Times photographers were a presence at Aqueduct, Belmont, Yonkers and Roosevelt from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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Lens: They Had the Horse Right Here

Tod Seelie, a Williamsburg photographer, captures some of the city’s most unusual and arresting underground happenings.

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A Chronicler of the Art-Vandal Underground

Stars and dimmer lights deal in a world of dirt and money, and not always unwillingly.

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The Gossip Machine, Churning Out Cash

A panoramic cityscape from the dawn of photography, a treasured artifact of Cincinnati, is newly conserved and on public view.

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A Moment in Time Preserved 163 Years, Newly Accessible

South Africa on Friday accused Libyan leaders of spreading “misinformation” about the fate of a South African photojournalist by saying he was alive when they knew him to be dead.

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South Africa Assails Libya Over Death of Photographer

Anton Hammerl, a 41-year-old South African photographer who has been missing in Libya more than a month, was killed in early April.

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Lens: Photographer Killed in Libya

“You have to be there, and you have to live it.”

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First: The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers

The absence of an authentic photograph of Osama bin Laden’s corpse has not slaked demand. But it has created a market in fakes.

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Lens: Wanted — Dead, Alive or Photoshopped

After he lost his memory, Mark Hogancamp created a universe of his own: a tiny World War II-era town called Marwencol, the subject of a documentary.

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At Home With Mark Hogancamp: In a Tiny Universe, Room to Heal

Michael L. Abramson, the Brassai of the South Side nightclub scene in Chicago, has died.

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Lens: Parting Glance: Michael L. Abramson, 62

Flying liquid paint splashes captured by Japanese photographer Shinichi Maruyama Splashes of tempura paint come to an arresting standstill in “Gardens,” the latest project by Japanese artist Shinichi Maruyama on exhibition at Manhattan’s Bruce Silverstein Gallery . With high-speed photography and the spontaneous gestures of action painting, Maruyama produces sculptural images at once frozen and fleeting in midair. “I have tried to represent this feeling I get from Zen gardens in my artwork,” he explains. “It is its own universe, empowering the visitor to resist temptation, eliminate negative thought and sever the continuous stream of inessential information emanating from the outside world.” Born in Nagano, Japan, Maruyama made a name for himself in advertising with his innovative use of digital photography and the visual properties of water. Taking a contemplative turn, he published two books documenting Tibetan life in 2001. Maruyama relocated to New York two years later and began to explore the artistic possibilities of photographic strobe technology and liquids. In the well-received series ” Kusho ,” he examined the elusive nature of calligraphy with hurls of sumi ink and water. “Gardens” runs through 2 April 2011. All images

Scenes from the Milan Fashion Week photo diary of Ioulex.

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T Magazine: Photos of the Moment | Giorgio Armani

For the street artist known only as JR, the world is a canvas.

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Supercolossal Street Art

For the street artist known only as JR, the world is a canvas.

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Supercolossal Street Art

An up and coming French photographer talks his way into subjects’ homes for striking eccentric portraits By Isabelle Doal A once aspiring Jazz bassist, Baudouin has found his calling as a photographer. His portraits are all of strangely familiar French characters and he has gained notoriety by creating ironic collections like “Friends,” “Unknown But Nice” and the “The Parisian Ladies.” I recently spoke with Baudouin to get some insight on his process—he confessed to having a systematic, almost ritualistic method, following a strict set of rules every time he shoots. In his work the process isn’t just as important as the result, it is an inherent part of it. Baudouin explained that the whole process begins by picking a girl on the street, usually from a terrace cafe. The next part is the trickiest, convincing the subject to let him into her apartment. Each photo takes anywhere from one to four hours, the ritual begins immediately upon entering the location. The camera is always the same distance from the subject, always the same angle and focus. Baudoiun shoots on medium format film which forces him to put more thought in each photo. Baudouin’s lighting is equally deliberate, avoiding shadows and dramatic intensity, he works to make the subject blend in to the background. The natural looking setting is contrasted by the disturbing or eccentric poses he coaxes his subjects into. Baudouin is more concerned with composition, with the graphic aspect of his set ups as opposed to catching a moment or telling a story. In this regard he is a portraitist but also an interior photographer, using the subjects as a platform to construct what he calls “nice pictures.” Baudouin refers to his photos as, “a momentary interpretation” and advises not to take any of it too seriously, “after all, it’s just a picture,” he says. And Baudouin’s photos don’t aim to be anything more than just that, which in itself can sometimes tell a story. Baudouin is currently working on finishing his series “Parisian Ladies,” once complete he will be publishing the collection as a book.

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Baudouin: Serial Photographer