This new photobook blends documentary style with magic realism, challenging perceptions of Colombia often tied to drug trafficking, and revealing complex narratives beneath surface appearances.
As an only child born under China’s one-child policy, Zihan Wei uses a snapshot aesthetic to explore photography as a language of intimacy and connection to forge a new relationship with her pa...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/zihan-wei-i-did-nothing-other-than-tell-them-to-smile
With a thoughtful gaze born from a deep concern for his surroundings, Adra Pallón explores the devastating consequences of rural depopulation on the culture of Galicia, its environment and the l...
In this 9-minute video interview, photographer Jeff Cowen talks about making an all-new body of work in the south of France — about 60 of the images are being shown at two venues in Amsterdam r...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jeff-cowen-jeff-cowen-provence-works
Drawing on different mediums to weave together her own visual language, Stephanie Santana’s work builds continuity with the past by exploring the creative process as a way to access generationa...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/stephanie-santana-ways-of-knowing
In her striking collection of portraits, Constance Jaeggi explores Escaramuza—a female-led equestrian performance—and its significance in Mexican-American identity, cementing its place in the...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/constance-jaeggi-escaramuza-the-poetics-of-home
Inspired by a herbarium made by American poet Emily Dickinson in the 19th century, this new book reimagines each of the 66 plants in the collection as a sublime anthotype—a cameraless photograp...
Over eight years, Koseki has documented the luminous fireflies of Japan, translating their twinkling flight paths into awe-inspiring photographs, and sounding the alarm about the danger to these ...
This B&W photo essay puts you in the middle of a city-wide playful water fight in the streets of Bangkok during New Year’s celebrations.
These black and white portraits from the subways of NYC convey a sense of spontaneity and life in the belly of the beast.
Through her vibrant “chromatic interventions”, Claudia Fuggetti seeks to alter our perception of nature by presenting it as a living entity. Her bright, bold images call us to deepen our conn...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/claudia-fuggetti-metamorphosis
With a delicate eye for detail, color and texture, French photographer Vasantha Yogananthan’s epic interpretation of the “Ramayana” takes a painterly precision to the medium of photography.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/vasantha-yogananthan-the-merits-of-pink
Contemplating our relationship to the natural world and cycles of life and death, Serge J-F. Levy immerses himself in the desert landscape of Arizona, emerging with tactile, layered fragments of ...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/serge-j-f-levy-where-the-edges-vanish-arizona-desert-landscapes
“As much as possible, I worked from instinct. Taking photos resembles an improvised game. I feel that the more a photo is spontaneous and unplanned, the more it becomes alive, the more it moves...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jacob-aue-sobol-i-tokyo
Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol made a trek from Moscow to Ulan Bator to Beijing in one month — often making more than 1,000 photographs each day for 28 days straight. He reveals his proces...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jacob-aue-sobol-arrivals-and-departures
Amassing an archive of ‘glitches,’ the artist duo Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein investigate photography’s dance between truth and fiction through found Internet images and photographs th...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/orejarena-and-stein-american-glitch
Structured like an alphabet primer, this brilliant book intertwines personal anecdotes, research, and reflective insights, inviting readers to ponder the nature of language, identity, change and ...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/magali-duzant-la-vie-is-like-that
In stark black and white photographs, Enayat Asadi shines a light on those saved from death row in Iran, reflecting on what it is to lead a life lived under the shadow of execution.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/enayat-asadi-survivors-of-death-row
22 Preview Picks from the 14th edition of the Italian International Photo Festival, Cortona On The Move.
Discovering a world on his own doorstep, Steve Evans has been photographing his neighbors in Ottawa Valley for the past 30 years, inadvertently building a rich document of the people who make up ...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/steve-evans-life-in-the-ottawa-valley
An ode to the Mediterranean sea, this outdoor summer exhibition in Marseille brings together five photographers who explore the collective space of the seaside.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/centre-photographique-marseille-seasides-bords-de-mer
In this constellation of portraits, Alisa Martynova shines a light on the individual stories of migrants who have come from Africa to Italy and France, set against enigmatic nocturnal landscapes.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/alisa-martynova-nowhere-near-liminal-spaces-of-migration
The 55th edition of the world-renowned French festival invites visitors to submerge themselves in compelling images and narratives around this year’s theme, Beneath the Surface.
