Ghostly clouds against painted black backdrops. 1990s John Divola at Wallspace.

Recreating single frame narratives from scam emails. Cristina de Middel at Dillon.

Jay Z and Beyoncé with pixelization and rippling lake effects. Cory Arcangel at Team.

Your very own Christopher Williams yellow towel at Jen and Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City.

Trash + camera = Vik Muniz at Jen and Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City.

Morandi-like piles of muted paperbacks. Mary Ellen Bartley in the project gallery at Yancey Richardson.

Flattened Providence angles and planes. Harry Callahan at Skinner on 9/19.

The intense chaotic abstraction of WTC scaffolding. Shai Kremer at Julie Saul.

A Laurie Simmons love doll taking a swim on a West 28th street water tank.

A ghostly foot in a stretched auction preview. A night view of Louise Lawler on the High Line billboard.

The brash intensity of glowing filaments. Amanda Means in the In an Instant: Polaroids sale at Artnet Auctions.

Experiments with geometric in-camera masking. Hannah Whitaker in the Fixed Unknowns show at Taymour Grahne.

Large scale black and white abstraction. Shirana Shahbazi in the Fixed Unknowns show at Taymour Grahne.

An outstretched hand unbalances a portrait. Tim Freccia at Ricco/Maresca.

Staircase as sumptuous geometry exercise. Tina Modotti in the second floor hallway at the Met.

Interrupted by strawberry shortcake. Takashi Yasumura in the front room at Yossi Milo.

Spraying the Windex right at us. Marina Pinsky in the Displayed group show at Anton Kern.

Chanel bracelets and shiny mackerel. Roe Ethridge in the Displayed group show at Anton Kern.

A monumental wall of boldly colorful mushrooms. Fischli & Weiss at Matthew Marks.

Rustling grasses and sliced color. Chloe Sells in the LandMark group show at Julie Saul.