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5 Exhibitions to See in February

From protest images to the poetics of architecture, here are this winter’s must-see photography exhibitions in New York.

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From dream states to Russian decadence, here are this summer’s must-see photography exhibitions in New York.
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?

Grand Illusions: Staged Photography from the Met Collection

A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York surveys the history of staged photographs from the first 170 years of the medium.

View from a Judgment Seat

Philip Gefter speaks with Museum of Modern Art’s new chief curator of photography, Quentin Bajac.

After Photoshop and Faking it Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A look at the history of manipulated photography.

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