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The original Star Trek series would begin each episode with the following phrase: “Space: the final frontier.” The phrase was a part of a larger speech on mankind exploring outer space and making new discoveries. One person who has dedicated … Continued

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French photographer Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) is one of those artists whose works we continue to look at today and wonder how it’s even possible that we don’t hear his name as much as that of Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, or … Continued

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Photographer Vincent Peters possesses a mesmerizing talent for crafting imagery that epitomizes sensuality and allure. His work has graced the covers and pages of magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, and Glamour, which is a testament to his artistry. Peters … Continued

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A young couple makes out against the backdrop of the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge and a purple dusk sky, a cacao-frosted tiramisu sits on the table of Trattoria Cammillo, once considered one of Florence’s best restaurants, and a smiling man … Continued

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A Century of Abstraction in Mexican Photography is now on view through September 26, 2026 at Throckmorton Gallery in New York. The talents featured in the exhibition make memorable interpretations of the feeling of place, the unnamed impressions a moment … Continued

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Erik Madigan Heck has mastered both the arts of photography and painting, his oeuvre existing in an intoxicatingly suspenseful sweet spot between the two. In a world dominated by a barrage of constant critical social commentary and opinion pieces, his … Continued

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"Scottish Sunset, Version 10", 2021, Erik Madigan Heck. From The Tapestry. Courtesy of Thames & Hudson

Amelia Abraham admits to not having the best memory. In an interview with Dazed, the writer speaks about the power of photography for its ability to reclaim memory. In one swift stroke, it can call a person back to a … Continued

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In this moment where people everywhere are smitten with the effortless, label-free, no-makeup blonde glory of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, we really have to talk about Erika Linder — the androgynous Swedish model-turned-triple-threat whose aesthetic embodies the effortless ease of the … Continued

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At its heart, film is photography functioning at frames-per-second. Contemporary photographer Nan Goldin brings this sensibility to her first retrospective in France, which she presents as “films made up of stills.” The show This Will Not End Well, on view now … Continued

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It’s 2013, and a wet and bronzy Kate Moss takes up the cover of Love Magazine. Photographed by the iconic fashion photography duo Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Moss lies poised in a shimmering bath-bomb-blue bathtub, her red lipstick popping, … Continued

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