Composite Characters: Peter Funch’s Fictionalized New York
A new show show at V1 Gallery features the photographer's fictionalized images of New York.
A new show show at V1 Gallery features the photographer's fictionalized images of New York.
Juliana Sohn writes for TIME about her series Sleep Portraits, which documents her sons’ childhood and growth in a way that was satisfying for her as a mom and a photographer.
The North Star Academy in Newark, New Jersey, so firmly preaches the inspirational catchphrase "follow your dreams" to its students that even the teachers find it infectious. One teacher, Allison Payne, found the message so compelling that she was inspired to leave education to pursue her long-held dream of being a photographer.
Following the attacks on 9/11, Kate Brooks, at the age of 23, moved to Pakistan and began documenting the region—photographing wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon; daily life in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen; and the historic revolutions in Egypt and Libya. Her ten-year odyssey is chronicled in the new book, In the Light of Darkness: A Photographer's Journey After 9/11.
Israeli-American photographer Elinor Carucci's series Born captures the experience of becoming a mother. The images chronicle her life from pregnancy to the first three years of motherhood, depicting both the exuberance and toils of having children.
There were to be no "gotcha" moments during Platon's photo shoot with Rick Perry, the Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate, who appears on the cover of this week's issue of TIME. Which is not to say the photographer didn't strive for the revelatory.
What are the names that pop to mind when you think of '80s rap? The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J—all essential hip-hop artists, all signed to Def Jam Records. Half oral history, half photo portfolio, the coffee-table book Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label sketches out the tales of a record label that became one of the greatest forces in American pop culture.
A new website, Friends of Anton, launches in an effort to raise money for Anton Hammerl, a freelance photographer who was killed while covering the Libyan revolution.
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, photographer Mitch Dobrowner reflects on capturing another incredible phenomenon of nature—massive super-cell thunderstorms.