Magnum Editions: Akimbo, from the series: Afronauts, 2011 Size:8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.5 cm)

Magnum Editions: Akimbo, from the series: Afronauts, 2011 Size:8 x 10 in (20.3 x 25.5 cm)Making skilled use of both documentary and conceptual practices, Cristina de Middel investigates photographys ambiguous relationship to truth. While working as a photojournalist, de Middels passion for finding unconventional angles led to the acclaimed series The Afronauts. The project explores the story of an unsuccessful space program in Zambia in the 1960s through staged reenactments of obscure events, shedding light on an often overlooked history.

37-year-old New Yorker Bruce Gilden photographed the Feast of San Gennaro in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan’s Lower East Side

By the mid-20th century

This publication

is one of many examples of how Halpern’s gaze captures beauty in the everyday and creates harmony in the contrasts of his surroundings

For those at

in one way or another

anger and pleasure

in a plane crash

was complementary to his low key personality

His images capture the unique character of the city of London and the diversity of its residents

his experiments with portraiture

Mistress Raven directed a staff of 14 at Pandora’s Box