Saturday, March 4, 2017

In Sight: 'Everybody was a dandy then.' These portraits of celebrities in 1920s Paris launched Berenice Abbott’s career.

These photos show what it’s like being a Syrian refugee in Turkey; These moving photos show what it feels like to see the ocean for the first time; ‘I knew more than enough to be utterly repelled by conflict, yet I was undeniably drawn to it’; In case you missed it: These photos show what the U.S.-Mexican border looked like about 80 years ago; Seldom-seen photos show what America looked like in the 1940s…in color;
 
In Sight
A curated view of your world in photographs
 
 
‘Everybody was a dandy then.’ These portraits of celebrities in 1920s Paris launched Berenice Abbott's career.
A new book features a rare collection of Berenice Abbott's earliest work while offering a glimpse into 1920s Paris.
These photos show what it’s like being a Syrian refugee in Turkey
Photographer Emin Ozmen's four-year examination of Syrian refugees lives.
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These moving photos show what it feels like to see the ocean for the first time
Martin Bogren photographed a group of men from Rajasthan seeing the ocean for the first time.
 
‘I knew more than enough to be utterly repelled by conflict, yet I was undeniably drawn to it’
Magnum Photos photographer Peter van Agtmael's new book crisscrosses the United States, providing a snapshot of the state of the country
 
In Case You Missed It
These photos show what the U.S.-Mexican border looked like about 80 years ago
Dorothea Lange's fascinating photographs show scenes along the United States' southern boundary during the 1930s.
 
Seldom-seen photos show what America looked like in the 1940s…in color
A new book highlights the work done by the photographers of the FSA.
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