Using the chemical reactions at the heart of analog photography, Frank Lopez creates abstract prints that respond to grief, belief, and social injustice—turning the darkroom into a space of reflection and resistance.

85-year-old actor Ian McKellen let his hair and beard grow out to play the ionic role of Shakespeare’s Falstaff — after the final performance, he finally stepped out of character and back to himself.

In their first artistic collaboration together, Scott Offen and his wife Grace explore ageing, gender and creativity through a seven-year portrait project shaped by intimacy and play.

A deeply human collection of street portraits from Washington Square Park, revealing the quiet vulnerability behind bold self-expression.

Walking Miami Beach, Rodrigo Koraicho collects moments full of life to weave together a tapestry of humanity—equal parts joyful, intimate, alienating, and absurd—under the hot Florida sun.

Photographer Pelin Guven invites the viewer to take a closer look at tiny bursts of color and the overlooked details of daily life in Switzerland where creativity sprouts in response to order and convention.

LensCulture’s 2025 list of favorite photobooks highlights more than 50 diverse titles showcasing the personal favorites of experts around the world.

Along Bangladesh’s Buriganga River—a body of water that has been officially declared as nearing its ‘biological death’—Jozef Macak captures the fragile relationship between people and urban waters.

Countering hardness with vulnerability, Josh Aronson builds an alternate vision of boyhood unfolding against the backdrop of the Floridian landscape—one that incorporates gentleness and play.

Blending self-portraiture, still life, and mythic gesture, Rebecca Horne’s “Clay Feet” charts the unstable terrain of transformation as an embodied act of making, unmaking, and reclaiming the female image.