“The City (And a Few Lonely People)” opens at ClampArt on January 24, and lays bare one of the most provocative ironies of societal structure: Loneliness. A book by Olivia Laing, entitled The Lonely City (Picador: New York City, 2016), … Continued

If you discover century-old photographs of brothels and decide to publish them in a book, as Robert Flynn Johnson did, you’d do well to get Dita Von Teese to write the introduction. Leave it to the ladies to contextualize scenes … Continued

Brenda Ann Kenneally’s photography book, Upstate Girls, throws two middle fingers in the faces of Instagram’s airbrushed babydolls. While social media binges on mink eyelashes, Botoxed brows and luxury collections of every persuasion, Kenneally’s photography records the grating realities of … Continued

Few cities in the world receive as many artistic tributes as New York, New York. Roughly 3,800 songs hit the charts, marking time to the city that doesn’t sleep. Countless painters, sculptors, and performers. Infinite strokes of genius. But we’re … Continued

Post-war pin-up girls cement their place in your heart in one fell smooch; their creamy curves and sweet faces embody classic feminine charm in a way that contemporary models and photographers can’t replicate without several layers of filters and makeup. … Continued

It started with an ending–a bus terminal in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. A group of 160 civilians planned to flee the graveyard of their homes on October 12. Their lives in Honduras proved brittle structures under the weight of violence … Continued

Take a break from perusing the digital aisles of the internet for sexy Halloween costumes and feast your eyes on these tricky treats taken by Todd Hido, the photographer behind House Hunting. His collection of photos rakes chills along your … Continued

Don Herron was a gift the world at large had yet to unwrap when he died on Christmas Day, 2012. He was a multifaceted man whose many talents made him equally at home in rural historical societies or in the … Continued

No one makes it to adulthood without having been forced to start over. A gruesome breakup, the death of a loved one, the relinquishment of a vice – there are thousands of ways you could be brought to your knees … Continued

Relationships are just an extended game of strip poker in which you can spend years, even decades trying to fully undress a person – and there’s no guarantee you’ll win. The game is more about what’s unseen than what’s readily … Continued