It is relatively commonplace for a collection of photographs to have an historical intent.  We are accustomed to looking at

Coney Island is one of the bedrocks of American mythology. It does not matter if you’ve never been there. If you are

I will admit to a special fondness for the documentary photobook. More deeply than most photojournalism, these books are often

Legends are peculiar things. By definition, they are acts of storytelling. They are acts of memory, too, though the facts

If photobooks can capture and define a movement, then the 1984 book, Subway Art, co-authored by Henry Chalfant and Martha

We have all seen these pictures go by. Sometimes on social media, sometimes in magazines, an image comes up that

If one photograph can capture and sustain a moment in time, two images capture something much more difficult to explain. Two

This is going to be a very short review of a product I have come to love. Notice I did

The documentary image is a complicated and troubled idea. At one level, it seems straightforward. The goal is to document, without

There is something deeply wonderful about hearing a story, and then hearing it again. Think about listening to a song,

Let’s call it reader, or viewer, error. I picked up Scarti di Tempo, the new book by Sandra Cattaneo Adorno,

It’s always a bit of magic when a photograph transcends the mundane and becomes something special. We all have family

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I do not live in New York City, although I visit often. And when I visit, it appears inevitable that

Here is something obvious, but always worth repeating. Perspective creates insight. I don’t mean insight in any all-encompassing way. What