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Photography

  1. it takes one to know one
    The Art of the Royal Doppelgänger PhotoThere’s no better expert to turn to about faking a Kate Middleton shot than Alison Jackson.
  2. art
    Bettina Made New York Feel Like a SecretThe artist toiled in her room at the Chelsea Hotel for decades, making photographs and sculptures she showed to almost no one.
  3. photography
    Will Vogt Sees Rich PeopleThe photographs in These Americans depict the wealthy at leisure with their guard down.
  4. art
    William Eggleston’s Atmospheric DisturbancesHis photographs from the 1970s are a clairvoyant glimpse of the future.
  5. books
    Backstage at the Birth of Sesame StreetThe Muppeteers look even shaggier than Oscar does.
  6. art review
    For Gillian Wearing, Authenticity Is a Matter of OpinionIn her Guggenheim show “Wearing Masks,” the British artist explores the gray area between the self and performance.
  7. obits
    Mick Rock, Iconic Music Photographer, Dead at 72He was David Bowie’s official photographer, and also shot Lou Reed, Blondie, and Queen.
  8. encounter
    ‘The Depth Is in the Pictures, Not What I Say About Them’Rosalind Fox Solomon has been making haunting photographs for 50 years. She’s got more stories to tell than she lets on.
  9. a long talk
    How Gillian Laub Shot Her Way Through the Trump YearsThe photographer was horrified by her family’s support for Trump. So she turned her camera into a “mediator.”
  10. the group portrait
    Photo: A Rooftop Artists’ Salon in SohoFigure drawing alfresco.
  11. back catalogue
    Artist Dawoud Bey on 6 of His Photos That Pushed His Work ForwardThe photographer opens up about what it took to make some of his most iconic images, ahead of his upcoming Whitney retrospective.
  12. obits
    Ricky Powell Was the Eyes of New York CityIn many ways, the late hip-hop photographer and “fourth Beastie Boy” represented a version of the city that has all but faded away.
  13. tributes
    Corky Lee ‘Was Chinatown to Me’The photographer, who died on January 27, captured the hard work of Asian American community-building.
  14. obits
    Ricky Powell, the ‘Fourth Beastie Boy,’ Dead at 59“Homeboy, throw in the towel.”
  15. hang it in the lourve
    Rihanna Covers Essence, Creates Art With Photographer Lorna SimpsonEverything she does is a masterpiece.
  16. close looks
    Posted Live From the InfernoJerry Saltz on the pictures from the Capitol—some of the scariest, stupidest ever taken.
  17. pics or it didn’t happen
    Lorde Went to Antarctica and Is Publishing a Photo Book to Prove ItAll proceeds will go to climate-change research.
  18. art
    Bringing the Beauty OutFor the photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop, the moment was always now.
  19. art
    Jerry Saltz on Robert Andy Coombs’s Taboo-Breaking PhotosIn his work, you can see crescendos of pleasure, helplessness, and fear.
  20. obits
    Robert Freeman, Iconic Beatles Photographer, Dead at 82The British-born artist shot the album covers for Help!, Rubber Soul, and more.
  21. obituary
    Robert Frank, 1924–2019: The Rage and the BenevolenceA remembrance by Frank’s biographer, including an excerpt from his book.
  22. obits
    Robert Frank, Influential Documentary Photographer, Is Dead at 94Frank broke the mold for photojournalism with The Americans.
  23. art
    Tom Slaughter’s Polaroid PortfolioThe artist known for his Pop-y paintings and prints had a side project: shooting Polaroid photos, constantly, of everything that interested him.
  24. snl
    How the SNL Portrait Became Its Own Art FormThe show’s official photographer runs us through 11 of her favorite shots.
  25. vulture lists
    Game of Thrones’ Official Photographer on Her 14 Favorite ShotsHelen Sloan isn’t as famous a name as Emilia Clarke or Kit Harington, but she’s played an integral role on Game of Thrones.
  26. photography
    How Ethan Hawke Transforms Into a ‘Cowboy’ Drifter for True West“When you’re doing eight shows a week, the life of an actor becomes very similar to the life of an athlete.”
