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When Babies Rule the Dinner Table
In the past two decades, American parents have started to ditch the purées and give babies more choice—and more power—at mealtime.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Photography by Olaf Blecker
In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road
Some of the portraits in “This Train” have an Edenic quality to them, as if Kurland is asking: What if my kid and I were the only two people in the world?
By Naomi Fry
The Unseen Sides of Francesca Woodman
A new show at the Gagosian Gallery showcases the photographer’s tragically abbreviated career, including a never-before-exhibited masterpiece.
By Chris Wiley
Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere
His latest show is titled “Industry,” a word that defines not just the subject matter but the artist.
By Nicholas Dawidoff
A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall
“We’re all being manipulated in the mall,” the photographer Stephen DiRado says. But his photos elicit a certain nostalgia, almost in spite of themselves.
By Margaret Talbot
A Landmark Look at Family Dysfunction
Richard Billingham’s unvarnished depiction of his parents and brother in the book “Ray’s a Laugh” earned him accusations of sensationalism. But, he says, “I’m a realist.”
By Chris Wiley
A Girl’s Coming of Age in the Countryside of Her Childhood
“Solo Apto Para Mí Misma” chronicles adolescence amid the pandemic in the eastern plains of Colombia.
By Ana Karina Zatarain
Cindy Sherman’s Grotesque Digital Creations
In a new series of collages made by hand and with Photoshop, Sherman is as unrecognizable as she’s ever been, but the figures she depicts can’t be easily disentangled from herself.
By Chris Wiley
A Pioneering Wizard of West Coast Photo-Conceptualism
Robert Cumming didn’t achieve lasting fame during his lifetime, but in the years since his death, in 2021, he’s experienced a much deserved mini-revival.
By Chris Wiley
What Garry Winogrand Saw in Color
A rarely seen body of Winogrand’s work is more inviting than his black-and-white pictures, but no less layered or sly.
By Vince Aletti