Photography

This image of a luminous fishing net engulfing a mangrove in the dead of night is more than just an eerie yet interesting composition; it sheds light on the growing problem of “ghost gear,” discarded fishing equipment that’s polluting marine ecosystems and threatening wildlife. Captured by Indian photographer Gaurav Patil, the image was taken near Nandgaon village, Maharashtra, south of…

Some portfolios document a moment. Box of Pin-Ups, you might say, built one. When the British photographer David Bailey released a boxed set of 36 portraits in 1965, he wasn’t just shooting the people who mattered in London (Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Michael Caine, the Kray twins). He was making the argument, novel at the time, that musicians, models, fashion designers and even criminals…

Bob Carlos Clarke spent a career being filed under a single word: provocative. That’s accurate in one sense, but it’s also the kind of shorthand that lets people skip past the actual work. As a new retrospective opens in London, it’s a good opportunity to look past the hype and take a closer look at his actual process, because for photographers there’s more craft here than the headlines…

A photograph so large it took up most of an entire bridge could break a world record for the world’s largest cyanotype. Created by a group of artists and nearly 100 volunteers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the cyanotype stretches more than 430 feet long. Bobby Philips (@improvgnosis), filmmaker and director of Yeah Media, and Meg Roach (@adventuretextiles), cyanotype and fabric artist and Owner of…