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How Eliot Elisofon Brought an Artist’s Eye to Social Problems

For this LIFE photographer, modern art and social documentation could coexist in a single frame

By Krystal Grow

Explore the Dark Side of YouTube with Artist Doug Rickard

"I knew this work was going to be darker," says the visual artist Doug Rickard. "As I started to dive into the footage, I realized that there was an extra motive for posting videos on...

By Krystal Grow

In Praise of D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus: 'We Were Beholders'

For six decades, and in more than 50 movies, filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus have reinvented and reinvigorated the very nature of documentary storytelling.

By Krystal Grow

Arthur Rothstein's Return: A Master's Photographs Come Home to Columbia

LIFE.com explores the work of the prolific 20th-century photographer Arthur Rothstein, whose work is now included in the permanent collections of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library in New York City.

By Krystal Grow

How 12 Exhibitions, Two Museums and One Gallery Changed Photography Forever

A new book by Contrasto explores how exhibitions shaped the evolution of photography and helped establish it as a unique and powerful art form

By Krystal Grow

Eerie Photos of Japan's Coast

"I remember my parents taking me to the beach," says photographer Asako Narahashi. "The coastline of Japan is very long and complex. There are beaches and mountains. They all have their unique expressions." In her...

By Krystal Grow

Capturing a Great White Shark with a GoPro

Depending on your perspective, Amanda Brewer either had the best, or worst summer vacation ever. The elementary school art teacher snapped the photo above of a Great White Shark in South Africa where she volunteered...

By Krystal Grow

Stephen Shore: Defacto Photographer of Andy Warhol's Factory

A rare look inside Andy Warhol's Factory, shot by an 18-year-old Stephen Shore, whose exposure to the legendary pop artist would inform his own career as a legendary photographer

By Krystal Grow

Inside the Unseen Photo Fair, Where Photography is 'Under Construction'

The Unseen Photo Fair and Festival in Amsterdam offers a new way to look at photography

By Krystal Grow

How Smartphones Have Changed the Way We Experience Photography

Smartphones have not only changed the way we make photos, but also the meaning and purpose of photography itself, an exhibition at the Center for Photography at Woodstock shows

By Krystal Grow

Robin Williams: Photographers Remember a Legendary Actor

Legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams was found dead in his home in Marin County, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 11. Police confirmed Williams' death as a suicide on Tuesday afternoon. A veteran of screen and...

By Krystal Grow

In Defense of Flash: A Homage to Harsh Lighting

There are few tactics as divisive among photographers as flash, but a new show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art aims to shed new light on the impact and importance of the genre-defying technique

By Krystal Grow

#LightBoxFF: Transmissions from Space with NASA Goddard

Through the NASA Goddard Instagram feed, Rebecca Roth connects the people of planet Earth to astronauts in space and the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists.

By Krystal Grow

David Favrod's Mysterious Memories at the Voies-Off Festival

The 2014 Voies-Off Festival supports emerging contemporary photographers from its location on the outskirts of Les Rencontres d'Arles, including David Favrod's visual exploration of public histories and personal memories.

By Krystal Grow

A Photographic Survey of American Groups

Collector W.M. Hunt presents a gleefully disorienting photographic survey of American groups to Les Rencontres Arles, the annual French photography festival.

By Krystal Grow

#LightBoxFF: Ruddy Roye and Instagram Activism

Ruddy Roye believes in the power of photography to change the world, and for the New York-based photographer Instagram can help cut out photography's gatekeepers and get the message out.

By Krystal Grow

A New Age of Analog at New York's Most Historic Camera Club

The historic Camera Club of New York has been forced to close down its darkrooms, but hopes to revitalize its programming while remaining true to its roots

By Krystal Grow

#LightBoxFF: Inside Justin Maxon's Instagram Fantasyland

Photojournalist Justin Maxon says Instagram gives him the opportunity to create photographic fantasies from everyday life.

By Krystal Grow

The (2nd) Biggest Mistake Roman Polanski Ever Made

The photo that forced Polanski to flee

By Krystal Grow

#LightBoxFF: 11 Photographers Capture the World Cup

Live the 2014 Soccer World Cup through the eyes of 11 photographers TIME has selected in partnership with the Photographic Museum of Humanity

By Krystal Grow
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