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Announcement, Photo Book, Press Release

Emily Nkanga’s Unyọñ Ufọk: Documenting Life and Legacy

Emily Nkanga’s photo book, Unyọñ Ufọk, explores themes of grief, identity, and home through analog photography in her hometown of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. Triggered by her father’s death, the project highlights local life, cultural traditions, and personal reflections, capturing the community’s resilience and connection to music and sports while fostering a dialogue on belonging. Continue reading Emily Nkanga’s Unyọñ Ufọk: Documenting Life and Legacy

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Announcement, Press Release

City of Angels: Celebrating L.A. Style and Culture

Jasmine Benjamin’s upcoming book, “City of Angels: A Book About L.A. Style,” set for Spring 2025, features over 120 portraits of Los Angeles creatives in their neighborhoods. It uniquely captures L.A.’s cultural identity, showcasing diverse styles and influences, underpinned by Benjamin’s rich background in fashion and collaborations with renowned artists. Continue reading City of Angels: Celebrating L.A. Style and Culture

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Exploring Patrick Dougherty’s Art Through James Florio’s Lens

Patrick Dougherty, a renowned sculptor, utilizes sticks to create structures that resonate with their surroundings, while photographer James Florio captures this art and the landscape. Their collaborative book, Sticks, showcases sixteen projects through Florio’s striking photography and explores the relationship between sculpture and photography. Continue reading Exploring Patrick Dougherty’s Art Through James Florio’s Lens

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Tristan Duke’s Glacial Optics: Art Meets Climate Science

Using camera lenses made of Arctic ice, Tristan Duke’s ongoing, experimental photographic project, Glacial Optics, explores our current moment of climate crisis. This volume includes essays by Lucy R. Lippard, Mark Cheetham, William L. Fox, and Brandee Caoba, with a foreword from Michael Govan, as well as the artist’s field notes and research chronicling the unlikely history of ice lenses. Continue reading Tristan Duke’s Glacial Optics: Art Meets Climate Science

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Book Review, editorial, Photographer, Submission

Ephemeral Currency: A Review of Dallas Crow’s ‘Against Time and Money’

Dallas Crow’s “Against Time and Money” is a poignant photo book exploring life’s fleeting nature, emphasizing the value of time over money. It urges reflection on our relationships with these concepts, capturing quiet moments that highlight present living amid distractions in contemporary society. Continue reading Ephemeral Currency: A Review of Dallas Crow’s ‘Against Time and Money’

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Announcement, Press Release

Let Me Sow Love: A Tender Portrait of American Life

Let Me Sow Love by Roger Richardson presents a compassionate portrayal of a struggling American community in Middletown, New York. Through documentary-style photography, Richardson captures themes of love, faith, and uncertainty, offering an intimate reflection of the community’s realities without polemics, ultimately fostering emotional connection and mindfulness during turbulent times. Continue reading Let Me Sow Love: A Tender Portrait of American Life

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Looking Back at Photographs from the Road Ahead

Clark Winter’s “Here to There: Photographs from the Road Ahead” showcases nostalgic and insightful images of cars across decades and cultures. His photography captures the intricate relationships between people and automobiles, transforming each scene into a stage for universal human experiences related to travel, adventure, and connection. This is Winter’s first photography book. Continue reading Looking Back at Photographs from the Road Ahead

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Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC’s Landmark LGBTQ+ Places

This sprawling, unique visual history of New York City’s queer spaces documents the evolution of Manhattan’s dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020. New York’s LGBTQ+ history is everywhere, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques, important queer spaces from the city’s past have otherwise been forgotten about, or remain … Continue reading Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC’s Landmark LGBTQ+ Places

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