This year’s PHotoESPAÑA brings to life the themes at the heart of Erwin Olaf’s work, posthumously celebrating the acclaimed Dutch visual artist with a well-designed, anti-white-cube exhibiti...
In this series of surreal portraits made in Upstate New York, Logan White explores the edges of girlhood and its fantasies and uncertainties through the intimacy of medium-format photography.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/logan-white-hearts-content-road
Drawing on religious iconography and the visual codes of internet culture, Lúa Ribeira portrays the artists at the heart of Spain’s trap and drill scenes — a musical movement entangled in th...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lua-ribeira-agony-in-the-garden
Iconic photographer Martin Parr just released a book of his fashion photography — reflecting 30 years of his highly original style and distinct sense of humor.
A new exhibition reveals Joel Meyerowitz’s pivotal photographic exploration, at age 28, through a year-long journey across post-war Europe.
From Kolkata to New York, photographer Debrani Das embarked on a transformative journey through the Women Street Photographers Artist Residency, leading to a solo exhibition of her view of the St...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/debrani-das-daily-life-staten-island-ferry
Filled with conversations and wisdom from a range of top photographers, this 89-page guide is a handy resource for those who want to hit the street and share their perspective with the world.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-street-photography-a-free-guide
A new documentary portrait series focuses on the personal stories of 30 homeless LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults in New York City.
The Gay Space Agency imagines an alternative history for NASA, which would allow LGBTQ+ astronauts to fly in space.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/mackenzie-calle-the-gay-space-agency
The pioneering master of color street photography talks about his passions and the energy of the street in this wide-ranging audio interview.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/joel-meyerowitz-ready-for-surprise-joel-meyerowtiz-interview
These loving, intimate portraits taken in the author’s vibrant backyard garden in Devon celebrate everyday beauty, interconnectedness, and metaphors of the garden and the human heart.
Jesse Lenz deep dives into the beauty of his own backyard, photographing everyday life in rural Ohio tuning into the landscape, its wildlife and his children to create images full of awe and wond...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jesse-lenz-the-seraphim
Taking the cleansing phase of the lunar cycle as her starting point, Ada Marino summons the rebellious energy of the female body in her black and white photos, calling for resistance and renewal ...
In the liminal space between mountains and rivers, Yan Sun creates images suffused with Chinese history, renewing the subjects of traditional painting with his contemporary photographic observati...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/yan-sun-mountains-and-rivers
Documenting his journey from Oakland to attend the historic March on Washington, Kamal X’s monochrome images capture the love, power and strength of 2020’s charged summer of Black Lives Matte...
A slow-burning meditation on loss, Max Miechowski’s portrait of the British east coast documents the seaside communities living on the edge of the country—an area that is gradually disappeari...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/max-miechowski-land-loss-portraits-from-a-crumbling-coastline
Some photo highlights from the excellent group show in New York, celebrating the work of 64 award-winning photographers from 22 countries.
Bustling around 1960s Los Angeles, a new publication explores the world of Corita Kent—also known as the ‘Pop Art Nun’—animating her unique approach to art education through a lesser know...
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/corita-art-center-ordinary-things-will-be-signs-for-us
Working from an archive of old negatives Arrayah Loynd invites the viewer on a lush, vibrating adventure into her mind’s eye as she constructs an alternative to “photographic memory.”
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/arrayah-loynd-and-then-you-were-gone
A new exhibition in Berlin features stunning large one-of-a-kind artworks — photographs that are transformed in the darkroom into images that seem to vibrate with energy.
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jeff-cowen-jeff-cowen-new-large-abstract-works-at-house-berlin