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OracleAndrea KoestersIn her tender portrayal of desert life in Arizona, Andrea Koester records her evolving relationship to the people, plants and animals that make up its rich ecosystem.

Raised near the woodlands of Kentucky, Andrea Koesters relocated to the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona in 2018, after a brief residency in the small town of Oracle. She found herself ...

Unknown AncestorsPatricia HowardIn a search for a past left largely unphotographed, Patricia Howard looks to land, material, and process, creating a body of work shaped as much by what is missing as what remains.

For much of her life, Patricia Howard knew little about her family’s background. Her father was reluctant to talk about his heritage—a silence shaped by a time when b...

The Witching HourAnastasia SierraIn a series of cinematic images made with her aging father and young son, Anastasia Sierra creates a space for the conflicting emotions and different phases of motherhood.

Three figures populate the dreamlike world constructed across Anastasia Sierra’s images. An old man, a young boy and the photographer herself. A place of sharp shadows an...

Emmet Gowin’s DevotionEmmet GowinA collection of photographs taken over the course of four decades bears witness to the enduring intimacy of family life and the tenderness of Emmet Gowin’s photographic gaze.

Published on the occasion of Emmet Gowin’s current exhibition at Pace Gallery, Baldwin Street: Photographs 1966-1994 borrows its title from the street on which fo...

LensCulture in New York 2026: A Group Show of Photography NowLensCulture EditorsLensCulture’s New York exhibition brings together 35 photographers from around the world, each offering a distinct vision of the present moment.

A brisk, wide-angle view of contemporary photography arrives in New York with this LensCulture exhibition, gathering work by emerging and established arti...