SUMMARY
Front
Agenda
Joan Didion, Nan Goldin, Johan van der Keuken, John Waters
Viewfinder
Lovia Gyarkye on Qiana Mestrich’s archive about Black women at work
Collecting
Brian Sholis on Alfredo Jaar and the legacy of Life magazine
Backstory
Yxta Maya Murray on Gordon Parks’s 1960s-era photographs of Stokely Carmichael
Curriculum
Sam Contis on Annie Ernaux, Ingrid Pollard, and the landscapes of the Chinati Foundation
Words
Editors’ Note: Reference
Grace Wales Bonner: The Researcher
The influential designer on her artistic collaborations
A Conversation with Ekow Eshun
Between Art and Function
Do photographs have a purpose in the world? By David Campany
Under the Influence
Two architects create a novel form of collage by Mimi Zeiger
The Troublemakers
The oppositional energy of zines by Jesse Dorris
William Kentridge: The Excess of the Studio
For the celebrated artist, photographs have always been a reference
A Conversation with Jonathan Cane
Pictures
Jojo Gronostay: The Repros
An artist’s clever reuse of the fashion image by Mikelle Street
Deborah Turbeville: A Passport to Fashion
From the renowned photographer, a revelatory photo-novella by Thessaly La Force
James Welling: Cento
Through color and process, the ancient world is seen anew by Kate Palmer Albers
Stephanie Syjuco: Latent Images
New stories emerge from institutional archives by Sara Knelman
Sheida Soleimani: Absolute Power
The political theater of the United Nations by Haleh Anvari
Katrien de Blauwer: True Stories
Personal history told through vintage ephemera by Coralie Kraft
Back
The PhotoBook Review
A conversation with the editor Ramón Reverté—and a selection of recent photobooks
Endnote
Seven questions for Laurie Simmons
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