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Daido Moriyama Captured the Soul of Postwar Japan in Gritty, Groundbreaking Photographs
New Getty anthology brings together four iconic early-career photobooks—previously available only in limited Japanese editions
Print Matters Reimagines the Illustrated Magazine as a Modernist Powerhouse
This new volume explores how illustrated magazines shaped 20th century visual culture through the interplay of photography, text, and design
The Woman Who Captured Nature in Blue: Anna Atkins and the Birth of Photographic Art
Using cyanotypes, Anna Atkins turned seaweed and sunlight into the world’s first photographically illustrated book
Dress Code: Drag
In the Johnson Publishing Company Archive, you’ll find photographs of 1950s' drag performers striking a pose at grand balls
Lights, Camera, Fashion
As a curator of photographs at the Getty Museum, Paul Martineau often explores his passion for fashion photography
Photography in the Time of Covid
Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic started, a rotation of photographs at the Getty Museum reflects on a time when the world shut down, but new ways of seeing emerged
New Volume Explores Ed Ruscha’s Streets of Los Angeles Archive
Containing over 900,000 images, the artist’s archive is emblematic of his oeuvre
And Now for the Female Gaze
Cynthia MacAdams’s photographs show us what a freer future looks like
Makers' Marks
Getty curators explore the meaning behind artists’ signatures—those flamboyant, modest, or provocatively hidden final flourishes
Queer Lens: A History of Photography Celebrates Two Centuries of LGBTQ+ History, People, and Culture
Getty doubles the love