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Some say negatives are mistakes, Misrach proves they are revelations.
He works with what is usually left behind by other photographers.
By focusing on negatives, he finds new ways to show landscapes, creating a more mysterious vibe.
#NegativeImage #LandscapePhotography #PhotographyBook
He works with what is usually left behind by other photographers.
By focusing on negatives, he finds new ways to show landscapes, creating a more mysterious vibe.
#NegativeImage #LandscapePhotography #PhotographyBook
August 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Some say negatives are mistakes, Misrach proves they are revelations.
He works with what is usually left behind by other photographers.
By focusing on negatives, he finds new ways to show landscapes, creating a more mysterious vibe.
#NegativeImage #LandscapePhotography #PhotographyBook
He works with what is usually left behind by other photographers.
By focusing on negatives, he finds new ways to show landscapes, creating a more mysterious vibe.
#NegativeImage #LandscapePhotography #PhotographyBook
Wolves see only blue and yellow. So does Julien Coquentin.
He photographs the return of the wolf to northern Aveyron.
#CyanotypePhotography #RuralPhotography #WolfReturn
He photographs the return of the wolf to northern Aveyron.
#CyanotypePhotography #RuralPhotography #WolfReturn
August 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Wolves see only blue and yellow. So does Julien Coquentin.
He photographs the return of the wolf to northern Aveyron.
#CyanotypePhotography #RuralPhotography #WolfReturn
He photographs the return of the wolf to northern Aveyron.
#CyanotypePhotography #RuralPhotography #WolfReturn
Ingrid Weyland takes photographs of landscapes, prints them, and then crumples the paper.
She creates a unique style and shows how the environment itself can be scarred, but still resilient.
#ConceptualPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotoProject
She creates a unique style and shows how the environment itself can be scarred, but still resilient.
#ConceptualPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotoProject
August 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Ingrid Weyland takes photographs of landscapes, prints them, and then crumples the paper.
She creates a unique style and shows how the environment itself can be scarred, but still resilient.
#ConceptualPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotoProject
She creates a unique style and shows how the environment itself can be scarred, but still resilient.
#ConceptualPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotoProject
What do mushrooms reveal about women’s hidden strength?
In Fruiting Bodies, Ying Ang uses photography to look at mushrooms as symbols of womanhood. The project connects the hidden networks of fungi with the invisible work of women in society.
#NatureAsMetaphor #MushroomPhotography #FemaleForm
In Fruiting Bodies, Ying Ang uses photography to look at mushrooms as symbols of womanhood. The project connects the hidden networks of fungi with the invisible work of women in society.
#NatureAsMetaphor #MushroomPhotography #FemaleForm
August 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What do mushrooms reveal about women’s hidden strength?
In Fruiting Bodies, Ying Ang uses photography to look at mushrooms as symbols of womanhood. The project connects the hidden networks of fungi with the invisible work of women in society.
#NatureAsMetaphor #MushroomPhotography #FemaleForm
In Fruiting Bodies, Ying Ang uses photography to look at mushrooms as symbols of womanhood. The project connects the hidden networks of fungi with the invisible work of women in society.
#NatureAsMetaphor #MushroomPhotography #FemaleForm
The Good Citizen is an eight-year photographic and research project by Benjamin Rasmussen
Combining documentary photography and historical research, the book examines how American citizenship has been defined and restricted throughout history
#AmericanIdentity @benjaminras.bsky.social
Combining documentary photography and historical research, the book examines how American citizenship has been defined and restricted throughout history
#AmericanIdentity @benjaminras.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Good Citizen is an eight-year photographic and research project by Benjamin Rasmussen
Combining documentary photography and historical research, the book examines how American citizenship has been defined and restricted throughout history
#AmericanIdentity @benjaminras.bsky.social
Combining documentary photography and historical research, the book examines how American citizenship has been defined and restricted throughout history
#AmericanIdentity @benjaminras.bsky.social
Merlin Daleman’s new book Mutiny shows the social and economic divides that shape post-Brexit Britain. He visited more than 60 towns and cities, from Skegness to Belfast, to understand how political decisions and years of neglect affect daily life
#PostBrexitBritain #EconomicDivide #SocialLandscape
#PostBrexitBritain #EconomicDivide #SocialLandscape
August 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Merlin Daleman’s new book Mutiny shows the social and economic divides that shape post-Brexit Britain. He visited more than 60 towns and cities, from Skegness to Belfast, to understand how political decisions and years of neglect affect daily life
#PostBrexitBritain #EconomicDivide #SocialLandscape
#PostBrexitBritain #EconomicDivide #SocialLandscape
Tokyo during COVID felt both still and deeply alive.
