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Dawoud Bey, Kristine Potter, Alec Soth, and more consider the lasting impact of Frank’s groundbreaking photobook.

Why Sohrab Hura Considered Himself an “Anti-photographer”

In his first-ever US museum survey, the Indian artist experiments with the possibilities of documentary images—and expands into painting and video.

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Hervé Guibert’s Seductive Photo-Novel About Two Sisters in Reclusion

The influential French writer’s book “Suzanne and Louise” is an intricate choreography of privacy, revelation, and performance, keenly testing the possibilities of its hybrid medium.

A Historic Archive’s Nightmarish Portrait of America

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