A stuttering triptych of anxious all-over florals. Chau Tran-Vi in the TX: Yale MFA Photo 2017 show at Danziger Gallery.

The formal interplay of a fencing mask, a Rolex, and male calm. Matthew Leifheit in the TX: Yale MFA Photo 2017 show at Danziger Gallery.

Crisp symbolic details in blue and white. Farah Al Qasimi in the TX: Yale MFA Photo 2017 show at Danziger Gallery.

The formal perspective lines of receding railcars. Victoria Sambunaris at Yancey Richardson Gallery.

Women of color rethinking themselves for a corporate world. Endia Beal at the Half King.

A dense network of pottery shards and fiber optics. Vivan Sundaram at sepia EYE.

A lonely bird against an expansive sky. Felix Gonzalez-Torres at David Zwirner.

Finding abstraction in the negative space of a fotonovela collage. Leandro Katz at Henrique Faria Fine Art.

A staged gun battle with street art. Jamel Shabazz at United Photo Industries.

Muscular architecture and ambiguous estrangement. Shirin Neshat at Gladstone Gallery.

Sandwiched layers of urgent questions. David Attie in the Picture the Word group show at Keith De Lellis Gallery.

Extending Erwitt with one more mirrored door jamb. Barbara Bloom at David Lewis Gallery.

Creating mirrored effects with two photogram sheets. Walead Beshty at Petzel Gallery.

A candy-colored array of ghostly aura portraits. Susan Hiller at Lisson Gallery.

Wooden spindles enclosing a kitchen still life. Naoki Sutter-Shudo at Bodega.

Accordion fold photobooks, measured in feet. Maxine Henryson at A.I.R. Gallery.

Exploring additive composition via paired iterations. Richard Caldicott at Sous Les Etoiles.

Silky drapery folds, pearls, and a reflection. Cindy Sherman at Mnuchin Gallery.

The blurred echoes of shirt spots and light bulbs. Debbie Fleming Caffery at Gitterman Gallery.

The delicacy of raindrops. Ansel Adams in the 5/19 Fine Photographs sale at Skinner.