Xuan-Hui Ng’s mother had a green thumb. “She grew orchids and watered them with water from the fish pond,” the artist remembers. “She loved chrysanthemums most of all.” Ng’s mother, who supported her unconditionally throughout her life, passed away in 2000. She never got to see her daughter become a photographer, but her memory can be found in all of the pictures she’s made—particularly the cherry blossom photography.  Cherry blossoms are only in bloom for one to two weeks each year, sometimes less. They arrive, and then they peak and disappear. Since 2016, Ng has followed the flowers ..read more

“As I made these images, I was becoming aware that my body was remembering what it had gone through and was going through,” the photographer Veronica Cruz tells me. “But I was also learning that it was okay to let it out and feel all of this without shame and without feeling like I had to hide it.” In Little Earthquakes, the artist navigates childhood trauma through photography. Cruz was raped as a child; she does not know when it started, but it continued until she was eight. At the age of twelve, she had emergency brain surgery and was hospitalized due to an AVM, an abnormal connection betw ..read more

Over 7 years, Polly Penrose created a series of dynamic self-portraits that examine a her changing body. Matthew Morrocco sat for sun-drenched portraits with older gay men he met online. Viktória Kollerová dives headlong into the murky corners of the human psyche. Plus, the great Francesca Woodman addresses themes such as gender, representation, corporality, and sexuality. Six photographers, each with a different perspective, bare all through self-portrait photography. Viktória Kollerová’s mysterious self-portraits take us to remote landscapes across Slovakia and Portugal.  “Kollerov ash ..read more

Carolyn Drake at SIX.TWO Editions Alessandra Sanguinetti at SIX.TWO Editions In response to the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria starting in the early morning hours of February 6th, 200 photographers have come together for a ten-day print sale fundraiser, SIX.TWO Editions. The campaign is led by a group of artists based in the US who have ties to Turkey. Dozens of today’s leading voices have contributed prints to this print sale fundraiser for earthquake relief.  As of this writing, the death toll in the aftermath of the earthquakes has risen to more than 54,000. Millions ..read more

In this roundup of 1960s photography, Terence Donovan and Kenneth Graves document SF’s Bay Area, home to members of the Beat Generation and the Haight-Ashbury hippies. Leni Sinclair enters Detroit’s radical political and cultural scene, while Sylvan Rand hits the road with a gay motorcycle club. Shirley Baker discovers magic in the oft-forgotten Manchester and Salford slums. Plus, one photographer created Esquire’s iconic covers featuring Muhammad Ali, JFK, and Andy Warhol–but you might not have heard his name. Terence Donovan‘s 1960s photography came to define a time remembered for sex, frock ..read more

“We learn of the gender disparity from our real-world experience,” Briar Pacey, the producer and co-founder of Women’s Work in New Zealand, tells me. “I was never shooting the massive campaigns with women photographers. It was always men. It’s important to draw attention when you see that bias play out in real-time in your industry.” Women’s Work, a collective of women and non-binary photographers, is doing just that through an advertising campaign running on billboards across Wellington and Auckland.  Created in collaboration with Ogilvy NZ and the outdoor ad brand Lumo, the campaign ..read more

Fujifilm X-T4 Americans are holding onto $650 billion worth of unused devices. That’s according to a recent survey from MPB, the world’s largest platform for used photo and video gear. US adults ages 18 to 34, on average, own $3,691 worth of tech they don’t use. With these figures in mind, MPB makes it easy for photographers to sell their old gear and upgrade to something new.  MPB first caught our attention because of their circular business model and commitment to environmental sustainability, but just as significant is the fact that they’re helping to make the industry more accessible ..read more

Desert X 2023 installation view of Tyre Nichols Originals. GoFundMe Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund, photo by Lance Gerber, courtesy Desert X. Tyre D. Nichols loved photographing sunsets. In one of his artworks, now on view as part of an outdoor installation of his photography at Desert X in California, he captured the sun just an instant before it touched the horizon; in the foreground, delicate tree branches seem to reach to the sky as they fade into silhouette.  Nichols, who was murdered by police in Memphis in January, is one of twelve exhibiting artists at Desert X this year, with six of ..read more

“Spend less time answering questions and more time having fun!” “They have made great friendships through Couchsurfing. They’ve also met some real fucking weirdos. Don’t be fucking weirdo!” “Party naked! I have found that when people are naked they instantly connect on a deeper more intimate level. They are able to communicate more openly about topics that are generally reserved for close friends.” Natcha Wongchanglaw spend a few weeks on the Couchsurfing app before the first person agreed to be photographed as part of her series of portraits. He gave her his address, and she showed up that ni ..read more

In this collection of photo stories from Ireland, Megan Doherty introduces us to Derry’s underground scene, while Kevin Griffin captures the life and character of a man he serendipitously met while driving through the local Irish countryside. Jamie Johnson tells the stories of children from within the Irish Traveler community, a community that continues to face discrimination and abuse. Meanwhile, Enda Burke gets creative with his parents during lockdowns, and Jill Quigley brings abandoned cottages in Donegal back to life. Megan Doherty captures the experiences of real-life Derry gir ..read more