Photography

Ken Worpole|Gallery

Tidal Pools: Photographs by Jason Orton

Tidal pools were once common along the coast of Britain, particularly at seaside holiday resorts. Although many such pools have been destroyed or exist as ruins, others are being revived thanks to the energies of lido enthusiasts. This …

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

William Klein: Contacts

William Klein: Buicks, 2 tiered, New York, 1955, Howard Greenberg GalleryWilliam Klein made a rare appearance in New York recently to promote his latest book, Contacts. American by birth, he has lived most of his life in Paris. He is now …

Mark Lamster|Essays

How the West Was Lost

My reviews of two new photography books.

William Drenttel|Slideshows

The Obama Victory

"Obama Dog Team 2008," photograph by Manuel Guerzoni, Miami, FL  Last night was breathtaking. I kept thinking in sentences that began, "In my lifetime..." "Yes we can." This simple refrain, repeated for emphasis, is the basis …

William Drenttel|Projects

Polling Place Photo Project on November 4, 2008

The New York Times, politics page, January 2008A little more than a week before the November 2006 U.S. midterm elections, Design Observer and AIGA launched an online initiative in citizen journalism — voters across the country were asked …

Michelle Hauser|Essays

Folk Photos

Girl Double Exposed, 1940s, 3 1/2 x 3 14/15 in. Photography’s inception in 1839 planted seeds that not only germinated into a new art form in the hands of professional photographers, but also quickly took root within the general …

Michael Bierut|Essays

Would It Kill You To Smile?

Thoughts on the enduring influence of bershon, "how you feel when you’re 13 and your parents make you wear a Christmas sweatshirt and then pose for a family picture."

Rick Poynor|Essays

Lost America: The Flamingo Motor Hotel

I found this old photo in a box at the back of my attic. It shows a motel in Flagstaff, Arizona where I stayed for a couple of nights in May 1978. I was 20, it was my first visit to the US, and for three weeks I had been touring around on …

William Drenttel|Projects

Polling Place Photo Project on Super Tuesday

The New York Times, politics page, January 2008Voting on Tuesday, February 5, in the U.S. presidential primaries? We hope you will contribute a photograph to the Polling Place Photo Project.Primaries or caucuses will be held for one or …

William Drenttel|Essays

Polling Place Photo Project 2008

The New York Times, politics page, January 2008A little more than a week before the November 2006 U.S. midterm elections, Design Observer and AIGA launched an online initiative in citizen journalism — voters across the country were asked …

Tom Vanderbilt|Essays

Discipline and Design

"Communications office bunker below the Imperial Palace, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam," photograph by Richard Ross, Architecture of Authority, 2007Looking to get a travel visa, I recently made my way to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist …

William Drenttel|Slideshows

Burma (Myanmar), 1989

William Drenttel, passport, 1989According to Wikipedia: 8888 Uprising was a national peaceful revolution demanding democracy that started on August 8, 1988, in Burma (now Myanmar), when university students started the initial …