Glen Snyder walked with his camera during lockdown, looking for signs of daily life in the silence.
#StreetPhotography #TokyoPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography @isshinglen.bsky.social
Glen Snyder walked with his camera during lockdown, looking for signs of daily life in the silence.
#StreetPhotography #TokyoPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography @isshinglen.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Tokyo during COVID felt both still and deeply alive.
Glen Snyder walked with his camera during lockdown, looking for signs of daily life in the silence.
#StreetPhotography #TokyoPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography @isshinglen.bsky.social
Glen Snyder walked with his camera during lockdown, looking for signs of daily life in the silence.
#StreetPhotography #TokyoPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography @isshinglen.bsky.social
Light is a photographer's biggest tool.
Nick Prideaux uses light to highlight specific details and to convey a specific mood.
#MindfulPhotography #AnalogPhotography #Photobook @setantabooks.bsky.social
Nick Prideaux uses light to highlight specific details and to convey a specific mood.
#MindfulPhotography #AnalogPhotography #Photobook @setantabooks.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Light is a photographer's biggest tool.
Nick Prideaux uses light to highlight specific details and to convey a specific mood.
#MindfulPhotography #AnalogPhotography #Photobook @setantabooks.bsky.social
Nick Prideaux uses light to highlight specific details and to convey a specific mood.
#MindfulPhotography #AnalogPhotography #Photobook @setantabooks.bsky.social
Nick Prideaux had been trying for days to find the right way to show what a flood that destroyed his childhood home meant to his family.
He looked for waterfalls, planned fabric scenes, and still felt unsure. This simple accident captured everything he was searching for.
#PhotographyStory
He looked for waterfalls, planned fabric scenes, and still felt unsure. This simple accident captured everything he was searching for.
#PhotographyStory
August 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nick Prideaux had been trying for days to find the right way to show what a flood that destroyed his childhood home meant to his family.
He looked for waterfalls, planned fabric scenes, and still felt unsure. This simple accident captured everything he was searching for.
#PhotographyStory
He looked for waterfalls, planned fabric scenes, and still felt unsure. This simple accident captured everything he was searching for.
#PhotographyStory
Eric Davidove has spent years trying to capture humor in public.
Eric noticed that many of his favorite images showed people who stood out: those who dressed differently, acted freely, or simply refused to blend in.
#StreetPhotography #StreetHumor #CandidPhotography @edovephotos.bsky.social
Eric noticed that many of his favorite images showed people who stood out: those who dressed differently, acted freely, or simply refused to blend in.
#StreetPhotography #StreetHumor #CandidPhotography @edovephotos.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Eric Davidove has spent years trying to capture humor in public.
Eric noticed that many of his favorite images showed people who stood out: those who dressed differently, acted freely, or simply refused to blend in.
#StreetPhotography #StreetHumor #CandidPhotography @edovephotos.bsky.social
Eric noticed that many of his favorite images showed people who stood out: those who dressed differently, acted freely, or simply refused to blend in.
#StreetPhotography #StreetHumor #CandidPhotography @edovephotos.bsky.social
David Ricci compiles an extraordinary array of images that mark significant milestones in his career as a fine art photographer.
