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Articles
Some of my writing on visual culture.
Controversial Color
In the 1950s, early color photography was widely scorned. Now it’s the default. What happened?
The Woman Who Was Robert Capa
Gerda Taro didn’t just help invent one of the world’s most famous photographers. Briefly, she was him.
A Distant, Overlooked Life
Vitas Luckus was too revolutionary a photographer to be accepted. But his is no ordinary rebel’s story.
Donald Trump’s Horror Picture Show
Photography of the presidency shows that Trump cares about optics, not visuals.
