photography

Traveling writer Maxime du Camp changed photographic history when he grew tired of sketching the sights.
"Photography for me is more than a passion or an obsession: it’s a necessity. As a photographer, I persist with my own dreams,” says Xiaoxiao Xu.
In 1918 the Spanish Flu ravaged the world. But it was also in 1918 that Alfred Stieglitz was afflicted by love and began his nude photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Victoria Heilweil's ongoing project, #dailybeautyintheageofcoronavirus, began with a shelter in place order. Each day she photographs the beauty that she finds on her daily walk in the…
Bill Cunningham’s posthumously published memoir, "Fashion Climbing," reveals a life inspired by beauty and originality.
These incredible images, representing the best in photojournalism from around the world, are stunning for their technical and artistic skill, as well as the stories they tell.
The Japanese photographer who brings museum objects to life.
Robert Frank: Sideways, a 2017 exhibit at the Bowdoin College Art Museum in Brunswick, takes a straight-on look at lesser-known photographs Frank took between 1941, when he first arrived in the…
The relationship between clothes, self-expression, and social perception has been present in the real and fictional life of humanity for thousands of years.
Until recently there was a sense that Diane Arbus’ landmark photography, which was not extensively exhibited during her lifetime, sprung fully formed into existence, rather than through thoughtful…
The Museum of Modern Art’s extraordinary photography collection shines in the exhibition "The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel."
The award-winning documentary filmmaker brings Robert Mapplethorpe to life in the first feature-length film about the provocative artist.
Life magazine visualized a distinctly mid-20th-century American worldview and fundamentally shaped modern ideas about photography.
For more than four decades, photographer Dawoud Bey has documented life in America through his poignant images of marginalized communities.

A conversation with Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Beth Harris.

Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907, photograph, 33.34 x 26.51 cm (includes black…