Los Angeles
These photos tell the story of Adam Bartos’s move to L.A. in the 1970s, when he arrived expecting Hollywood glitz and glamour and instead discovered the serene and all-American images in this series.
Galleries
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Mexico
These are photos of your grandmother’s winter holiday. They document your cousin's spring break—minus the bikinis and beer bongs. But Martin Parr’s photos of Mexico are not the pictures one brings back from a trip. Instead, this work seems like memories of a visit.
On the Street
Between 1980 and 1990, the Village Voice ran photographer Amy Arbus’s “On the Street” photo column, a page documenting downtown’s most vibrant, creative dressers and personalities, and here are its greatest hits.
Breakthrew
Can warm colors and personal crisis be political? Can drawings cure artist's block? Tom Burckhardt burns, drowns, and mourns the canvas—but never paints on it.
We the People of the United States
Sam Fink’s beautifully illustrated “Constitution of the United States of America” reminds us of what is good and true about our country and what binds us together, no matter what the pundits or politicians say.
Lights in the Dark
As a street artist, Dan Witz lends wit, color, and grace to New York City. As an oil painter, he seduces outsiders into warm homes and lit storefronts.
Ghostly Ruins
Harry Skrdla has a wistful eye for old mansions and giant hospitals that have fallen on hard times. Here he tours a country of ruins in the making.
American Cities
Catherine Opie photographs the backbone and the marrow of American cities. These portraits show not only a city’s architecture, but its character.
Light Years
You feel like you’ve seen Gerald Förster’s work before. It’s filled with people who seem legendary. But these photographs, shot in locations across the globe in a portable studio, have never been possible until now.
Yesterday’s People
Tim Dirven’s pictures don’t blur the line between art and journalism—they eliminate it. His camera finds intimacy in the well-worn or far-away news story.