Most photographers of a certain age began their journey with black and white film. We learned the basics of exposure and development and then marveled to see the tones emerge as we rocked a tray of chemistry with our first print. For some, this magic never abated, and they continued to hone their photographic...
There was a time before camera phones. It was a time when a person with a camera and film could wander the streets and countryside without being suspected of nefarious motives. Pictures made during that lengthy timespan reveal much about the trust and openness of the photographed, the intentionality...
The earth holds many secrets. Humanity leaves its traces and marks in the forests, the mountains, the lakes and the prairies of the world. For eons, these landscapes have shaped civilizations and now, there are signs everywhere that our industrialized civilizations are changing the landscape. Three recently...
At "What Will You Remember?" we gravitate to photographic art that explores the nature and depths of human connection, whether to each other, the land, the stars, or the sea. "Our Favorite Photobooks of 2023" express a range of approaches to such essential relationships, from absurd to sublime and representational...
I found myself drawn to the lush studies of earthy botanicals by Tanya Marcuse when I came across them on social media. When I learned late last spring she was offering a one day workshop through the Center for Photography at Woodstock, I rather impulsively signed up. We had a productive day exploring...
Snippets of other people’s lives flash through my backseat window as the family car glides toward home under the cloak of night. Illuminated spaces emit staccato clues as we pass by. Each dwelling seems to be calling for my eager animation, baiting me with that eerie blue television light, a funky...
Who are you? I am an American, and in a land of immigrants, that can imply as many permutations as there are languages and dialects spoken across this vast land. Our identities are complex, incubated in family history, impacted by cultural influences and moderated over our lifetimes. Three recently published...
As the holiday season prances in and 2022 slides away, we are delighted to share a selection of our favorite photobooks of the past year. Though the subjects, themes, and presentations vary, all our choices possess unique viewpoints and an emotional presence that have inspired us to see things in a new light....
We seem to have turned a corner on summer. The days are getting noticeably shorter and the nights are cooler. A transition is underway as we progress through the year to fall. It brings to mind the melancholy I felt as a child in the final weeks of summer when camp was over before school began. Late...
I have been fortunate to live near the ocean my entire life and it still fills me with awe. The way the sea conspires with the atmosphere seems like a metaphor for life itself: sparkling and glorious, treacherous and threatening, everything in between and changeable from one temper to another without...
