Photography

Photography

In the hundred-year history of The New Yorker, photography has appeared on the cover exactly twice. For the magazine's seventy-fifth anniversary, in 2000, the dog-loving portraitist William Wegman dressed up one of his Weimaraners as Eustace Tilley, our dandyish mascot, originally drawn by Rea Irvin. (The butterfly that canine Eustace studies through his monocle also has a dog's head.) But no human had broken the barrier until last month, when Cindy Sherman's image of herself as Eustace covered a special issue on the culture industry.

For the 2026 installation, the artwork will be installed on the glass façade of the Olympic Village Canada Line Station that faces W 2nd Ave at Cambie St. Up to five works will be printed on 60/40 opacity vinyl and will be installed within the surface area of the five glass columns. A didactic panel with information on the work will be placed alongside the installation.

This unique ensemble, which pairs an all-silver-chrome Leica M-A with a matching Noctilux-M 50 mm f/1.2 lens, represents not just a milestone in Leica's production history but also a rare intersection of photographic innovation and religious heritage. Gifted by Leica AG to His Holiness in 2024, the set will serve as the highlight of this season's sale - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for collectors to own a camera with both historical and spiritual significance.

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"So I went in, and nobody was there. And it was transformational," Isaak said. "You walk into that space, and you know you are someplace else. And if you're lucky, you can relinquish all the baggage that you're carrying and just be in that place."

The issue comes down to the United States Department of State's for passport photos to have a white or off-white background. "Because the background must be white or off-white, wearing a white shirt can make you appear to blend into the background and make it hard to see your outline," says David Alwadish, founder and CEO of ItsEasy.com Passport & Visa Services. Alwadish explains that non-compliant photos are the top reason passport applications are suspended or put on hold by the Department of State.

I was travelling home with it when I noticed, behind the hills beyond Silsden, a perfectly formed arch of cloud - like a cloudy rainbow, I pulled in, intending to take photos. By the time I'd sorted the camera out the arch had broken up as per the photo, but I took a few shots anyway. That evening, I was playing with the camera and deleting shots I'd taken when I came across this one showing something on the far left.

The 2025 AAP Magazine Awards honored the power of shape in photography, showcasing some exceptional winners whose work explores form, geometry, and structure as essential tools of visual storytelling. Selected from global submissions, these images span architectural precision and natural spontaneity, revealing how shape can create harmony or tension within a frame. The issue celebrates not only technical excellence but also the artists' ability to find beauty in both simplicity and complexity.

You know someone is committed to the shot when they're willing to stand on a chair, hover over a table, or dangle their phone out a window - and that describes Libras to a T. As a social air sign, they'll do whatever it takes to capture fun moments as they unfold, and they'll be especially motivated if they need something for social media.

Once you've got a camera you love, make sure you have everything you need to get the most out of it. Here are a few of the things I like to travel with: Extra batteries: It doesn't matter how good your camera's battery life is, you're going to want extra batteries, ideally several of them. I also like to bring a dedicated charger so I can leave batteries charging overnight.

With 111 intimate colour portraits on plain white paper featuring locals and residents from all walks of life - including family, friends and fellow Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama - Homma tells an unfiltered story of the ordinary people who make up Japan. They're portraits that focus on the raw emotion of his subjects, guided by empathy and a desire to showcase people as they are.

While working late in his Paris darkroom in 1921, the artist inadvertently placed some glass equipment on top of an unexposed sheet of photographic paper. Eventually, a phantom image formed, captivating his attention and spurring a new form he called rayographs. These pieces are among 160 works featured in a new show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Man Ray: When Objects Dream will be on view from September 14 through February 1, 2026.

He began reaching out to scientific vessels and shipping companies about possible trips to facilitate a photographic project, but to no avail. Until, by chance, he met a man called Nick at a pub in London, whose family chartered large boats. "I followed up with an email, and four months later I was on the Panda 006, a 270m container ship," Max says, and the series Life Suspended Between Ports was born.

Shot by Johnny Dufort (who made a surprise appearance during the event) and styled by Katie Shillingford, the inaugural cover to hit the shelves features K-pop megastar Lisa a beloved solo artist as well as Blackpink's main dancer and rapper, and, undoubtedly, one of contemporary pop music's most captivating figures. This issue, which explores the evocative theme 'memory', sees Lisa in conversation with eminent art critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.

Issue 10 is a testament to the magazine's unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling. Featuring over 240 pages infused with the creative vision of 22 distinguished contributors, this release cultivates an intimate dialogue around male sexuality through uncompromising and audacious imagery. Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of unpublished photo editorials, alongside revealing interviews with artists such as Jugodepapaya, Dominik Więcek, and Steve Viksjö.

In an industry where men dominate, Dolly owned her narrative, writing her own songs, transcending genres, and fiercely protecting the privacy of her personal life in an era where everything was on display (Parton & Oermann, 2020). Refusing to relent, she famously turned down Elvis Presley's offer to record "I Will Always Love You," because he demanded partial songwriting rights (Scott, 2020), a bold refusal with a big payoff when, years later, Whitney Houston recorded the track and ran away with a Grammy.

