Where the book is really born was in the quiet, uncanny connections between images that captured "the ruin and feeling of uncertainty" growing up in the "third world" they grew up in, which they found to be genetically made up of abandoned places, fragile objects, industrial leftovers, traces of ecological collapse and moments where nature and human structures collided. In Uncertainties, the collision of imagery creates a menacing tone throughout:
They may not enjoy being on the other side of the lens, but photographers make for fascinating subjects. Thankfully for us, there's no shortage of films, both fictional and factual, that turn the camera the other way and show us what it's really like to be a photographer. Most recently, National Geographic released Love + War, a documentary about the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario.
The year 2025 was defined as much by its major milestones as by the quiet moments in between. This collection features the Sun Sentinel staff's most visual work of the year, from the high-energy celebrations of a Florida Panthers championship to local scenes of everyday life. View the people, places, and community events that made 2025 memorable across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Spanning expansive volumes and standalone series, artists offered compelling glimpses of the world, from Christopher Herwig's vibrant documentation of South Asia's trucks and tuk-tuks to Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze's daring portraits of bamboo scaffolding workers navigating the heights of Hong Kong. The year also brought haunting aerial compositions by Reuben Wu, who combined drones, lasers, and long exposures to mesmerizing effect, alongside a collection of unusual houses around the world, documented in a book published by Hoxton Mini Press.
It's Photo Time with Leo Laporte and Chris Marquardt, and this month's theme is "Spacious"! From snowy Black Forest roads to a lone bicyclist at Coney Island, the hosts discuss how negative space, fog, and clever composition transform ordinary scenes into visually open masterpieces. 🌟 Quick Highlights:- Photo Assignment Critiques: Chris reviews listener images, explaining minimalism and the power of scale and contrast to create spaciousness.
We are delighted to introduce Bennet Böckstiegel's captivating series to you. Born in 2000 in Schwerte, Germany, Bennet is a Berlin-based photographer whose work encompasses documentary photography, portraits, and editorials. Since March 2023, he has been honing his craft at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin, where he continues to deepen his creative and technical expertise. Many of Bennet's works thoughtfully explore themes of sexuality and gender, inviting viewers to engage with the deeper nuances of human experience.
Catherine Wagner is never not doing something interesting, it seems, whether it's photographing hidden corners of Oakland's Mills College Art Museum for 2018's Archeology in Reverse series or using film canisters from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's to recontextualize the history of movies in 2024's Moving Pictures. Mostly she works behind the camera, which I guess you'd expect from a photographer.
"We make a lot of work together, but we do carry our own cameras and, within that shared universe, really operate as individuals. It may sound strange to people from afar, but for us that really does make a difference - whether I shoot a photo by myself. In small ways, we try to find our own individual work, which is also healthy, I think, and nice to do."
Olivia, our granddaughter, said, " If there isn't a photo, it didn't happen." This may be a bit extreme, but to some, photography freezes time with an immediacy no other medium can match. A photo is an imprint of something that truly exists: a person, a place, or a gesture. To accumulate such images is to collect moments that survive.
"I pair a photograph of a Palestinian girl from the 1950s, displaced and waiting for food aid from UNRWA, with a looping GIF sent to me by one of my best friends in Gaza. It shows the last meal she has left, and her desperation to feed ten family members with what little remains," says Glorianna. Next to the image, a WhatsApp message reads '[12:36, Gaza/2025] Yousef: I'm okay but losing weight because of famine and starvation.'
"The work of your magazine and all who contribute are providing a vital service to the transformation that is ongoing in today's world. No other magazine could replace the work you all do, and the unique niche that you are providing to serve the evolutionary shift to a new, more balanced, enlightened culture." - Scott Chausse | Paonia, Colorado Awards & Recognition HCN picked up 10 awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, including:
I was in Liverpool with my wife and friends for a weekend away, and Sunday was an arty day, Tooth says. We began at Walker Art Gallery, and ended with a Guinness in the Philharmonic Dining Rooms. In between we headed the two miles outside the city to the statues. Seeing the rusting figures, all facing the sea amid the moving sands, was stunning.
The Royal Photographic Society has announced its 2025 award recipients, and the lineup is nothing short of extraordinary. With these honorees, the RPS Awards spotlight creators who are shaping visual culture through both still and moving imagery.
Where some photos show familiar dusty green carpets and smoke stained curtains, the next presents another type of common American interior - a room stacked with rifles. Nadia's confronting approach is no better represented than through weaponry; one standout image shows a handsome knife decorated with an American flag grip - cultural history and the implication of violence all in one.
