A found photograph recollaged into intricate spirograph geometries. Julie Cockburn at Yossi Milo.

Playing multiple roles in the same scene. Kate O’Donovan Cook at Stephen Haller Gallery.

Scanned interior collages, printed on shining, textural aluminum. Nicole Cohen at Morgan Lehman.

The twisted perspective of Google Earth anomalies made sculptural. Clement Valla in the PostPictures group show at Bitforms.

The brash candid glamour of backstage fashion. Roxanne Lowit at Steven Kasher Gallery.

Broken mirror sunsets fractured like stained glass. Bing Wright at Paula Cooper Gallery.

Surreal tattooed seams on the backs of legs. Graciela Iturbide at Throckmorton Fine Art.

Guy Tillim’s election rally, at the PrixPictet Power show at Aperture.

A negative print forest, overrun by dark gestural tangles. DoDo Jin Ming at Laurence Miller Gallery.

Moody, atmospheric darkness, used for Roberto Bolaño book covers. Allen Frame at Gitterman Gallery.

Swirling nudes turned into morphing abstract forms. Shinichi Maruyama at Bruce Silverstein.

Three versions of Brancusi’s endless column, as seen in his overstuffed studio. At Paul Kasmin.

Dark storytelling via scratches, marks, cuts, and collage. Gerald Slota at Ricco/Maresca.

A wide eyed child seen through the back of a chair. James Karales in the second gallery at Howard Greenberg.

A multi-layered, reflected self portrait. Allen Ginsberg, in the book alcove at Howard Greenberg Gallery.

The just too late lunge of a street goaltender. Roger Mayne in the second floor hallway at the Met.

Life-sized fan portraits as exercises in group identity. James Mollison at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

The textural aerial patterns of oil pumps. Michael Light at Danziger Gallery.

The double density of Mexico City graves and houses. Domingo Milella at Tracy Williams.

Billowing image folds in old National Geographic magazines. Cyprien Gaillard at Gladstone Gallery.