Portrait / Interview
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Richard Avedon, the Confessor in White
Richard Avedon was born in New York in 1923, into a family already fluent in image.…
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Kourtney Roy, Patron Saint of the Depraved and Downtrodden
Kourtney Roy was born in North Bay, Ontario, into a family of truck drivers and loggers.…
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Rahim Fortune, Flour, Salt, Water, and a Camera
Rahim Fortune didn’t go to photography school. He skated. He played in bands. He hung around.…
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Aga Łuczakowska, the Photographer Who Came Back from Afar
Aga Łuczakowska. She had just finished a masterclass in Italy with Stanley Greene — one of…
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August Sander, the Man Who Wanted to Photograph the German People
Around 1911, Sander began sketching an idea that had no precedent in the history of photography:…
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Irving Penn, or the Discipline of Looking
When we think of Irving Penn, we often think of Vogue, of fashion, of elegance. That’s…
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Gary Winogrand, the Man Who Chased the World
There are photographers we admire for their technical mastery. Others for their commitment or their vision.…
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Why I Love Diane Arbus’ Work: An Exploration of Humanity on the Margins
Diane Arbus is an iconic figure in photography, and her work has profoundly influenced me. What…
