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This month, we’re publishing Hidden Alcatraz, a unique collection of images taken by thirty-four photographers who were granted unprecedented access to the island. Guided by rangers, they explored places off the normal day tour: the prison roof and lighthouse; the hospital; the tunnels; the morgue; the rumored “dungeon” beneath the cell blocks. At midnight, [more...]  Ever wonder about the back story behind Walker Evans’ iconic image of an Alabama tenant farmer’s wife? Or the camera technique Berenice Abbott used to capture such striking images of New York City’s skyscrapers? In American Modern, an illustrated companion guide to the photography exhibition of the same name, Sharon Corwin, Jessica May, [more...] Social documentary photographer Ken Light was featured this week on the New York Times Lens Blog, along with a slideshow of his photographs of Appalachian coal mining towns. These photos, along with residents’ stories and text by Melanie Light, are collected in the book Coal Hollow. The recent disaster that killed 29 people at the Upper [more...] |
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