The artist captures fleeting encounters in rapidly composed pictures that say as much about her as they do about her sitters ...

Fred Valentine, “The Pumpkin Festival” (1991), charcoal on paper, 50 x 44 inches (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) It’s an unsentimental portrait, to say the least. The unsmiling girl ...

For the past decade, Hollywood A-listers, from actors to directors to studio executives, have sought out photographer Mark Seliger to take their portraits in the elaborate pop-up studio he constructs ...

WASHINGTON – When Herman Leonard began taking pictures at New York jazz clubs in the 1940s, he used two strobe lights because that’s all he could afford. He had a bulky 4-by-5 Speed Graphic camera, ...

The 35mm prime lens has become a go-to for photographers who want portraits that feel both personal and connected to their surroundings. Its semi-wide perspective captures context without losing ...

"To live by the water and to be able to be around beauty, for me, has always been a priority," said Barbara Cohen, writer and artist behind "Our Provincetown: Intimate Portraits," the newest book to ...

Demolition is easy and fun, while building up is always so difficult. But we all would prefer to live in a building rather than a shambles, right? In our current society, seek people who are building, ...