no. 175 December 2025 : Black & White : For Collectors of Fine Photography

Issue no. 175

December 2025

  1. NANNE SPRINGER: FORGING CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS

    At its core, collaboration is about connection, often resulting in something that is more than the ideas of two individuals: a third thing, materially different. The Montreal, Canada-based photographer Nanne Springer’s work is as animated by others as it is by herself, and the outcomes are images that are generous in spirit, kinetic yet languid, and always surprising in content.

  2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY

    From the camera obscura to the daguerreotype to 8×10 cameras to drones, photographers throughout history have made architectural photography one of the medium’s defining genres. Whether documenting modest, functional structures or spectacular works of architectural art, their aim has been to record, celebrate, illuminate, provoke awe, and encourage wonder and enlightenment. Contributor Lorraine Anne Davis provides a concise overview delineating the symbiotic relationship between practitioners of these two great art forms.

  3. MARK MORAN'S DARK-LIGHT EXPLORATIONS

    In which contributor George Slade delves into the technical, philosophical and thematic approach of photographer and darkroom printer extraordinaire Mark Moran. The born-and-raised Welshman prefers the flat light of Wales, producing dark, luminous prints that reveal a rare depth and command of the black-and-white spectrum.

  4. MAPPING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE OF LEWIS WATTS

    Lewis Watts considers himself a documentarian, an archivist and a visual historian. He is all of these, but he is also something harder to define: a patient, insightful, compassionate witness of how histories leave their mark on people and places.

  5. ALINE SMITHSON'S OUTRE VISIONS

    Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator and LENSCRATCH founder Aline Smithson invites viewers into her analog-created, surreal world of humor and pathos. In an exclusive interview, Smithson shares insights on two of her most idiosyncratic series, one dedicated to long-lost family photos, and another to a lonesome doll named Hugo.

  6. SPOTLIGHT: STEVEN TADDEI—PORTFOLIO CONTEST WINNER

    “My hope was that these occasions would help us both remember, for just a little longer.”

  7. SINGLE IMAGE SPOTLIGHTS:

    PATRICK O’BRIEN
    SAMUEL VOVSI
    LAURENT GRANDMANGIN
    MIKE REYBURN

  8. DEPARTMENTS

    OPENING SHOT
    ALL THE KING’S WOMEN
    BOOK REVIEWS

  9. MORE SPOTLIGHTS

    NASH LAWRASON
    DIANA JEX
    FRED JOHNSSON
    RENE ROALF
    STEVE LEVINSON