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.
Natural bands of marbled color. Zack Seckler (from 2024) at CLAMP.
Graphically irreverent rolls of admission tickets. Larry Johnson (from 1994) at 303 Gallery.
The contrasts of dark and light in a New Orleans cemetery. Judy Fiskin (from 1987) in the Small is Beautiful group show at Van Doren Waxter.
Overlapped layers of gestural chemical washes. Mariah Robertson (from 2019) in the Small is Beautiful group show at Van Doren Waxter.
A puckered pose from Geoffrey Holder. Carl Van Vechten (from 1954) in the Red, Black & Blue: 20th Century African American Portrait Photography group show at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
The artist David Hammons in contrasting patterns. Coreen Simpson (from 1987) in the Red, Black & Blue: 20th Century African American Portrait Photography group show at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
