Left cover image: Cindy Sherman. Right cover image: Clare Strand.

Celebrating issue 200 with two dynamic covers, one from acclaimed photographer Cindy Sherman and the other from emerging artist Clare Strand!

Issue 200 includes:

Commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, photographers and long-time New Orleans residents Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick reveal the remnants of the tragic loss as well as the current uplifting communal spirit in the city.

An intricate link between Manhattan’s unseen past and present is depicted in photographs by Barney Kulok and further discussed by poet Max Blagg.

Recently discovered film stills from Salvador Toscano’s 1950 documentary about the 1920–17 Mexican Revolution, reveal new insight into the everyday citizen’s experience during the greatest social and political upheaval of the time.

Lucas Foglia sheds light on the unique lifestyles of Americans who detach themselves from mainstream society.

Martin Parr introduces Óscar Fernando Gómez‘s photographs of Monterrey, Mexico, framed and taken through the window of his taxi cab.

David Campany investigates emerging artist Clare Strand’s cryptic black & white images of the unknown.

Aaron Schuman looks at Mike Mandel’s playful celebrity-photographer baseball trading cards from 1974.

E.L. Doctorow talks to Eric Fischl about Fischl’s  traveling exhibition of post 9/11 work by some of the most well-known artists working today, including Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Catherine Opie, and many more. A portfolio of the exhibition images is available for purchase here.

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Here are some of the features:

Artist Robert Gober’s selection of Diane Arbus’ lesser-known images, which he considers to have had an impact on his own work.

New panoramic iamges by Josef Koudelka, taken in northwestern Italy.

Photographer Paul Graham and writer/curator Aaron Schuman discuss Graham’s sequencing and point of view.

An examination of the OpenEnded Group’s use of technology, movement, and light.

A look at the reciprocal relationship between photography and performance, including images by Melanie Bonajo, William Lamson, and Lilly McElroy.

Richard Learoyd, who makes images with a camera obscura, is interviewed by Peggy Roalf about his influences and process of working.

Environmentalist and photographer Kelly Poe documents landscapes inspired by letters from incarcerated ‘eco-terrorists’.

Stephen Dupont’s collaboration with U.S. Marines combines his photographs with notes written by his subjects, answering the question “Why are you a Marine?”

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