Lily Rothman

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

Recent Articles

Joplin: One Year After the Tornado

Photographer Greg Miller traveled to Joplin, Mo., in the days leading up to the anniversary of the tornado that devastated the city last year.

By Lily Rothman

Jessica Eaton: Cube, Color, Cosmos

Canadian photographer Jessica Eaton, who recently won the photography prize at the 2012 Hyères Festival, uses her camera to create color invisible to the naked eye.

By Lily Rothman

UPDATED: Robert Capa, Friend of Anton

On Tuesday evening, Christie’s held its first-ever auction of contemporary photojournalism prints. The event, which was hosted by Christiane Amanpour, was to benefit the family of the late Anton Hammerl.

By Lily Rothman

The New Photojournalistic Social Advocacy: Nuru Project

Nuru Project helps photojournalists make a difference in the world—but it also re-introduces the frequently discussed matter of whether the journalist’s job is to make that difference or to record things as they are.

By Lily Rothman

Lomography and the 'Analogue Future'

Interest in Instagram has had a positive effect in a surprising place: at analog-only photography company Lomography.

By Lily Rothman

Neighborhood Blues: Kensington, Philadelphia

Photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge captures the troubled souls and harsh realities of life along one Philadelphia avenue.

By Lily Rothman

Dust to Dust: The Mythical Graves of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Photographer Nick Ballon captures the intersection of fact and fiction in the Bolivian town where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are said to have died.

By Lily Rothman

Harlem Revisited: A New Look at Dawoud Bey's New York Portraits

Present-day Chicago is not Harlem in 1979. Present-day Harlem isn’t even Harlem in 1979. But at the Art Institute of Chicago’s new exhibition Dawoud Bey: Harlem USA, some things have stayed the same.

By Lily Rothman

Fight for Your Right: Resources for Photographers Covering Protests

In preparation for Occupy Wall Street's day of action on May 1, LightBox offers a few tips for photographers—professional and amateur alike–who plan to cover the protests.

By Lily Rothman

Exclusive: Behind the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards

'Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs,' by Weston Naef and Christine Hult-Lewis, has been awarded the 2012 Kraszna-Krausz Best Photography Book Award. Judge Jem Southam explains how the decision was made.

By Lily Rothman

Three Cheers for the Rise of Acro

When photographer Holly Andres visited the University of Oregon acrobatics and tumbling team to shoot the young athletes at practice, she wanted to avoid the tropes of cheerleading photography.

By Lily Rothman

The Girls of Chechnya

Chechen authorities are the unseen presence in Diana Markosian's photographs of girls growing up in the region.

By Lily Rothman

The Gallery as Public Square: 'Almost Dawn in Libya'

The 'Almost Dawn in Libya' project aims to show Libyans photographs taken during the civil war in their country and, in doing so, foster peace.

By Lily Rothman

'Dark Tourism': Ambroise Tézenas and the Pull of Death

Photographer Ambroise Tézenas immersed himself in the tourist experience at sites of death and destruction. The result is 'Dark Tourism,' now on view at Galerie Mélanie Rio in Nantes, France.

By Lily Rothman

Chasing the Texas Tornado

Photographer Parrish Ruiz de Velasco captured the power of a tornado in Lancaster, Texas.

By Lily Rothman

100 Years Later: A Snapshot of Life on the Titanic

The Titanic didn’t just send hundreds of its passengers to the bottom of the ocean—it also took all the evidence of what life was like on board for the ill-fated travelers. Or at least it would have, were it not for Francis Browne.

By Lily Rothman

TIME Style and Design: Futuristic London Fashion

Photographer Jonathan de Villiers channeled a time-traveler's perspective on London for TIME Style and Design, which relaunched today.

By Lily Rothman

One Year Later: The Story of Eugene Richards' 'War is Personal' Continues

A year after LightBox launched, we catch up with Eugene Richards about how a photography project can follow a photographer.

By Lily Rothman

DEVELOP Tube: A Photographic Resource Grows

Erica McDonald wanted to help the photographic community, so she created DEVELOP Tube, a video channel curated on both YouTube and Vimeo that offers resources for photographers. It's part of a larger project that includes an exhibit on view now in Bologna, Italy.

By Lily Rothman

Celebrate Japan's White Day with Joseph Maida

March 14 is White Day, a Japanese holiday that exists to counterbalance Valentine’s Day. It’s an example of a phenomenon that photographer Joseph Maida says he sees throughout the country and explores in his latest work on Japan.

By Lily Rothman
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