As an artist-gardener, Lou-Lou van Staaveren’s camera is an essential part of her gardening toolkit. Her bright and playful images brim with the joys of experimentation and the restorative power of connecting with our surroundings.

A visual artist from Taiwan incorporates photography, sculpture, and found objects to create work that speaks to physical and psychological experiences, including the uncertainties surrounding her experience as an immigrant in New York.

In her project “FloodZone,” Anastasia Samoylova explores the steady decay of her adopted-home of Miami, searching for a new photographic language to depict climate change.

In “Nā́rī,” Spandita Malik collaborates with Indian women in the creation of embroidered portraits on fabric, subverting traditional ideas of artistic production and opening a space of creative freedom.

These old-school photograms are artful, abstract, mysterious, and a shocking reminder that discarded plastics will never break down naturally — art as a wake-up call.

Lewis Khan’s latest project transports him to a desert city, thousands of miles away from his London home and locally-based projects. In this unfamiliar terrain, he discovers community among...