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Surveillance Landscapes

Pushing the boundaries of the medium, this artist hacked into state-controlled surveillance systems and gleaned classical landscape images that question the changing relationship we have with place.

Everglades and the Unnamed Road

Ceramics, painting, and calligraphy—learn how diverse artistic disciplines have informed this photographer’s work and her distinctive “meditative” printing process.

The Horsemen of Semonkong

In mountainous Lesotho, far above sea level, small villages dot the steep slopes. It can take hours to move from town to town. Villagers pause on their journeys for these striking portraits.

Lingering Ghosts

These direct, honest portraits reveal how refugees in the UK face excruciatingly long waits to be granted asylum—while in this endless limbo, their identities become slowly yet painfully effaced…

Love We Leave Behind

A reflection on the ephemeral nature of our passions and sorrows—do the emotions we experience mark or alter the spaces we occupy?

The Balkan Nights

Separated from their families, crushed into insufficient transports between borders, and caught in prolonged waiting periods—this documentary series looks back at the trials of the migrant exodus through the Balkans.

Earth Temples: Into the World’s Silent Spaces

Caught up in the rush and crush of modern progress, have we lost touch with the value of silence? A meditation on the disservices of technology when immersed in the world’s sacred spaces.

BL_NK SP_CE

We base our identities on memory, yet over time, these defining points in our lives become (re)shaped through the act of reflecting on them. An aesthetic (yet scientific) look at this mercurial subject. 

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High Tension: The Contemporary Moment in France

No, these are not photos from battlegrounds in Ukraine or Syria—these are from Paris, the erstwhile city of love and light, transformed into another stage for conflict in the aftermath of two years of terror attacks and heightened security and anxiety.

The fiercely fight for Mosul

The Iraqi officials thought they could overtake the city of Mosul in just a few days but now, a month into the battle of Mosul, the scale of death and destruction have surprised everyone but ISIS.

Nihonjin (Japanese)

“That big mouth, that gaudy face. Is this Miss Japan?” In 2015, Japanese Ariana Miyamoto won the Miss Universe Japan. Her victory, however, was unexpected: she hadn’t planned to enter a Japanese beauty contest because she thought that her multiracial

Nihonjin (Japanese)

“That big mouth, that gaudy face. Is this Miss Japan?” In 2015, Japanese Ariana Miyamoto won the Miss Universe Japan. Her victory, however, was unexpected: she hadn’t planned to enter a Japanese beauty contest because she thought that her multiracial

Jin - Jiyan - Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom

“They say that death by a woman’s hand blocks the way to paradise for potential martyrs.” So begins this powerful, embedded look into the all-female fighting units in Kurdistan.

Landscape and Solitude

A wide-ranging, philosophical exchange on boundaries—social, political, mental and creative: "While the universe expands far beyond Pluto, our earthly condition only seems to get worse and worse."

I Want to Disappear: Approaching Eating Disorders

70 million people worldwide suffer from eating disorders, and yet the subject is taboo—rarely discussed or documented. Here, a project shifts that landscape and offers a new perspective.

En Route to Dakar

Dakar has become a huge, surreal "development" site in Senegal, forcing the question: Are the inhabitants being crushed and swept away by this complex transition or are they slowly taking possession of the new space?

The Good Earth: Inner Mongolia

LensCulture Emerging Talent 2016: Across an expanse of land larger than Texas and California combined, millennia-old ways of life are under threat by the spread of modernization. Sweeping views on traditional life, from the perspective of a local photographe

The Eyes of the City

A life-long New Yorker offers an "epitaph" to his many years of city living and through it, a reflection on the joys and stresses of urbanity for all of us.

Weekend Warriors and Beyond

A wide-ranging discussion about the idea of the "invisible" photographer: "Sometimes you have to choose: is this situation aesthetically more interesting to me? Or it is a situation I want to experience?"

Making a Photobook to Say "One Last Goodbye"

Many photographers want to make photobooks without knowing exactly what goes into the process—emotionally, logistically, psychologically. This essay takes us deep inside the creative journey.

Chroma: Geometry, Mass, Light

LensCulture Emerging Talent 2016: Feeling the holiday blues? These carefully composed, highly saturated images of urban landscapes highlight striking design and architecture around the world. Summer travels beckon, just a frame away.

2016 Photobooks of the Year, Part II: 32 Personal Favorites

A wide-ranging group of experts from around the world share their personal favorite photobooks from the past year—discover something inspiring for the new year!

2016 Photobooks of the Year, Part II: 32 Personal Favorites

A wide-ranging group of experts from around the world share their personal favorite photobooks from the past year—discover something inspiring for the new year!

111 New Street Photography Discoveries

A kaleidoscopic view of urban life — in all of its pulsing colors, shapes and reflections — from cultures all around the planet in 2016.

Long-Term Storytelling: Puerto Rico, First People, Iraqi Refugees

Veteran journalist and experienced mentor James Estrin presents new work from three emerging photojournalists while stressing the importance of collaboration in the digital age.

​Stepping Back: The Art of Seeing

A long-time, highly decorated Iranian photojournalist finds fresh inspiration for his work with a simple new tool—the phone in his pocket. Vibrant mobile photography from across the world.

Mother—The Images I Still Love.

"Photographs are like your own children..." An internationally regarded portrait photographer reveals a hand-picked selection of previously unpublished works, alongside a few words to accompany her choices.

In This Beautiful Bubble

Dreamlike images from a carefully manicured neighborhood in Southern California that consider the perspective of children who grow up in sheltered, pristine surroundings—beautiful (yet empty?) bubbles.

Previously on Hans Lucas #11

A poetic mix of text and disparate yet strangely resonant single images, complete with short stories from each of the photographers that help tie them all together.

Cutting Through the Noise: Storytelling in the Digital Age

From the New York Times, to TIME and WIRED—photo editor, photographer, and Exposure Awards 2017 juror Patrick Witty explores the power of contemporary media and its unparalleled capacity to reach new audiences.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016

Breathtaking shots of the natural world which remind us of the beauty and fragility of our home—highlights from the latest edition of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Nobody Likes to be Hindered by Worldly Troubles

The millennia-old landscape paintings of a famed Chinese artist, combined with a Korean legend, serve as dual inspirations for this poetic, surreal series of contemporary photographs.

The Story of a Single Shot: On The Street

A timely photograph addressing issues of police brutality—but made nearly 40 years ago. Hear the full story behind this prize-winning single image.

What Comes Next: Thoughts on the Future of Photography

An inspiring and wide-ranging conversation with curator Charlotte Cotton, touching on the big questions about the future of the medium but also offering personal insights, creative advice and encouraging the idea of "career suicide" as a means of re-invention

Cuando Estoy Aqui

This three-part narrative explores the harrowing journey—and often insurmountable challenges—faced by undocumented Mexican immigrants who risk fate to make it to the USA.

Anatomy of False Memories

"I prefer tension to beauty"—step into the ambiguous yet captivating world of this talented photographer, who transforms the stuff of dreams into memorable images.

Mectoub: Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2016

These prize-winning portraits, focusing on men in the Arab world, challenge our notions of masculinity and force us to reconsider the centuries-old male gaze embedded in the history of art.

Wozu: Inner Struggle

Amidst bewildering shadows and swirling fictions, we push forward, day by day — an artful look at our internal effort to carry on.

Where Children Sleep

Our childhood bedrooms are central to defining who we are. This new book—consisting of 56 diptychs from around the world—shows us the stark inequalities but also deep universals shared by children in every corner of the globe.
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