Dancing for Mao
A photograph of a 5-year-old girl made her famous in China—and haunted the man who took it
May 2009 |
By Jennifer Lin
Edward Steichen: In Vogue
A painter by training, Edward Steichen changed fashion photography forever
May 2009 |
By Owen Edwards
Celebrity Portraitist Gerard Malanga
An associate of Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga reflects on his subjects and his career as a photographer
April 14, 2009 |
By Jeff Campagna
Cindy Sherman: Monument Valley Girl
The artist's self portrait plays with our notions of an archetypal West
March 2009 |
By Victoria Olsen
Africa on the Fly
Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009 |
By Abigail Tucker
From Castro to Warhol to Mother Teresa, He Photographed Them All
Yousuf Karsh took a singular approach to fame and the famous
December 2008 |
By Matthew Gurewitsch
Robert Frank’s Curious Perspective
In his book The Americans, Robert Frank changed photography. Fifty years on, it still unsettles
November 2008 |
By Richard B. Woodward
The Cowboy in Winter
Gerald Mack lived the life—and photographer Sam Abell went along for the ride
October 2008 |
By Robert M. Poole
Day of the Iguanas
On a morning in a Oaxacan market, photographer Graciela Iturbide made one of the most enduring images of Zapotec life
September 2008 |
By Lynell George
Photo Find
With a rolleiflex camera, a pioneering botanist documented his fieldwork—and created art
August 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Richard Misrach's Ominous Beach Photographs
A new exhibition of oversized photographs by Richard Misrach invites viewers to have fun in the sun. Or does it?
August 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
More With Richard Misrach
The Photographer explains how a series of beach pictures were inspired by the events of September 11
August 01, 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
It's in the Bag
Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer hit a grand slam when he set out to capture a double play on film
July 2008 |
By Owen Edwards
About Carleton Watkins
On the life and career of the 19th-century American landscape photographer who captured Yosemite in stereo
July 2008 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Gregory Crewdson's Epic Effects
The photographer uses movie production techniques to create "in-between moments." But you'll have to supply the story line
June 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Betty Ford's Tabled Resolution
Betty Ford had a what-the-hell moment—and an accomplice in photographer David Hume Kennerly
June 2008 |
By William Booth
Model Arrangement
In Milton Greene, Marilyn Monroe found a friend as well as a photographer who captured the range of her vibrant personality
May 2008 |
By Michelle Stacey
The Life Aquatic with Bruce Mozert
When the photographer gazed into the crystalline waters of Silver Springs, Florida, in 1938, he saw nothing but possibilities
May 2008 |
By Gary Monroe
