• A PHOTO STORY: WHILE I'M WORKING

    Every working photographer has a hard drive full of images that did not fit the brief. Ben Lumley decided to do something about it. Photos While I'm Working is the series he built from a decade of moments nobody commissioned and nobody asked for. It might be his most honest work.

    Photographs by Ben Lumley

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  • CUBA 25 YEARS AGO

    Twenty five years ago, Eduardo Cerda Sanchez boarded a plane to Cuba. He was not going as a photographer with a project. He was going as a student, with a camera, three months, and no agenda. Cuba, it turns out, does not need a photographer with a project. It just needs one willing to show up.

    Photographs by Eduardo Cerda Sanchez

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  • THE ISLAND THAT TAUGHT ME TO SEE PEOPLE

    David Clark retired three years ago and bought his first serious camera. Since then he has been making up for lost time. A week in Havana on a portrait workshop led by legendary photographer Peter Turnley changed how he thinks about photographing people.

    Photographs by David Clark

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  • INTO THE COLD

    For over a century, Milwaukeeans have started their new year the hard way. André Saint Louis has spent the last four years documenting the chaos, the cold, and the characters who keep coming back.

    Photographs by André Saint Louis

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Photographer Spotlight: Matt Hodson
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Photographer Spotlight: Matt Hodson

Matt Hodson calls his style post-street. Not the decisive moment but the moment after. Not the person but the space they left behind. It sounds like a stylistic choice. It is also a philosophy that grew directly out of grief. Here is the photographer behind it.

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Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy
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Photographer Spotlight: Robert Stacy

Robert Stacy has spent his career pointing his camera at the things the world would rather look away from. Reproductive rights, civil rights, homelessness, economic justice. Not because it is comfortable but because he believes photography can change things. We talked to him about dignity, spontaneity, and why he always walks back the way he came.

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Photographer Spotlight: Heath Holden
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Photographer Spotlight: Heath Holden

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work.

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Photographer Spotlight: Marko Brajkovic
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Photographer Spotlight: Marko Brajkovic

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work

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Photographer Spotlight: Houman Katoozi
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Photographer Spotlight: Houman Katoozi

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work

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Photographer Spotlight: Stuart Emmerson
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Photographer Spotlight: Stuart Emmerson

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work

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Photographer Spotlight: Nathan Boyce
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Photographer Spotlight: Nathan Boyce

In each edition of Photographer Spotlight, The Monochrome Collective sits down with a featured artist to uncover their story how they see, what inspires them, and the creative choices that define their black and white work

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Masters of Monochrome: Daido Moriyama
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Masters of Monochrome: Daido Moriyama

Moriyama scuffed the gloss off the modern city, turning blur, grain, and glare into a language of sensation. This piece unpacks the ethos of are bure boke and offers concrete ways to chase that feral electricity on your own walks.

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