rivers, who lived just 30 minutes away in Victor, Idaho, this stillness opened a door she had once thought closed. Story Behind The Photograph

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

Can you capture spiritual ecstasy without ever getting in the way Albes Fusha has spent over twenty years photographing the Bektashi pilgrimage to Mount Tomorr in Albania. Instead of standing on the side, he walks with the people, sharing their path, eating their food, and moving at their speed. Picture Story

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

Imagine capturing a moment so powerful it tells a story—now imagine missing it because you were too focused on the wrong things. In photography, some lessons take years of practice, while others emerge in a single transformative project.

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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