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Stiffs, Skulls and Skeletons: Images of the Darker Side of Life

Portraits of dead people used to form an integral part of the grieving proc...
Portraits of dead people used to form an integral part of the grieving process. Today, these images are taboo, but not for Stanley and Elizabeth Burns, who have amassed more than one million images that present a darker side of life

Paul Strand, Master of Modernism, in Retrospect

The first major retrospective of Paul Strand's work in nearly 50 years pres...
The first major retrospective of Paul Strand's work in nearly 50 years presents him as not only a critical figure in the history of modern art, but seeks to re-affirm his place as one of the founders of photography as we know it today.

See This Year's Best Portrait Photographs

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize has become a staple in the p...
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize has become a staple in the photo calendar, drawing crowds to the National Portrait Gallery while reigniting the debate around the characterization of portraiture

Fred Ritchin Named Dean of the School at ICP

The International Center of Photography is focussing on the future of photo...
The International Center of Photography is focussing on the future of photography as it appoints photography expert Fred Ritchin to the newly created position of Dean

Follow the Everyday Lives of Artists in Kabul

The Little Book of Kabul tries to avoid cliches often present in Western co...
The Little Book of Kabul tries to avoid cliches often present in Western coverage of life in Afghanistan by following local artists.

How the Past Shapes Modern Photography

From tintypes to Vermeer, here's how the past shapes and influences modern ...
From tintypes to Vermeer, here's how the past shapes and influences modern photography by Deborah Willis.

Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns

Covert Operations, a new exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporar...
Covert Operations, a new exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, looks at America's obsession with surveillance and information