#ComplexPhotography #Photographer #FineArtPhotography
#ComplexPhotography #Photographer #FineArtPhotography
August 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
David Ricci compiles an extraordinary array of images that mark significant milestones in his career as a fine art photographer.
#ComplexPhotography #Photographer #FineArtPhotography
#ComplexPhotography #Photographer #FineArtPhotography
Keiko Nomura uses color portraits, landscapes, and symbolic scenes that reflect her personal memories and emotions to accurately portray her experience traveling around Okinawa, Taiwan, India, and Tokyo.
#FineArtPhotography #JapanesePhotographer #AsiaPhotography
#FineArtPhotography #JapanesePhotographer #AsiaPhotography
August 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Keiko Nomura uses color portraits, landscapes, and symbolic scenes that reflect her personal memories and emotions to accurately portray her experience traveling around Okinawa, Taiwan, India, and Tokyo.
#FineArtPhotography #JapanesePhotographer #AsiaPhotography
#FineArtPhotography #JapanesePhotographer #AsiaPhotography
In the annals of street photography, few names resonate with the vibrancy and depth of Ave Pildas. His journey from the jazz-infused streets of the Midwest to the bustling energy of Hollywood Boulevard paints a portrait of a man whose lens has captured the evolving American landscape.
#USHistory
#USHistory
August 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In the annals of street photography, few names resonate with the vibrancy and depth of Ave Pildas. His journey from the jazz-infused streets of the Midwest to the bustling energy of Hollywood Boulevard paints a portrait of a man whose lens has captured the evolving American landscape.
#USHistory
#USHistory
Stephen Shames's photographic archive continues to shape public memory today.
What started with protests in Berkeley became decades of personal work, capturing some of the most important social movements in U.S. history.
#DocumentaryPhotography #StephenShames #Photojournalism #USAhistory
What started with protests in Berkeley became decades of personal work, capturing some of the most important social movements in U.S. history.
#DocumentaryPhotography #StephenShames #Photojournalism #USAhistory
August 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Stephen Shames's photographic archive continues to shape public memory today.
What started with protests in Berkeley became decades of personal work, capturing some of the most important social movements in U.S. history.
#DocumentaryPhotography #StephenShames #Photojournalism #USAhistory
What started with protests in Berkeley became decades of personal work, capturing some of the most important social movements in U.S. history.
#DocumentaryPhotography #StephenShames #Photojournalism #USAhistory
The most powerful portraits don’t need to show a face.
In West Texas, Mark McLennan photographed oil field workers.
Over six months, he returned again and again.
What he found was a simple gesture: A single hand.
#DocumentaryPhotography #OilIndustry #IndustrialPhotography
In West Texas, Mark McLennan photographed oil field workers.
Over six months, he returned again and again.
What he found was a simple gesture: A single hand.
#DocumentaryPhotography #OilIndustry #IndustrialPhotography
July 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The most powerful portraits don’t need to show a face.
In West Texas, Mark McLennan photographed oil field workers.
Over six months, he returned again and again.
What he found was a simple gesture: A single hand.
#DocumentaryPhotography #OilIndustry #IndustrialPhotography
In West Texas, Mark McLennan photographed oil field workers.
Over six months, he returned again and again.
What he found was a simple gesture: A single hand.
#DocumentaryPhotography #OilIndustry #IndustrialPhotography
Tomáš Krivka took all these photographs inside moving trains.
#trainphotography #urbanphotography #publictransportation
#trainphotography #urbanphotography #publictransportation
July 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tomáš Krivka took all these photographs inside moving trains.
#trainphotography #urbanphotography #publictransportation
#trainphotography #urbanphotography #publictransportation
There’s an entire city beneath New York, and Stanley Greenberg photographed it.
For years, he searched for the hidden infrastructure that keeps the city alive: tunnels, shafts, gatehouses, and pipes buried far below the surface.
