Light and shadow, before the removal of District Six. Jansje Wissema (from early 1970s) in the Defiant Visions group show at Apexart.
A moment of rest in a worker’s shack. Mavis Mtandeki (from 1991) in the Defiant Visions group show at Apexart.
The first Black woman photojournalist in South Africa. Mabel Cetu (from 1956) in the Defiant Visions group show at Apexart.
Using a laundry press notorious for causing miscarriages. Lesley Lawson (from mid 1980s Johannesburg) in the Defiant Visions group show at Apexart.
Lushly staged portraits where Oscar Wilde’s words on desire dissolve into floating letters. Rachel Stern at Baxter St at CCNY.
Disrupting feminine energy with unsettled undercurrents of intervention and distortion. Jennifer Greenburg at Klompching Gallery.
Softly blurred flowers like a shifting Impressionist moment. Maxine Henryson at A.I.R. Gallery.
Before and after the 2003 presidential inauguration. Mauro Restiffe in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
Taking on the dual role of Frida Kahlo, with hearts connected by a catheter. Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (from 1989) in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
Landscape reimagined on a found mousepad. Luis-Molina Pantin in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
Reconstructing the Catherwood Mayan expeditions of the 1830s. Leandro Katz in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
The tactile empty space of an absent globe. Claudio Perna in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
A ghostly sweep of layered black-and-white negatives. Rosângela Rennó in the Chosen Memories group show at MoMA.
Purposeful strides amid the smoke in 1970s Lagos. Marilyn Nance in the second floor foyer at MoMA.
Enlarged grisaille used as an organic interior design element. Carlo Mollino in the Twinsubordination group show at Ramiken.
Daily photobooth self-portraits exploring the construction of personal identity. Juan Pablo Echeverri at James Fuentes.
Watery shadow play across a face. Rebekah Campbell in the White Lodge group show at Island 83 Gallery.
Spirit figures dangled from fire escapes. Senga Nengudi (from 1972) at Sprüth Magers.
The tactile Fresson print softness of floating roses. Karl Lagerfeld at Galerie Gmurzynska.
Mysterious cosmic views tracking unidentified objects across the sky. Trevor Paglen at Pace Gallery.
