A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall

[ad_1] As a young photographer in the early eighties, DiRado established an approach that he would return to again and again. For months, or years, he’d immerse himself in a place that drew regulars into loose circles of camaraderie. His first major project documented the summer of 1983 at Bell Pond in Worcester, Massachusetts, an… Continue reading A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall

Trump’s Mug Shot Is His True Presidential Portrait

[ad_1] It’s not really a victory for anybody, this photograph, but lots of us will insist on reading it that way. Before it ever existed—when it was only a twinkle in the insistent eye of the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis—the mug shot of former President Donald Trump, released Thursday night, had already been… Continue reading Trump’s Mug Shot Is His True Presidential Portrait

A Tender and Knowing Portrait of Rural Life in Wisconsin

[ad_1] The picture Springer eventually took of that farm school features a passel of children gathered like a choir of angels, sitting on hay bales between their school lessons, bathed in afternoon light as if in a Renaissance painting. The photographs in “Dormant Season” are black and white, but that hint of nostalgia feels representative… Continue reading A Tender and Knowing Portrait of Rural Life in Wisconsin

A Haunting Portrait of Newark’s Bloody Summer of Unrest

[ad_1] After Lee’s Newark assignment, Life sent him to cover the unrest in Detroit in July, 1967, and the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. “I was like their golden boy,” Lee later remarked. Eventually, he grew weary of documenting so much national trauma. He went on to photograph the scene around Andy… Continue reading A Haunting Portrait of Newark’s Bloody Summer of Unrest