#DocumentaryPhotography #InfrastructurePhotography #NewYorkCity
For years, he searched for the hidden infrastructure that keeps the city alive: tunnels, shafts, gatehouses, and pipes buried far below the surface.
#DocumentaryPhotography #InfrastructurePhotography #NewYorkCity
July 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There’s an entire city beneath New York, and Stanley Greenberg photographed it.
For years, he searched for the hidden infrastructure that keeps the city alive: tunnels, shafts, gatehouses, and pipes buried far below the surface.
#DocumentaryPhotography #InfrastructurePhotography #NewYorkCity
For years, he searched for the hidden infrastructure that keeps the city alive: tunnels, shafts, gatehouses, and pipes buried far below the surface.
#DocumentaryPhotography #InfrastructurePhotography #NewYorkCity
Female identity is encoded in hair, not in the face.
Céline Bodin removes facial expression completely and leaves only the back of the head.
What remains is hairstyle as a symbol and as history of expression.
#ConceptualPhotography #HairPortraits #HairSymbolism
Céline Bodin removes facial expression completely and leaves only the back of the head.
What remains is hairstyle as a symbol and as history of expression.
#ConceptualPhotography #HairPortraits #HairSymbolism
July 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Female identity is encoded in hair, not in the face.
Céline Bodin removes facial expression completely and leaves only the back of the head.
What remains is hairstyle as a symbol and as history of expression.
#ConceptualPhotography #HairPortraits #HairSymbolism
Céline Bodin removes facial expression completely and leaves only the back of the head.
What remains is hairstyle as a symbol and as history of expression.
#ConceptualPhotography #HairPortraits #HairSymbolism
Can a childhood photo explain a lifetime of photography?
Bieke Depoorter was nearly finished with her book when she found an old diary from her childhood. Inside was a moment she had forgotten: the first time she ever took a photo of the moon, at 14.
#Photographer #childhoodphotography #throwback
Bieke Depoorter was nearly finished with her book when she found an old diary from her childhood. Inside was a moment she had forgotten: the first time she ever took a photo of the moon, at 14.
#Photographer #childhoodphotography #throwback
July 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Can a childhood photo explain a lifetime of photography?
Bieke Depoorter was nearly finished with her book when she found an old diary from her childhood. Inside was a moment she had forgotten: the first time she ever took a photo of the moon, at 14.
#Photographer #childhoodphotography #throwback
Bieke Depoorter was nearly finished with her book when she found an old diary from her childhood. Inside was a moment she had forgotten: the first time she ever took a photo of the moon, at 14.
#Photographer #childhoodphotography #throwback
Lea Laetitia Thijs turned family pain into intimate photography.
Her father lives with bipolar disorder, and she wanted to understand him better.
This project became Safe House, a personal and careful way to connect.
#IntimatePhotography #MentalHealth #VisualStorytelling @setantabooks.bsky.social
Her father lives with bipolar disorder, and she wanted to understand him better.
This project became Safe House, a personal and careful way to connect.
#IntimatePhotography #MentalHealth #VisualStorytelling @setantabooks.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Lea Laetitia Thijs turned family pain into intimate photography.
Her father lives with bipolar disorder, and she wanted to understand him better.
This project became Safe House, a personal and careful way to connect.
#IntimatePhotography #MentalHealth #VisualStorytelling @setantabooks.bsky.social
Her father lives with bipolar disorder, and she wanted to understand him better.
This project became Safe House, a personal and careful way to connect.
#IntimatePhotography #MentalHealth #VisualStorytelling @setantabooks.bsky.social
What does it take to truly see a country, without cliché?
Most people visit Cuba for a few days and take the same photos: old cars, crumbling buildings, and cigars. Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh did something different. They kept going back for 25 years.
#StreetPhotography #Cuba
Most people visit Cuba for a few days and take the same photos: old cars, crumbling buildings, and cigars. Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh did something different. They kept going back for 25 years.
#StreetPhotography #Cuba
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
What does it take to truly see a country, without cliché?
