Stories About People

  • Facing the Brink
    Photojournalist David Butow documents the intersection of culture & politics during the MAGA era.

  • The Art of the StealMeiselas
    Award-winning photojournalist Susan Meiselas on being in the right place at the right time.






  • Never-Ending JourneyElliott Erwitt
    In an unprecedented survey, the Harry Ransom Center explores Elliot Erwitt’s output over seven decades.

  • WarDeconstructing War Images
    In War Is Beautiful, David Shields casts doubt on the New York Times credo of “All the News That’s Fit to Print.”

  • WilsonLaura Wilson’s Wild West
    Promoting the project That Day, a photographer who worked alongside Richard Avedon shares her view of the West.

  • The Real DetroitDetroit
    Dave Jordano returns to his troubled hometown to document its longtime residents and ever-changing landscape.

  • Pentimento3Layers of Life
    Tirzah Brott captures “women of a certain age” whose sense of panache makes them still-shining stars.

  • TribesParadoxical Tribes
    Jimmy Nelson’s Before They Pass Away is full of stunning imagery. Does it exploit those it tries to represent?

  • Inside Warhol’s FactoryWarhol
    Andy Warhol spent a lifetime making himself (and friends) world famous. The madness behind his methods.

  • addarioOn the Front Line
    Lynsey Addario talks about juggling her photojournalist career, her family, and the writing of her acclaimed memoir.

  • On the EdgeRiding the Edge
    Balancing career goals with outdoor mayhem, Bryan Derballa plays on the threshold between ambition and abandon.

  • Self&OtherSelf & Other
    Sophie Klafter’s compelling portrait series “corpoReality” is drawn from her own unique physicality.

  • soul-survivorsSoul Survivors
    Kathy Shorr finds and documents survivors of random gun violence and lets them share their stories.

  • GenderStudiesGender Studies
    Ilana Panich Linsman explores themes including mortality, identity, and the inner psychology of outward beauty.

  • IndiaTradesHuman Touch
    Supranav Dash portrays the craftspeople who are still peddling disappearing trades in his native India.

  • BritoLost in the Landscape
    In Mexico, Fernando Brito captures haunting death scenes that symbolize random violence and social decay.

  • soldiers1Haunting Soldiers
    Using a 19th-century collodian photographic process, Ellen Susan takes a close look at modern warriors.

  • CloseUpGetting Close Up
    In revealing portraits of famous and lesser-known subjects, Martin Schoeller explores the question: What’s in a face?

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