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Art, female identity, and day-to-day life intersect in Melissa Ann Pinney’s photographs. Deeply focused on the worlds of her daughter and other girls, Pinney’s work tells a story of girlhood as it’s being written.
For Coke Wisdom O’Neal, placubg portraits of loved ones on three-dimensional pedestals is merely the next move in a broad challenge of traditional portraiture.
KayLynn Deveney photographs the comings and goings of a man in Wales, drawing out moments of repose and oddness from the humdrum.
Stuart Hawkins’s humorous photographs self-consciously imagine moments of cultural intersection, challenging the audience to imagine what happens before and after a picture is taken.
The symbolism of swimming is well-worn territory. We all realize that water represents transformation, rebirth, and tranquility. But Eric Zener’s work reminds us of the real power it has over our imaginations.
Kristan Horton imitates Kubrick and creates a new world for the film—silverware become an airplane, plastic and coffee grounds become the sky.
What becomes of resorts planned with big dreams—yachts, country clubs, roads paved and phone poles wired—that never materialize? Forty minutes from Palm Springs, photographer Marshall Sokoloff spent two years roaming the deserted zones of Salton City, tracking the desolation.
The disappearance of the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and the flood and evacuation in New Orleans are the tragic results of natural disaster and government mismanagement. These photos tenderly expose not only the extent of the disasters, but our ineptitude and negligence in their aftermaths.
These handmade records—found at a flea market and “recorded” by an unknown singer, Mingering Mike—are exquisite in realistic-seeming details: gatefolds, label logos, complete lyrics, artwork. Even the platters are cardboard.
The Moscow Metro workers in Olga Chernysheva’s photographs are examples of people seen but not noticed. Despite this, the watching, waiting faces in her work demonstrate grace and openness.
These photos from Tom Sandberg display composure, stillness, mystery—despite being taken years apart.
Originally from Harlem, James Spencer has lived a freelance photographer’s dream. He shot regularly at the Apollo during the ‘60s and ‘70s, rode around Manhattan with Muhammad Ali, and traveled as James Brown’s personal photographer.