Photography

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Six

The dogs of Paris, an umbrella whisperer, the astonishing power of typography, and more.

Rob Walker|Essays

What Does ‘The Cover of Time’ Mean?

The cover of Time Magazine may not speak with authority in the nonstop news cycle. But what does?

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Portrait in Snapshot Photography

The following portraits represent a mere fraction of the vernacular images from the Accidental Mysteries collection, ranging from late Nineteenth to the mid-Twentieth century.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Flypaper and Flies by Jacques-André Boiffard

A cold eye on insect carnage

VII|VII Observations

GoGo Anna, NYC, 2005

Immediately after photographing Anna she barked at me...

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Balthazar Korab, RIP

Tribute to architectural photographer Balthazar Korab, and a discussion of what made him different from contemporary Ezra Stoller.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Stalking Brick City

The Newark street photography of Cesar Melgar

VII|VII Observations

Mustard Field, Bangladesh, 2015

Places in this photograph do not exist anymore.

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Never-ending Struggle against Clutter

Clutter and design are inseparable as concepts because clutter is the negation of design.

Rick Poynor|Essays

From the Archive: Surface Wreckage

Why do photographs and images of torn street posters exert such a powerful hold on the imagination and emotions?

Rob Walker|Essays

Danger, Nostalgia, and Playgrounds

Brenda Biondo's photographs of mid-century playgrounds document the classic, the dangerous, and the nostalgic.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Untitled Film Still #21 by Cindy Sherman

The photographer as performer