Lily Rothman

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. She was also the founding editor of TIME’s history section.

Recent Articles

Game of Thrones: New Season, New Roles

Who's that new guy in the trailer?

By Lily Rothman

Golden Globes Tally: 7 Most Endearing Jennifer Lawrence Moments

She didn't trip and fall down, but she still had a good awards show

By Lily Rothman

Downton Abbey Recap: Party's Over

This season's drama ramps up, but not all of the developments are happy ones

By Lily Rothman

Happy Father's Day: Portraits from America's Purity Balls

The subjects of photographer David Magnusson’s series are participants in Purity Balls, an American phenomenon in which girls promise to remain virgins until marriage and their fathers pledge to help them do so.

By Lily Rothman

Photos without Cameras: Exploring Appearance

What is a photograph? What does it mean to make one without a camera? Alexander M. Harrington's latest project explores the appearance of surface, shadow and depth.

By Lily Rothman

The Camera as a Bridge: A Daughter-in-Law's Tale on Mother's Day

Photographer Ilona Szwarc's camera has brought her closer to her mother-in-law than she could ever imagine. LightBox presents Szwarc's on-going project in honor of Mother's Day.

By Lily Rothman

A Look at the Pristine: Walter Niedermayr's Aspen Series

Alpine landscapes can be some of the most pristine and majestic vistas in the world. Photographer Walter Niedermayr's images of the world's most beautiful slopes are featured in The Aspen Series, a new book by Hatje Cantz.

By Lily Rothman

To See the World: Marc Riboud's Eye of the Traveler

In 1955, photographer Marc Riboud set out in an old Jeep to see the world. 58 years later, a show of his work at the Peter Fetterman Gallery demonstrates just how the traveler's eye remains as vibrant as ever.

By Lily Rothman

Displaced History and the Art of Collective Memory

Photographer Nicolas Dhervillers combined modern landscapes with historical images to create his latest body of work 'My Sentimental Archives.'

By Lily Rothman

Wheelchair Bodybuilders Muscle Their Way to the Top

Photographer Lauren Fleishman has spent the past year immersed in the world of wheelchair bodybuilding.

By Lily Rothman

Pictures of Pictures: The Ambiguities of Laura Letinsky

The declaration that “a rose is a rose is a rose” is one of Gertrude Stein’s best-known lines. Now, with an upcoming body of work called Ill Form & Void Full, photographer Laura Letinsky—who is a fan of Stein’s—has her own take on the idea.

By Lily Rothman

'Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel': Collaborative Semantics

A new book looks back at decades of collaborative work by artists Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel.

By Lily Rothman

Landscapes on the Verge of Change

A new retrospective of the work of Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, opening at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on July 28, looks at vistas on the verge of change.

By Lily Rothman

Photoville: Established 2012; Population Growing

A new Brooklyn-based event aims to change what it means to be a photo festival. (It involves a dog run.)

By Lily Rothman

'No Place Like Home: Foreclosures in America' by Bruce Gilden

Bruce Gilden’s series about foreclosed homes, which will be presented this weekend by the Magnum Foundation as part of the Photoville 2012 festival, is a departure from the photographer's usual working style.

By Lily Rothman

Maggie Steber's 'Rite of Passage' and the Gift of Memory

When Maggie Steber realized her mother would never get better, she began taking photographs. Her film 'Rite of Passage,' about the end of her mother's life, premieres June 11.

By Lily Rothman

Alixandra Fazzina Photographs the Flight of the 'Flowers of Afghanistan'

Alixandra Fazzina photographs the hardships faced by underage refugees fleeing Afghanistan.

By Lily Rothman

Curators Look Ahead to LOOK3

The guest curators for this year's LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph—beginning June 7 in Charlottesville, Va.—spoke to LightBox about how the festival came together.

By Lily Rothman

Neil Goldberg and New York Moments

Neil Goldberg’s affinity for the collection of lives that comprise New York City is on view in his solo exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, which has recently been extended to run through June 19.

By Lily Rothman

'Lakes, Trees and Honeybees': Matthew Brandt at Yossi Milo Gallery

Matthew Brandt, whose work is featured in a show at Yossi Milo Gallery in New York City, makes photographs that are of his subjects in two senses of the word.

By Lily Rothman
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