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"Bergman’s pictures deny us any access to the raptures of their formal beauty that might be severed from the all too injurious work of surviving the ravenous world that we presently, and unevenly, share."
"If the sequence doesn’t give me a bit of nausea I’m probably not doing it right."
"Will Western artists and institutions bend to the will of the Party?"
"What does it mean to succeed as the “first” in any medium or form?"
In dizzying sequences, the irreverent photographer embraces risk and failure.
In the city of Lianzhou, visions of global power collide with official censorship.
Why Anna Atkins deserves her place in the pantheon of great photographers.
Meet the winner of the 2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize.
An extraordinary photobook reveals the lives of persecuted Germans during World War II.
The grandfather of the legendary House of Xtravaganza was known as an artist, activist, and family man.
A recent exhibition considers the legacy of James Baldwin and the civil rights era in photographs.
For the members of the legendary House of Xtravaganza, family is about love, identity, and protection.
From the photographs that inspired Sofia Coppola’s films to Zanele Muholi’s visual activism, here are this year’s highlights in photography and ideas.
In the digital age, locking down a sequence of images in print can seem like an act of resistance.
Hannah Starkey’s cinematic, psychologically astute portraits define the contemporary flaneuse.
