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The Photographs That Help Us Celebrate When Nothing Feels Ordinary

How images of holidays and ceremonies become a form of honoring, grieving, or marking time.

The Midcentury Style

Fatoumata Diabate’s traveling studio revives the golden age of Malian studio portraiture.

10 Exhibitions to See This Fall

From Malick Sidibé to Stephen Shore, here are the must-see photography exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and beyond.

In Amsterdam, Predicting the Future of Photography

Emilia van Lynden previews the Unseen Photo Festival, opening September 16.

Midnight in Bamako

In search of the late Malick Sidibé and the rhythmic roots of his legendary photographs.
Black and white portrait of a young black man in bellbottoms and sunglasses

In and Out of the Studio

The Met has mounted its first-ever exhibition of West African photographs. But is the museum late to the party?

Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s

Isabel Stevens reviews Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s at the Barbican Art Gallery, London.

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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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