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Photographer Morris Lum Gives Chinatowns the Attention They Deserve

His new book, Chinatowns: Tong Yan Gaai, shows large format photography taken across 16 different Chinatowns across North America. 

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Architectural Photographer Wayne Thom and the Late-Modern Past 

An exhibition of the photographer’s work spanning from 1968 to 1988 is an opportunity to reassess an often-overlooked architectural period.

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Exploring the Sculptural in Bernd and Hilla Becher’s Photographs

In a new retrospective, the German husband and wife duo’s images continue to ask questions about beauty, function, and form.

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A Space of Perceptual Stillness: How Ezra Stoller Photographed Modernity

Pierluigi Serraino, author of the new volume Ezra Stoller, shares insight into the legendary photographer’s work.

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Bauhausmädels is a (Mostly) Wholesome Tribute to the Eclipsed Women of the Storied School

Filled to the brim with period photographs, the book depicts several dozen female Bauhäusler in various guises and often playful moods.

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Photographer Candida Höfer Captures Grand Mexican Architecture in New Exhibition

Candida Höfer – In Mexico, on view at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York City through March 16, continues the artist’s decades-long investigation of architecture’s psychological effects.

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Learning From Denise Scott Brown, in an Instagramable Age

A small but poignant show on Denise Scott Brown’s early photographs—before Learning From Las Vegas made it big— is now on view at New York's Carriage Trade gallery through December 22.

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Industrial Designer Don Chadwick Finds Beauty in America’s Bleak Urban Corners

Chadwick's photography, which capture the vivid textures of L.A., will be the subject of a January 16 conversation at the LACMA.

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Step Inside John Pawson’s Colorful Photographic Universe

A new book from Phaidon celebrates the British architect's surprisingly colorful approach to image-making.

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A Tranquil Image of a Chinese Swimming Pool Wins 2017 Architectural Photography Award

The image, shot by architectural photographer Terrance Zhang, depicts the dramatic interior of Atelier Li Xinggang's athletic center for Tianjin University.

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How Two Photographers Captured the Unique Modernism of Lina Bo Bardi and Albert Frey

This article excerpts from "Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture," a book based on a Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition of the same name.

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Inside Alexander Girard’s Little-Known Photographic Archive

Girard, who was an avid traveler and folk art collector, photographed street life, architecture, outdoor markets, festivals, and more.

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Life in the Dying Urban Village: A Photographic Journey into Baishizhou

Less than forty years ago, Shenzhen was a small trading town of fewer than thirty thousand people. You can still find traces of its past in the twisted alleyways and crowded courtyards of Baishizhou.