Sibylle Bergemann’s Striking Photographs of Postwar Germany

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An artist, muse, fearless war correspondent, and professional chef, Miller looked at the world with a flair for drama—and an eye for the unexpected.

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13 Photographers on Their “Photo No-Nos”

Photographers often have unwritten lists of subjects they tell themselves not to shoot—things that are cliché, exploitative, derivative, sometimes even arbitrary.

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In his immense documentaries, Wang depicts the lives of Chinese people with intricate and unsparing detail.

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Since the late 1960s, Franco Salmoiraghi has made images that portray evolving notions of the sacred and political in Hawaii—and preserve an essential account of Native culture.

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Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson

Introduction by John Pilson. Contributions by Dawoud Bey, Lois Conner, Shannon Ebner, Peter Galassi, Lisa Kereszi, Susan Lipper, Sarah Meister, Paul Messier, Abelardo Morell, Arthur Ou, Tod Papageorge, Thomas Palmer, Kristine Potter, Jock Reynolds, Jeff L. Rosenheim, David Benjamin Sherry, Steve Smith, Sarah Stolfa, Ka-Man Tse, James Welling, and Jeff Whetstone. Designed by Miko McGinty.

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Shikeith: Notes towards Becoming a Spill

Photographs by Shikeith. Text by Ashon T. Crawley.

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Wendy Red Star: Delegation

Artworks by Wendy Red Star. Contributions by Jordan Amirkhani, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Josh T. Franco, Annika K. Johnson, Layli Long Soldier, and Tiffany Midge.

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