I started life modelling 18 months ago. My mum said: You're getting all these tattoos and no one gets to see them. That triggered something in me. I've always loved art and I wanted to see how artists would respond to my tattoos. I replied to a local advert looking for life models on Instagram. I was only given two hours' notice before my first class, because another model had dropped out.

Georges Seurat had kaleidoscope eyes. He saw in limitless colours, that swarm and bubble on his canvases in galaxies of tiny dots. Choosing random, barren subjects an empty harbour, a rock he found endless wonder in the most banal reality. In his 1888 painting Port-en-Bessin, a Sunday, myriad blues and whites create a hazy sky and mirroring water while a railing in the foreground

People attend the canonisation ceremony for Carlo Acutis in St Peter's Square Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Prince Hisahito attends his coming-of-age ceremony at the imperial palace Photograph: AP Beef is prepared to cook a traditional dish called Kuah Beulangong to commemorate the birthday of the prophet Muhammad Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA The DJ and music producer Vladimir Cauchemar at the city's 51st American film festival Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Josh Brolin, Glenn Close and Jeremy Renner at the premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, during the city's international film festival Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Benny Safdie poses with the Silver Lion for the runner-up as best director for The Smashing Machine at the city's 82nd international film festival Photograph: Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images

What jumps out in her images of musicians, however, is the wariness in their eyes and gestures-even from the courtly Duke Ellington. "I know of no photographer who has photographed people as inwardly as Lisette Model," the photographer Berenice Abbott wrote. Perhaps shared experiences of persecution connected Model, who had fled the Nazis in Europe, with her subjects. Even as the U.S. government used jazz to promote America's image abroad, the genre's luminaries suffered racism and violence at home.

I'm not the best photographer in the world, I'm the hardest-working, Sebastiao Salgado told me in a soft voice.

which is why your concert photos still look like they were taken with a potato. Or at least, that was the conventional wisdom until a company called ShiftCam decided to sidestep the problem entirely. Instead of trying to shrink a powerful zoom lens to fit inside a phone, they've built a powerful zoom lens that simply attaches to the outside, and the result is one of the most interesting pieces of mobile photography hardware I've seen in years.

For over 25 years, Marquardt's photography has captured the raw, intimate essence of a Berlin generation, resonating deeply within its vibrant culture. With Disturbing Beauty, previously unveiled in cosmopolitan capitals like New York, Montreal, and Mexico City, the photographer offers an unparalleled immersive experience that transcends traditional presentations. Set against the backdrop of the historic Haus der Visionare, this one-night-only event will showcase four monumental black-and-white portraits, artfully enveloped by towering video installations.

Nadav Kander is a Kentish Town-based photographer who is well known for his moody, atmospheric photographs. Scratch that, he's the man behind some of my most beloved photographs of artists, such as David Lynch, Adam Pearson, Benicio Del Toro and other magnetic subjects, in which his photographic eye for light and darkness pulls powerful auras from the celebrity faces we have seen thousands of times.

If you've been daydreaming about staging your own Taylor-and-Travis-style "yes" moment, your chance has arrived-and it won't cost a Super Bowl-sized salary. The Knot is bringing a one-day-only floral fantasy to Madison Square Park on Thursday, September 4, recreating the very roses, urns and swoony vibes that framed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's proposal. Bonus: free professional photos will make your Instagram look like you've joined the Engagement Era tour.

A photograph has been shared online of the most stunning real-life optical illusion I've ever seen, and it's garnered over 5,000 upvotes on Reddit so I'm not the only one to be impressed. Consisting of a sunset as viewed from a car, the sky looks exactly as if there is a river running underneath it, with the sunset turning the water a beautiful pink hue. Staring at the illusion for longer does nothing to take away the spectacle, it's actually very difficult to see the reality of the image - that the river is actually made out of clouds framing the sky in a certain way.

working as the library manager at the International Center of Photography, overseeing projects for Dashwood, and producing zines through her publishing house, Matarile Ediciones. Spending her days poring over others' work, some titles have shaped her idea of what makes a photo book truly remarkable - from Carmen Winant's My Birth, with its tactile documentation of women in labour, to Nobuyoshi Araki's Winter Journey, which sequences his wife's final days in hospital and their honeymoon in a moving, elegiac rhythm.

Compared to lower-latitude regions, time feels compressed in the Arctic, especially the duration of spring, summer, and autumn compared to winter, which dominates. For the last two years, Holba has been working in Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), a town that has adapted to the dark months of freezing temperatures and exemplifies sustained urban Arctic life with a population of just 4,000 residents.

Inua Ellams was walking through the streets of Lagos, the bustling former capital of Nigeria, when he began noticing a recurring phrase, spray-painted on to the sides of homes. This house is not for sale, it read. Beware of 419. The number refers to section four, chapter 19 of the Nigerian criminal code, which specifically deals with fraud obtaining goods or property by false pretences

In today's world where we are inundated with content of nebulous artificiality, questioning is this real or fake has become second nature. While artists continue to use nature as a subject and inspiration, the question is this nature or is this a product of a human intervention feels more pertinent than ever when viewing art and imploring so feels instinctual.