Mar 10 2026
Toni Frissell did not like keeping people inside boxes. Fashion models escaped the studio and appeared on beaches, ski slopes, tennis courts, and open fields. Soldiers were photographed not merely as military symbols but as individuals waiting, talking, working, and preparing for danger. Political leaders and social figures often seemed less formal in front of …
Feb 16 2026
Esther Bubley built a remarkable photographic career by paying attention to moments other people might have dismissed as too ordinary to matter. Bus passengers waiting through the night, government workers sharing boarding houses, children playing, soldiers saying goodbye, hospital patients sitting in waiting rooms, oil workers talking after a shift, young couples dancing, and families …
Mar 29 2020
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) posted an interesting piece on the camera obscura photography of New York’s Vera Lutter. A camera obscura is a darkened room where an external image is projected through a tiny hole with a convex lens, and inverted as an internal image in the dark room. Lutter uses this …
