Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 portrays the history of romantic love between men in hundreds of moving and tender vernacular photographs taken between the years 1850 and 1950. This visual narrative of astonishing sensitivity brings to light an until-now-unpublished collection of hundreds of snapshots, portraits, and group photos taken in the most varied of contexts, both private and public.
Taken when male partnerships were often illegal, the photos here were found at flea markets, in shoe boxes, family archives, old suitcases, and later online and at auctions. The collection now includes photos from all over the world: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Greece, Latvia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Serbia. The subjects were identified as couples by that unmistakable look in the eyes of two people in love - impossible to manufacture or hide. They were also recognized by body language - evidence as subtle as one hand barely grazing another - and by inscriptions, often coded.
Included here are ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, glass negatives, tin types, cabinet cards, photo postcards, photo strips, photomatics, and snapshots - over 100 years of social history and the development of photography.
Loving will be produced to the highest standards in illustrated book publishing, The photographs - many fragile from age or handling - have been digitized using a technology derived from that used on surveillance satellites and available in only five places around the world. Paper and other materials are among the best available. And Loving will be manufactured at one of the world's elite printers. Loving, the book, will be up to the measure of its message in every way.
In these delight-filled pages, couples in love tell their own story for the first time at a time when joy and hope - indeed human connectivity - are crucial lifelines to our better selves. Universal in reach and overwhelming in impact, Loving speaks to our spirit and resilience, our capacity for bliss, and our longing for the shared truths of love.
From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city’s cultural, political, industrial, and sociological history. It traces the city’s development from the 1880s’ real estate boom, through the early days of Hollywood and the urban sprawl of the late 20th century, right up to the present day. With over 500 images, L.A. is shown emerging from a desert wasteland to become a vast palm-studded urban metropolis.
If there’s one thing that sets "WildLOVE" by Pedro Jarque Krebs apart from the myriad of wildlife photography books, it’s the profound intimacy and empathy captured in every page. A work of both beauty and boldness, the book brings us face-to-face with wildlife in a way that is rarely seen. Through Krebs’ lens, animals are not distant, untouchable beings; they become relatable, full of personality, and—most importantly—emotion.
How can you go home when a leopard is sleeping in your bed? Most of us go through life caught up in rituals so convincing that we confuse them for the real world, all tenuously tied together by the thin red line we call family. And yet we often ask ourselves, who are these people in my house?
For almost six decades, Stephen Shames has documented the world as an award-winning photojournalist. Through his photography, he uncovers the raw emotions and deeper truths behind both global, political issues and private, personal ones. From chronicling the Black Panther movement in Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, to exposing the silent crisis of child poverty in Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America, Shames’ work consistently highlights the humanity at the heart of struggle and survival.
Terza Vita, a third life. This enchanting book delves into the rebirth of interpersonal relationships among adolescents after a two-year compulsory break. Mar Sáez photographs the reappearing residents, and, above all, the yearning young lovers, in sensual, almost dancing attitudes, reflecting the classical images of sculptures and paintings offered up by the eternal city of Rome.
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Writing in the Sand is a vibrant and deeply human exploration of life along the beaches of North East England. Through her lens, she captures the spontaneity, joy, and eccentricity of Geordie beachgoers, transforming everyday moments into something both intimate and universal.
The Raw Society Magazine is a non-profit project that aims to highlight important and compelling work from both its professional members and the wider storytelling community. It’s all about photography that goes beyond just visuals—focusing on themes like social issues, politics, culture, travel, and history. What makes it stand out is the strong emphasis on personal storytelling, allowing photographers to share deeper, more meaningful narratives.
The magazine is a space for photographers who want to bring attention to issues that matter. Instead of just showcasing beautiful images, it gives context, background, and a real sense of the photographer’s vision. It’s a mix of documentary, reportage, and artistic work, always keeping storytelling at the core.
Unable to find imagery that was relatable and authentic about a young family navigating cancer, photographers Anna and Jordan Rathkopf turned the camera on each other and themselves after Anna's diagnosis at the age of 37 with an aggressive form of breast cancer. HER2 is an ongoing visual conversation told through the utterly unique dual perspective of the experience as a husband- and-wife team, showing both the ways in which there is a deep bond in shared survival while also highlighting their parallel, isolated traumas amidst layers of grief and joy.
Emily Nkanga, photographer and filmmaker, presents Unyọñ Ufọk (translation: Going Home), a photo book exploring grief, identity, and home. Through analog photographs shot on Mamiya RZ 67 and Olympus OM2, Nkanga captures fleeting moments of everyday life in her hometown of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. The images act as a time capsule, preserving the beauty of life’s transient moments.
Without emptiness, matter does not exist. But what if the void itself contains all the meanings we seek? In her book Atlas of Void, German artist Kathleen Alisch offers us a tangible and hypnotic proof of how
space—interior, exterior, and other—is synonymous with infinite possibilities. The ninety-six page book, published by L’Artiere in 2022, collects images that seem to come from our everyday world and at the same time from places we swear we’ve seen in a dream, or perhaps in other dimensions. Black, silver, present, absent: each photograph draws us into the boundary between reality and perception, creating a silent rhythm that does not need words—and gives viewers the time to find their own. A map of the void was possible all along.
