Layered photo-scrapbooking, inspired by Richmond Barthé. Troy Montes Michie (from 2024) at Company Gallery.
Densely clustered plant leaves reaching out from the surface. David Kennedy Cutler (from 2025) at Derek Eller Gallery.
Mexican-American activism during the Occupy Wall Street protests. Accra Shepp (from 2011) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
A dangling leg in a crowded living space. Chien-Chi Chang (from 1998) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Capturing a servant reflected in a mirror. Barbara Norfleet (from 1984) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Spying a seamstress through light and dark fabrics. Susan Meiselas (from 1977) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
A sandblaster in a makeshift mask. Ken Light (from 1975) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Brothers breaking walls with crowbars. Danny Lyon (from 1967) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Segregated benches in 1960s Mississippi. Henri Cartier-Bresson (from 1961) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Home economics students learning about irons. Nina Leen (from 1951) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
The choking smoke of 1940s Pittsburgh. Todd Webb (from 1948) in the American Job: 1940-2011 show at the International Center of Photography.
Layered images of the artist’s mother’s clothes printed on billowing silk. Keisha Scarville (from 2018) in the To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography show at the International Center of Photography.
A comic book character identity channeling Sisyphus. Shala Miller (from 2023) in the To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography show at the International Center of Photography.
The comforting solidarity of interlocked arms. Widline Cadet (from 2023) in the To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography show at the International Center of Photography.
Inhabiting a cascading mask. Koyoltzintli (from 2022) in the To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography show at the International Center of Photography.
Searching for visual representations of the spiritual unconscious. Kameelah Janan Rasheed (from 2021) in the To Conjure: New Archives in Recent Photography show at the International Center of Photography.
The clever illusionism of a broken mirror. Helen Levitt (from c1940) in a paired show with Louis Faurer at Deborah Bell Photographs.
A deaf woman in the sparkle of the city. Louis Faurer (from 1950) in a paired show with Helen Levitt at Deborah Bell Photographs.
Thinking conceptually about describing mirrors. Joseph Kosuth (from 1965) at Sean Kelly Gallery.
A green grasshopper lost in the swirl of a paint splattered easel. Alec Soth at Sean Kelly Gallery. Soth’s recent photobook Advice for Young Artists was reviewed here.
