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Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Return of the Face
Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Still Celebrating the Greatest Day in Hip-Hop
On one summer day in 1998, XXL magazine gathered 177 hip-hop artists for one of the greatest musical photographs of all time: A Great Day in Hip-Hop.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Zadie Smith on the Work and Influences of Deana Lawson
Lawson’s photographs capture the divinity and stateliness of its working-class subjects.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Life as a Photographer with ALS: ‘As Much Sky As You Can Get!’
How an artist keeps working despite living with ALS.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Photographer
Justin Heckert profiles Anthony Carbajal, a 28-year-old photographer with the inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Before the disease slowly robs him of his ability to move, to swallow, and to breathe, Anthony is making the most of now by inventing hacks to allow him to make photographs. “I like to live in the […]
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Teju Cole Delights in Sentence Fragments
“For me it’s about recognizing that great art comes in all kinds of forms.”
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Diane Arbus: Describing the Loneliness that Shames Us
Hilton Als on photographer Diane Arbus’ uncanny ability to capture the humanity of her marginalized subjects.
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Chelsea Manning Stays in the Picture
The New York Times styles Manning for her first profile—but she’s already in charge of her own image.
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The Art of Difference
With the publication of two books and new gallery showings featuring photographer Diane Arbus, Hilton Als explores her work, writings, artistic motivation, and her uncanny ability to capture on film the humanity of the “freaks” — the marginalized people — who were the subjects of her work.