photography

“I didn’t set out to make this work with the mission for it to be therapeutic. It occurred organically, step-by-step. An awareness would hit me that I’ve got shit I need to deal with here, and then again here.”—Elizabeth Clark Libert, in our interview on raising boys as a woman.

“Even as a young girl, it was very obvious to me that my body – and the way people viewed my body – was going to be part of my experience as a human on this planet. “—Jamie Schofield Riva, in our interview on the power and scrutiny of beauty.

“When you do something very important, you change deeply and it’s impossible to go back. Every cell in your body is changed. This is why you have to be prepared.”—Pierre Liebaert, in our interview on rituals.

Olga Bubich’s self-published book, The Art of (Not) Forgetting, brings together emotionally potent memories of around thirty Belarussians, collected through interviews. Through personal stories, the author interrogates individual and collective memory.

“Having all the equipment means there’s nothing that’s farmed out—I do everything. That makes it quite financially feasible.”—Evan Baden, on his DIY book press.

“You need to watch your flame and tend to what it needs, because the light’s going to go out otherwise. If you don’t give it the right environment—give it burning oil, protect it from wind and so forth—then it’s going to go out. Once it’s out, you have to just sit around and wait till it gets lit again. You don’t get lit on demand.”—Manjari Sharma, on guarding your flame.

Stephen Shore’s new book Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography is an impressionistic memoir of anecdotes, reflections and influences by the iconic photographer and photographic educator.

“I have to be creative on demand, because if I mess up an assignment then I’m probably not going to get a callback. That editor, or that publication, is not going to hire me again. And that is a very stark reality of photography, right? You have to be at your optimal all the time.”—Dina Litovsky, on being creative on demand.

“What gives me the right to be able to do this? And, what gives me the right to be able to go about it in the way that I expect to go about it?”—Anthony Luvera, in our interview about about collaborative process and his co-created book, Frequently Asked Questions.

“State-created realities are designed to perpetuate power by those who hold it, no matter who is in office.”—Debi Cornwall, in our interview about her forthcoming photobook, Necessary Fictions.