The artist Taysir Batniji’s new book collects glitchy images of video calls with loved ones, offering a repository of grief at a time of war.
A new book challenges the idea of the solitary genius, investigating photography’s potential as a community action shaped by power.
Home to more than a million objects, the museum’s library shelves are full of surprises.
The team behind a British publisher speaks about the bookmaking process—and how a sequence of photographs can create an emotional experience.
An expansive new book shows how the magazine format was a major, genre-defining space for Japanese photographers.
From Jamel Shabazz’s singular record of Black joy to Roe Ethridge’s monument to art and commerce, here are reviews of five recent books.
A trio of photobooks about domestic life reveals the home as a site of humor, performance, and self-fulfillment.
The creative director of Editorial RM has collaborated with Latin America’s most influential photographers. But what makes a photobook a work of art?
In a book pairing eroticism with horror, the photographer bluntly foregrounds the psychic agitation that many people associate with arousal.
The photographer’s latest photobook journeys to Wisconsin, depicting a world of uncanny originality and intrigue.
From LaToya Ruby Frazier’s chronicle about Flint, Michigan to a survey of Nigel Shafran’s innovative fashion photography, here are reviews of six recent books.
For the past ten years, the photographer has wandered the streets of Belleville, creating quiet images that reflect on a city that both changes and doesn’t.
Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu speak about photographing Tokyo, the virtues of the Plaubel Makina camera, and why a single picture is never enough.
Four bookmaking experts speak about each step of the production process—from making an image sequence to finding the perfect paper, size, and design.
Yelena Yemchuk’s series on the Ukrainian city began with a romantic fascination with youth culture, but quickly turned into a chronicle of a pivotal moment in history.
Sabiha Çimen’s photobook “Hafiz” portrays the world of Turkey’s single-sex Koran schools, where girls are tough, disciplined, and playful.
In a new photobook, Bourouissa returns to his signature series “Périphérique,” a critique of French culture and the politics of representation.
In teahouses, classrooms, and night clubs, the photographer discovers how images of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk have proliferated across Turkey.
The spring 2024 issue, “Counter Histories,” is produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and features photographers from around the world who reframe complex histories.