Alexandra Genova

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Avedon's Animal Side

Avedon's Animal Side Behind the top fashion photographer's deft deployment of elephants, snakes and gazelles By Alexandra Genova When Richard Avedon was a young boy, his parents used to borrow dogs. The animals were cast...

By Alexandra Genova

Annie Leibovitz on Photographing Stephen Hawking

Annie Leibovitz on Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking, Cambridge, England, 2017. Annie Leibovitz “I didn’t want to avoid the chair" By Alexandra Genova To look forward, Annie Leibovitz looks back. The efficacious, enduring photographer has published...

By Alexandra Genova

Behind TIME's Goddess Myth Cover

Behind the Goddess Myth Photographer Erik Madigan Heck reveals his life between fashion and family portraits PHOTOS BY Erik Madigan Heck Text by Alexandra Genova To view Erik Madigan Heck’s portrait of motherhood is to...

By Alexandra Genova

The Story Behind TIME's Game of Thrones Cover Shoot

Photographer Miles Aldridge artfully blended the series’ mythical vision with a dash of northern Renaissance high art

By Alexandra Genova

The Bizarre Ritual of the 19th Century Wedding Photo

After photography grew in popularity, the stiff ceremony of the marriage could be memorialized as a Cabinet Card

By Alexandra Genova

A Pilgrimage of Self Discovery in Africa

Mimi Cherono Ng’ok's ongoing project is a series of vignettes on memory, loss and lust.

By Alexandra Genova

How Photographers Capture the Emotion of a Protest

“Sometimes change doesn’t occur immediately or directly but I am in absolutely no doubt that photography has in the past and will in the future serve to initiate change.”

By Alexandra Genova

Why Wildlife Photography Matters in a Post-Truth Era

Why Wildlife Photography Matters in a Post-Truth Era Photographs by MICHAEL "NICK" NICHOLS Text and production by ALEXANDRA GENOVA When the term "alternative facts" was coined, scientists, climate change campaigners and anyone with an interest...

By Alexandra Genova

Why Your Vacation Photos Are More About You Than What You See

Artist Julien Lombardi documents tourists' complicated relationship with photography

By Alexandra Genova

Hope Amid Despair in One Black Suburb

"There are signs of despair, but the overlying work is about hope and resilience."

By Alexandra Genova

Photography's Girl Culture Revolution

Photographer Mayan Toledano on why feminist branding is as important as the message within.

By Alexandra Genova

Photographing Peru's Rapidly Changing Landscapes

Photographer Eduardo Hirose has spent the last three years documenting a country in the throes of transformation

By Alexandra Genova

How Photo London Is Aiming for Success

Photo London 2017 is back at Somerset House

By Alexandra Genova

Finding Commonality in the Female Experience

Rania Matar explores the formation of female identity and how moments of transition

By Alexandra Genova

An Ode to Amateur Photographers

The Dutch-born creative is a master of the vernacular image and a dedicated scholar of accidental beauty

By Alexandra Genova

Meet the Unsung New York Photographer Who Has Seen It All

The native New Yorker is notable for his incredible range, which has in turn led to his relative obscurity.

By Alexandra Genova

Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus

Niedringhaus’ legacy is undoubtedly her photographs but also the courage she has ignited in her fellow journalists

By Alexandra Genova

Exploring the Blurred Lines Between Celebrity, Sex and Art

Leah Schrager is one of 40 women artists and photographers redefining the female gaze

By Alexandra Genova

The Bizarre Subterranean World of an Australian Opal Town

The town is a subterranean world of shopping malls, schools, churches and homes, all carved out of dusty cavities

By Alexandra Genova

When Hair Becomes a Site of Resistance

Nakeya Brown is one of 40 women artists and photographers redefining the female gaze

By Alexandra Genova
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