  27. art
    Wildfires and Dead Palm Trees Haunt the L.A. Dream in Zoe Crosher’s New Show“It was really like the end is nigh, and it was a little too close.”
  28. photography
    Lyle Ashton Harris on Basquiat, Black Panther, and Afrofuturism’s Queer RootsAt Salon 94, the artist revisits self-portraiture.
  29. artphone
    The Next Great Camera Aesthetic Should Be ‘Crappy Flip Phone’Polaroids? Please. Disposable cameras? Who cares. The next aesthetic we should be imitating on our smartphones should be the fliphone
  30. photography
    On the Nearly Indescribable Light in Diane Arbus’s Last PhotographsIs it about to rain? Dusk? Something else? Go to David Zwirner to see.
  31. anniversaries
    Jazz Icon Benny Golson on the Legendary ‘A Great Day in Harlem’ Photo“When I got up there, I saw all of my heroes, and then I wondered, Why in the heck am I here? Nobody really knows who I am.”
  32. art
    Kayode Ojo’s Show Has a Male Chastity System and Balenciaga JeansThe artist’s New York solo debut finds inspiration in fashion and advertising to comment on value, perversion, and betrayal.
  33. vulture recommends
    The Art Books Jerry Saltz Is Loving This FallBeautiful volumes about often under-celebrated artists, from groundbreaking Delacroix to Hilma af Klint, pioneer of Abstraction.
  34. art
    The Photographer Who Captured Life in Mid-Century Burkina FasoSee lively portraits from 75-year-old Sanlé Sory, in advance of his first American exhibition.
  35. 8 New Photography Books to Check OutThe best just-released and forthcoming new photo collections.
  36. art
    Revisiting Gordon Matta-Clark’s Fusion of Art, Architecture, and AnarchyThis month, the sprawling exhibition “Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect” takes over the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
  37. first look
    The Photographer Who’s Been Capturing Historic New York Moments for 50 YearsJean-Pierre Laffont’s latest collection, New York City Up and Down, proves that you never know what you might see here.
  38. obituary
    Tom Wolfe on Marie Cosindas, an Artist Who Created Something Completely NewA photographer who worked as no one else did.
  39. photography
    9 Rarely Seen New York Moments, Captured by Diane ArbusA preview of “Diane Arbus: In the Park,” opening today at the Lévy Gorvy gallery.
  40. The Art of Photographing Everyone from Donald Trump to Lena DunhamChris Buck captures three decades of intimate celebrity portraits in his new book, Uneasy.
  41. Meet Mindy Tucker, the Eyes of New York Comedy Photographer Mindy Tucker has been shooting comedians for nearly a decade. In that time, Tucker has captured a massive photographic record […]
  42. art
    The Most Memorable Thing I Saw at the Art Fairs: The Photographs of Aneta BartosThese haunted, staged photographs of the artist partially clad in bra and panties or camisoles with her Speedo-wearing, bald, bodybuilder father.
  43. art du jour
    The Story Behind That Striking Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Photograph“Her daughter was really mesmerized by her mother always.”
  44. Considering the Ankara Assassination Photos As History PaintingWhat makes these pictures so different from all of the other pictures of death that we see?
  45. art
    See Adam Driver’s Bizarre Bathroom Photo Shoot Don’t worry. He still looks great.
  46. This Artist Transforms Humans Into PaintingsThey look shockingly real. Or rather, shockingly fake.
  47. obits
    Iconic Cinematographer Haskell Wexler Dies at 93He pioneered new ways to shoot actors of darker skin, among many other innovations.
  48. pirelli calendar 2016
    Amy Schumer’s Annie Leibovitz Photo Is Stunning“I felt I looked more beautiful than I’ve ever felt in my life.”
  49. photography
    Gallery: Photographer Jason Schmidt’s Portraits of ArtistsFrom his new book Artists II.
  50. photography
    The Photograph Jerry Saltz Can’t Stop Thinking AboutFrom Markus Brunetti’s series of huge, riveting, incredibly intricate photographic composites.
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