Self-Portrait in a Convex Smartphone
An artist observes her own process of making art, from daily encounters with her computer to personal reflections on how life itself unfolds.
Galleries
A collection of 422 issues
Life Aquatic
Paintings of swimmers underwater, from an ongoing series that pays homage to summers spent sinking and floating in the lakes of Minnesota.
The High Life
Aerial views made from direct observation, enlivened by composite viewpoints, heightened color, and the manipulation of light and scale.
Slight Exposure
Found photographs hand-altered with embroidery and collage, transforming pictures that were somehow incomplete.
Waiting for an Intervention
Street photography has never been more popular, now that everyone has a camera in their pocket. But truly good work requires constant failure—and constant walking.
Editors' Favorites From 2013
The staff choose their most-liked pieces published in 2013: a trip to Patsy Cline's divided hometown, the complete biography of North West, a cold case of hit-and-run, and no shortage of great quotes about dead bodies.
Human Interest Story
In the “visibleInvisible” series, a pediatrician-photographer takes luminous portraits of people considered to be outside beauty’s dominant ideal.
Silent Lights
Human beings captured behind closed doors, in their most animal state. Some images may be considered NSFW.
People of the Sun
Photographed asleep, sunbathers on the beach show how endearing—and universally human—we all can be when we just lie down and let loose.
The Hunter in His Blind
A project to document Wisconsin’s broad variety of deer stands takes on new meaning after a round of chemotherapy.