Martin Luther King

MLK & the Civil Rights Movement

January 18, 2021

Matthew Hong

American civil inequities have been transformed into legal institutionalized violence and continues today; the very notion of equality as an ideal coming under attack, even by its very governing body.

Photo Steve Schapiro

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Photobooks of the Year 2020

Welcome to the Castle

Brad Feuerhelm

American Suburb X

It is first of all necessary to identify the features of the discourses and the desires which have led us to this grim and demoralizing pass, where class has disappeared, but moralism is everywhere.

Photo Paul Graham, A1 – The Great North Road

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For The Sake of Calmness

Newsha Tavakolian

Through February 13, 2021

Thomas Erben Gallery

"Landscape provides the backdrop for my visual narrative while sound intertwined with my monologue adds a third dimension to my portrayal speaking of the contradiction of being unmoored." –Tavakolian

Photo Newsha Tavakolian

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30 Under 30

Women Photographers

2021 Selections Announced

Artpil / January 1, 2021

For its 12th edition, Artpil announces the 2021 selection of its annual 30 Under 30 Women Photographers, with styles ranging from art photography to documentary, portraiture to street and fashion.

Photo Estella Dandyk

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Beazley Designs of the Year

Through March 28, 2021

The Design Museum / London

Beazley Designs of the Year highlights the innovations across fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product, & graphic design, as nominated by the public and design experts from around the world.

Kim Colin and Sam Hecht / Fronda Stool

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A Look Back on

2020

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Matthew Hong

This would be the world we would inhabit for the time. And so holiday celebrations would toast on a different tenor. The time of reflection would be imposed, a kind of reset from an external force.

Image Bridges of Sarajevo, still

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National Geographic

History Defining Moments of 2020

disaster, unrest, and uncertainty

By Gail Fletcher

National Geographic

These are the moments that will be etched into history, this year 2020 has been a year dominated by disaster, unrest, and uncertainty, seen through the lenses of National Geographic photographers.

Photo Stephanie Mei-Ling

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The Shadow Pandemic

Violence against Women in Times of Covid

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Matthew Hong

This other virus, which has existed for a far greater period of time and whose rate of contagion is perhaps the highest known – the population in denial even more staggering – has not yet a cure.

Photo Rachel Jump

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New East Photo Prize

2020 Winner & Finalists

Calvert 22

Calvert 22 has announced the winner and the shortlisted finalists for this year’s New East Photo Prize celebrating contemporary photography from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, and Central Asia.

Photo Ilir Tsouko

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Darkest Hour

Britain, Exit Stage Right

Thomas Ralph

It’s never felt quite as isolating to live in the British Isles as it does in the wake of the Brexit referendum. That feeling of isolation by the insidious definition separating the 'them' and 'us.'

Image Thomas Ralph / Darkest Hour

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Interview

with Saul Leiter

By David Gibson

iN-PUBLiC

"History of art is a history of great things neglected and ignored and mediocre things being admired. At different times things are different. The history of photography is a history of changes." –SL

Photo Saul Leiter

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Southern Rites

Gillian Laub

Various Engagements

ICP / 2020–2022

This small town symbolized the archetype of pastoral American life. Yet this idyllic place was also held hostage by a dark past, manifesting in the racial tensions that scar much of American history.

Photo Gillian Laub

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A Matter of Black Lives

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Matthew Hong

Following the murder of George Floyd by police officers, demonstrations across the U.S. and beyond ignite against racism and police brutality, at times met with less than magnanimous authority.

Image: RaMell Ross

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