Issue no. 178
June 2026
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STEPHEN SHEFFIELD: IN SEARCH OF THE EVERYMAN
Channeling film noir, surrealism, dreams, performance art, self-portraiture and a keen sense of the absurd, Stephen Sheffield’s incredible, indelible “Everyman” series invites viewers to consider the conundrum known as “the human condition” from a slightly unsettling, yet strangely affirmative perspective.
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EBRAHIM ALIPOOR: BULLETS HAVE NO BORDERS
“The bullet does not know any borders” is, for Kurdish photographer Ebrahim Alipoor, not simply a metaphor, but learned knowledge shaped by years spent alongside and photographing the Kolbars, Kurdish porters who carry heavy loads of goods on their backs through dangerous mountain passages under constant risk of life and limb. Alipoor’s unflinching, empathetic photographs bear testament to the cultural and political issues that underly their precarious struggle for survival.
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MATTHEW ROLSTON: HOLLYWOOD ROYALE
The glamour portrait, as exemplified during Hollywood’s Golden Age by the likes of George Hurrell, Robert Coburn, Clarence Sinclair Bull and a few other masters of light and form, arguably reached a zenith in the 1930s and ’40s, before falling out of fashion in ensuing decades, only to be resurrected in—where else?—Los Angeles in the 1980s. One of the key architects of its revival was Matthew Rolston, who, along with Herb Ritts and Greg Gorman, constituted a kind of “school of art” with regard to celebrity portraiture. In this exclusive Q&A, Rolston takes us on a tour of his storied photographic career.
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THE CALL ARCHIVE: PRESERVING KANSAS CITY’S HISTORY
The first African American newspaper in the United States was founded in 1827. By the early 1900s, that number had grown to more than 1,800. One of the most notable newspapers serving the needs and interests of the country’s Black population was Kansas City’s The Call, founded in 1919 by Charles Arthur Franklin. The paper helped to bring that city’s African American community together through its reporting on national and international stories that were largely ignored in the white press.
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SPOTLIGHT: JAISEOK KANG—PORTFOLIO CONTEST WINNER
“I started to wrap real humans with bubble wrap and duct tape for years.”
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MORE SPOTLIGHTS
RACHEL THOMAS
PEPE CANABATE
TYLER VANCE
DAVID PROEBER
JEAN-CLAUDE LOUIS
MICHAEL KNAPSTEIN
FLORENCE D’ELLE
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SINGLE IMAGE SPOTLIGHTS:
PAUL ITALIANO
AARON FEINBERG
ROBERT SCHWIEBERT
LYNNE MASS
MARILYN BALDI
HILLARY GREENE-PAE -
DEPARTMENTS
OPENING SHOT
BACKSTORY
ALL THE KING’S MEN
BOOK REVIEW
WHAT’S IT WORTH?
EXPOSURE SECTION