“Instead of turning inward after the death of his son, Dr. Greg Gulbransen turned outward: toward documentary photography and people whose lives he might be able to save.”
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Active Recall
“As of his sixth birthday next month, he will have 2,462 seconds, his entire life compressed as I wanted to remember it, into approximately 41 minutes.”
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Polaroid Death Machine
“I reached for the same tools that my grandmother used, the old Polaroid cameras I’d taken from what was once her home, which I cleaned and cared for, then carried out into our new, time-broken world, panicked and unsure of what I’d see.”
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A Nation Deranged
“Matt Eich’s photobook series, ‘The Invisible Yoke,’ is an exorcism of the country’s demons.”
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The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
“This was what made me walk 100 miles. Over and over again, Gorton found ways to make itself interesting.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by Jeannette Cooperman, Jackson Arn, Andrew Hui, Myriam Gurba, and Simon Hattenstone.
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Santa Maria
“A youthful obsession with Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ turns to frustration over how its subject, Florence Owens Thompson, an Indigenous woman, has been misperceived.”
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Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps
“Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made by people he met along the way.”
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The Only Home He Ever Knew
“Today, photo geeks the world over consider Paul Kwilecki a master of the documentary form.”
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Beyond Borders
“Everything a man keeps on himself, in cases of capture, can save his life.”