Inside the Painter’s Studio
In his new book, artist Joe Fig documents the day-to-day lives of 24 contemporary artists with photos of their studios, notes on their work habits, and interviews about where and how they make art.
Galleries
A collection of 420 issues
Expectations of Adolescence
Kate and Julia, the two girls in Blake Fitch’s photo series, are easy to relate to: Their friendship and emotions transmit quickly through the pictures, but with added illumination, as though the images brought out inner reserves of self-possession.
Animals Twice Dead
Richard Barnes’s photographs are dislocating, off-putting adult hocus-pocus—portraits of animals in various states of preservation and transit, removed many degrees from anything remotely wild.
The Matsue Rule
Taiji Matsue’s photographs of landscapes appear to be paintings for the sheer scale of content—geometric lines of cities and curves of mountains so elegant they could only be fake, except that they’re real.
Men at Their Most Masculine
Chad States photographs his subjects in the poses and settings they find most masculine, making portraits of masculinity that broaden our ideas of what it means to be a man today. (Some images NSFW)
Sheena Is a Taqwacore
In 2007, a Muslim punk band boarded a green bus and traveled across the country to play shows. Along for the ride was photographer Kim Badawi.
The Storefront Churches of Chicago
Small details make a space unique, familiar, and alive. Photographer Dave Jordano knows that a personal, individual spirit can bring a place to life, and shows us it’s not only how, but where congregations pray that defines their faith.
Cool, Cool Water
Photographer Christian Chaize presents a charming portrait of a small patch of sand as it changes from day to day.
Black Patches
Through collecting and many Freedom of Information requests, Trevor Paglen assembles a full sash of secret military badges, and they make for a fun tour through some vaguely unsettling regalia.
Once the World’s Fair
Once upon a time you needed to visit the latest World’s Fair to see what was new—and the structures and relics of those events still live among us, even if they’re treated like so many architectural burger wrappers.