This week’s favorites ask us to consider photography’s ability to act as a vehicle for truth, education, and history. What are some of your favorite photographer’s archives and how have they impacted your understanding of the medium?
Explore the work of Shimmel Zohar, a 19th century Jewish immigrant and photographer, and the alter ego of artist, Stephen Berkman, whose recent book, Predicting the Past—Zohar Studios: The Lost Years, portrays a cast of flamboyant characters within the mythical Zohar Studios in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Image Credit: ©Courtesy of Stephen Berkman
With the recent release of Mary Ellen Mark: The Book of Everything published by Steidl, take a look back at the photojournalist’s powerful imagery and her ability to capture the underrepresented in a humanizing, empathetic light.
Image Credit: ©Mary Ellen Mark
Gain insight into the work being performed by the Getty Images institution in London to preserve their extensive photography archive remotely amidst the pandemic and reduced in-person staffing regulations.
Image Credit: ©Baron/Getty Images