Gravitas and Joy – Review of “Coney Island People: 50 Years” by Harvey Stein
Coney Island is one of the bedrocks of American mythology. It does not matter if you’ve never been there. If you are

FRAMES Digital Companion – January 2023
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“Mountain Bluebird” by Walter Raemisch
I like to carry a camera almost everywhere I go. You never know what might catch your idea or inspire

FRAMES Photography Podcast with Susan Gans
On today’s episode of the FRAMES Photography Podcast W. Scott Olsen is talking to Susan Gans, photographer and printmaker from

THE ANALOG REVOLUTION: “Back to the Future?”, by Stephen Smith
“Hey Dad, do you still have any film cameras around?” Five years ago, my daughter, then 18, became interested in

When Witness is Invitation – Review of “Beautiful, Still” by Colby Deal
I will admit to a special fondness for the documentary photobook. More deeply than most photojournalism, these books are often

FRAMES Photography Podcast with Ami Vitale
On today’s episode of the FRAMES Photography Podcast W. Scott Olsen is talking to Ami Vitale, Nikon Ambassador and National

“Modern Sculpture Abstract” by Lorraine Grey
Photography is my hobby or – should I say – my passion. I love to take photographs whenever I can

Implications – Review of “From Yonder Wooded Hill” by Riley Goodman
Legends are peculiar things. By definition, they are acts of storytelling. They are acts of memory, too, though the facts

THE FEMALE GAZE: Aline Smithson: Inspiration, Talent, and Grace, by Diana Nicholette Jeon
Aline Smithson is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Her practice examines the archetypal foundations

FRAMES Photography Podcast with Grigorii Timin
On today’s episode of the FRAMES Photography Podcast W. Scott Olsen is talking to the winner of the 2022 Nikon

“In the Eye of the Beholder” by Mary Livingston
I love to find hidden landscapes in my surroundings and have recently discovered that the underside of boats undergoing repairs

LOOK CLOSER: “AI – Machines Rising ” – by Rob Wilson
I can remember a moment nearly four decades ago quite vividly. The exact year escapes me, but I would have

Emotion Recollected – Review of “Spray Nation” by Martha Cooper
If photobooks can capture and define a movement, then the 1984 book, Subway Art, co-authored by Henry Chalfant and Martha

FRAMES Digital Companion – December 2022
We have just released the newest edition of FRAMES Digital Companion and those of you subscribed to FRAMES Magazine can

FRAMES Photography Podcast with Tua Rahikainen
On today’s episode of the FRAMES Photography Podcast W. Scott Olsen is talking to Finnish designer and photographer, Tua Rahikainen.