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Process, Place, Imperfection: In Conversation with Gallerist Anna Walker Skillman

Drawing on decades of experience in the fine art world, renowned gallerist Anna Walker Skillman offers her perspective on what’s shifted and what remains unchanged at the core of great photography.

The Cold Automatons of Contemporary London

A discomfiting, even dystopian, view of London as a grinding money machine, or a stage play “designed by a sadistic choreographer bent on reinforcing the loneliness of urban dwellers in the 21st century.”

Roger Ballen in the House of the Ballenesque

LensCulture spent a morning following Ballen around a massive, immersive installation he created at Arles this summer—explore the artist’s labyrinthine unconscious (and your own) through this video interview.

La Nostalgia

Hovering on the border between the land and the sea, the past and present—a series of award-winning diptychs about that passing, pernicious mood: nostalgia.

The Edge

Following the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a series that explores the unique structures along the shoreline—and, subsequently, the country’s socioeconomic climate.

Announcing: The 20 Photographers in Our Winter Print Show!

These photographers were chosen by the directors of Klompching Gallery for the LensCulture Winter Print Show 2017.

“I Knew I Could Be a Voice for Nature”—Four Decades at National Geographic

Michael “Nick” Nichols reflects on an incredible career as a wildlife photographer (and later, Editor-at-Large) for National Geographic.

Photos from Beirut and Boston: Womanhood Across Borders

Lebanon and America are a world apart—or are they? Portraits of young women that traverse perceived boundaries of nation, religion, status, and more.

Portraits from Beirut and Boston: Womanhood Across Borders

Lebanon and America are a world apart—or are they? Portraits of young women that traverse perceived boundaries of nation, religion, status, and more.

Finding Ourselves in Our Pictures

The second in a series of deeply personal interviews with some of our favorite street photographers—this one touching on identity, ethics, and the open mindset needed to make great photographs.

Photography as a Feast for the Eyes

“The photographs that appear in cookbooks are rarely just about food. They are rich documents that illustrate the lives and times in which they were published. They raise questions which cut to the core of the most human of activities…feeding others and o

Your Guide to Paris Photo 2017: The LensCulture Editors’ Preview

As every November, Paris Photo gathers photography-lovers from all over the world to celebrate images, photobooks, and all things photographic. Discover our editors’ picks from across the city.

Sukhum Divers

Most documentation of the (widely unrecognized) post-Soviet states like Abkhazia and Transnistria turns them into stereotyped time capsules from the Cold War era. Here, two photographers reveal a different side, focusing on the commonality between young peopl

Simple, Essential Fragments from the Street

Discover here a different vision of street photography: images that are “separated from the decisive moment, the extraordinary, and juxtapositions in the humorous tone. Rather, I look for the simple, the essential, the light…”

The Big Bangers

In the far north of France, a curious community has formed around the creative destruction of cars—”not for a trophy but a good crash.” Learn more through this multi-disciplinary investigation.

Patterns and Privilege, East and West: Jeffrey Milstein’s LANY

These soaring aerial photographs pair Los Angeles and New York from above, showing us enthralling visual patterns while hinting at the discrepancy between how the rich and poor live in America.

Bird Night, and Then

On a journey to India, a photographer meets a young man who is burdened by the strictures of the country’s caste system. A deeply personal look at the limitations (and dangers) of forces beyond our control.

Time to Rest

Winding their way through the Norwegian landscape, truck drivers share the road with other travelers. And yet when they stop to rest, late at night, their deep isolation is revealed.

Great Journeys: Magnum Square Print Sale

Photography is, among so many other things, a journey. See our editors’ selection of 15 iconic images from this latest limited-time offering from the photographers of Magnum (and on this occasion, Aperture as well).

Spontaneity and Obsession: The Motors of Creativity

One of Paris’ great fashion photographers offers his words of wisdom while helping to anoint the next generation of creative image-makers.

Spontaneity and Obsession and the Motors of Creativity

One of Paris’ great fashion photographers offers his words of wisdom while helping to anoint the next generation of creative image-makers.

A Pulitzer-Prize Winner Speaks on the Art of Photojournalism

Award-winning photojournalist Renée C. Byer talks to LensCulture about making an authentic connection with the people she documents and the life-changing relationships formed along the way.

Kai: Following the Cycle of Life

A project begun on the cusp of death (the passing of the artist’s father) and a new beginning (the birth of his daughter) that wanders with poetic grace through life’s ceaseless cycles.

Kai: Following the Cycle of Life

A project begun on the cusp of death (the passing of the artist’s father) and a new beginning (the birth of his daughter) that wanders with poetic grace through life’s ceaseless cycles.

An Urgent Look at How Artificial Intelligence Will See the World

For nearly two centuries, we have thought about photography as an enterprise undertaken by humans, for humans. But what happens when machines start to photograph? What happens when machines start to see?

This Master of Modern Photography Probably Influenced Your Work

We sat down with a curator from the Museum of Fine Arts to discuss the “father” of modern photography and the future of museum collections in our digital world.

How Do Emerging Talents “Emerge”?

The idea of an “emerging talent” is an enticing but nebulous concept. Who are these talents? How are they discovered? How do they emerge? By following the arc of two very different artists, some general principles become clear. 

How Unseen is Taking a Chance on Emerging Artists

While art fairs around the world grow increasingly insular and difficult to penetrate, Amsterdam’s Unseen is dedicating itself to showing fresh faces, new work and creating a platform to examine the next trends in photography.

500 Years of Magic, Mysticism and Ritual in the Forests of Norway

Picked by juror Alec Soth in our Magnum Photography Awards, this series captures the unique culture of the Forest Finns, a people defined by their connection to nature and a set of beliefs rooted in shamanistic tradition.

Photography, Poetry, Music and Philosophy: The Medium from a Critic’s Eye

An independent and invaluable voice in the world of photography, The Guardian’s Sean O’Hagan offers his wide-ranging views on words, images and the increasingly overlooked key to creativity.

Another Way of Telling: Teju Cole’s Blind Spot

Urban non-events; quiet minutiae; delicate juxtapositions—with a literary eye, the celebrated writer turned photo critic turned photographer Teju Cole takes us around the world with his camera and pen, transforming passing moments into gem-like vignettes yo

Without Water

Using a photographic technique generally reserved for scientific documentation—NASA uses it on Mars—this series gives elegiac new life to discarded flowers.

Smoke

Drawn there by chance, a photographer finds himself unexpectedly enraptured by Iceland: the place’s unique topography, desolate landscapes, and constantly shifting array of travelers somehow make the place feel like home.

El Hombrecino: The Little Man

Hear the emotional narrative of a photographer who helped her grandfather track down friends and family missing since the Spanish Civil War.

L’étranger 

Why do some of us feel constantly uprooted, always moving from place to place without settling down? An introspective look at the feeling of self-imposed nomadism and, even, exile.

If It Rained an Ocean

Many people take it for granted that they can “pick themselves up by their bootstraps” and better themselves, but for a large portion of America, that just isn’t true. A look at a working-class community in New Jersey.

Insights from a New York City Gallery

How do you find a gallery that’s a good fit for your photography? Also: never overlook the importance of how you print your work. Lots of great advice from a Brooklyn gallery’s co-founder and director. 

Best of October: Deadlines for Competitions, Grants, Fellowships and More

Our editors have put together a curated list of worthwhile (and imminent) opportunities for photographers—have a look and best of luck!

Are You Ready to Publish a Photobook? 

Nazraeli Press has published work by Alec Soth, Marilyn Minter, Daido Moriyama, and many others. We sat down with Nazraeli’s founder and publisher to learn more about the photobook world.
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