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With the exhibition Document/Monument, Fundación MAPFRE presents more than thirty years of Mathieu Pernot’s work.

This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.

Tracy Calder reports on the A World History of Women Photographers book that celebrates some of the best women photographers in history

Amy Davies looks at the best photography books as featured in Amateur Photographer over the past 12 months.

Some of the year’s best photography books come from artists like Carrie Mae Weems and Susan Meiselas, Rosamond Purcell and Lorna Simpson.

A collection of images showcases the intensity of the Gold Rush in the 19th century, around the same time the daguerreotype enjoyed a similar surge in popularity. Some of the images evoke a certain Brooklyn demographic.

As director of the collections of the French Society of Photography, art historian Luce Lebart spends most of her time making sure the objects in her charge are preserved for generations to come. It was to her astonishment, then, that she discovered within the archives a long-forgotten box of plates that after having been exposed to flood waters, had become the breeding ground for all species of fungi. Instead of discarding the mysterious collection, she found to her delight poetry within the �...

Why are we so mesmerized by clouds? A new exhibit at Polygon invites us to look up.

The stunning exhibit is a celebration of the breadth and beauty of clouds and will run from March 11 until May 1, 2022.