Most people visit Cuba for a few days and take the same photos: old cars, crumbling buildings, and cigars. Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh did something different. They kept going back for 25 years.
#StreetPhotography #Cuba
Most people visit Cuba for a few days and take the same photos: old cars, crumbling buildings, and cigars. Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh did something different. They kept going back for 25 years.
#StreetPhotography #Cuba
'Ten Years' is printed in gold ink on black paper, giving the images an ethereal, dreamlike quality
Starting photography at the ripe age of 60, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno's images come from a decade of travel, taken in places like Brazil, Japan, Egypt, and the United States.
#TravelPhotography
Starting photography at the ripe age of 60, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno's images come from a decade of travel, taken in places like Brazil, Japan, Egypt, and the United States.
#TravelPhotography
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
'Ten Years' is printed in gold ink on black paper, giving the images an ethereal, dreamlike quality
Starting photography at the ripe age of 60, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno's images come from a decade of travel, taken in places like Brazil, Japan, Egypt, and the United States.
#TravelPhotography
Starting photography at the ripe age of 60, Sandra Cattaneo Adorno's images come from a decade of travel, taken in places like Brazil, Japan, Egypt, and the United States.
#TravelPhotography
In 1970s Boston, Mike Smith wandered with no plan, just a camera.
More than 40 years later, those pictures have become a document of a changing city.
Mike wasn’t trying to make a political statement or build a career, he was just drawn to people on the street.
#StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography
More than 40 years later, those pictures have become a document of a changing city.
Mike wasn’t trying to make a political statement or build a career, he was just drawn to people on the street.
#StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography
July 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In 1970s Boston, Mike Smith wandered with no plan, just a camera.
More than 40 years later, those pictures have become a document of a changing city.
Mike wasn’t trying to make a political statement or build a career, he was just drawn to people on the street.
#StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography
More than 40 years later, those pictures have become a document of a changing city.
Mike wasn’t trying to make a political statement or build a career, he was just drawn to people on the street.
#StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography
Liam Wong turns midnight Tokyo into a video game cutscene.
He walks the city when most are sleeping, capturing glowing streets, empty intersections, and forgotten corners.
What he brings back is not just photography, but a mood.
#tokyophotography #nightstreetphotography #Cyberpunk
@liamwong.com
He walks the city when most are sleeping, capturing glowing streets, empty intersections, and forgotten corners.
What he brings back is not just photography, but a mood.
#tokyophotography #nightstreetphotography #Cyberpunk
@liamwong.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Liam Wong turns midnight Tokyo into a video game cutscene.
He walks the city when most are sleeping, capturing glowing streets, empty intersections, and forgotten corners.
What he brings back is not just photography, but a mood.
#tokyophotography #nightstreetphotography #Cyberpunk
@liamwong.com
He walks the city when most are sleeping, capturing glowing streets, empty intersections, and forgotten corners.
What he brings back is not just photography, but a mood.
#tokyophotography #nightstreetphotography #Cyberpunk
@liamwong.com
What if you could hear a photograph instead of seeing it?
That’s the surprising idea behind Equivalents. States of Existence, a book that includes audio transcriptions, children’s drawings, and visual pairings that feel more like poetry than documentation.
#AbstractPhotography #VisualPoetry
That’s the surprising idea behind Equivalents. States of Existence, a book that includes audio transcriptions, children’s drawings, and visual pairings that feel more like poetry than documentation.
#AbstractPhotography #VisualPoetry
July 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
What if you could hear a photograph instead of seeing it?
That’s the surprising idea behind Equivalents. States of Existence, a book that includes audio transcriptions, children’s drawings, and visual pairings that feel more like poetry than documentation.
#AbstractPhotography #VisualPoetry
That’s the surprising idea behind Equivalents. States of Existence, a book that includes audio transcriptions, children’s drawings, and visual pairings that feel more like poetry than documentation.
#AbstractPhotography #VisualPoetry