28 August - 03 September 2023
Moving ballot boxes to a secure area after the vote in February 1986 that ousted the corrupt leader Marcos. Photo Robert Gumpert
Photography
Blind: Roo Lewis - Twisted Metal, Pointed Skyward, Point Talbot, Wales
Lens Culture: Gilded Lilies | Photographs by Tine Poppe
Interview by Sophie Wright
Polka: Irak: Et au Milieu Pleure Le Tigre… | by Laurène Daycare
Polka: La Courneuve, 1978: Les Premières Fissures Photographièes Par Sebastiāo Salgado | by Sebastiāo Salgado
Hunk: Inside the Historic Mixed-Race Club in the Heart of Apartheid-Era Cape Town | Text by Miss Rosen, Photography by Michael Wyeth
Blind: Niki Boon - Child of Nature | by Max Hirshfeld
Lenscratch: Photographers on Photographers: Ian White in Conversation with Curran Hatleberg | by Ian Edward White
Aperture: The curator Marie Meyerding speaks about a group exhibition of photographers who exposed the effects of race, gender, and class on everyday life. | Interviews by Stefanie Qaba Jason
Field of View: Patrick Witty on Mug Shots
Magnum: Patrick Zachmann - The Story of Andrea Mormile and the Neapolitan Mafia
The Conversation: Lindokuhle Sobekwa's powerful personal journey as a photographer in South Africa | by Neelika Jayawardane
Blind: Richard Avedon’s Trailblazing Portrait of the American West | by Miss Rosen
Blind: Listening to Avedon | by Max Hirshfeld
LFI: Community
Lenscratch: Liz Albert and Shane Vanoosterhout: Instant Classic | by Aline Smithson
Aperture: La Dolce Vita According to Sam Youkilis | Interview by Chiara Bardelli Nonino
Culture, Art and Design
Rightwing DJ using his radio show to promote rightwing violence. Southern Philippines. 1988 Photo Robert Gumpert
Reading the Pictures - Notes: Barbiecore is Litmus Test in Post-Roe America | by Leslie A. Hahner
LA Times: ‘What’s that foot thing?!’ Shufflers are doing the ‘running man’ at L.A.’s iconic places | by Michelle Vartan, Photography by Mel Melcon
Creative Boom: Tea For Three: Illustrator Junjun Chen invites you to look at fear from a different perspective | by Dom Carter
Dezeen: "Space that is exclusionary does not live up to its full potential” | by Annie Jean-Baptiste
Design Boom: SPACE10 is closing after a decade of boosting IKEA's innovation culture | by Lea Zeitoun
It’s Nice That: Space10 – Ikea’s innovative research and design lab – is closing | by Olivia Hingley
The New Yorker: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | by Werner Herzog
LA Times: The life of LA’s most bizarre celebrity photographer | by Jeffrey Fleishman
Creative Boom: Shelley Hanmo's paper collage creations summon Asian folklore and her love of music | by Tom May
It’s Nice That: Originally for Vogue Portugal’s June 2023 issue on ‘travel’, this collaborative project from Charlotte, Lydia Chan and Athena Paginton takes us deep into the labyrinths of our world. | by Joey Levenson
Print: The Daily Heller: Is Post-Branding a Thing?
Other Stuff
Outside the Embankment tube stop. London, England. 24 May 2015 Photo Robert Gumpert
Nautilus: The Uncanny Sight of Waves Breaking on a Star | by Brian Gallagher
Knowable Magazine: Charles Henry Turner’s Insights Into Animal Behavior Were a Century Ahead of Their Time | by Alla Katsnelson
Nautilus: What Separates Highly Creative People | Brian Gallagher
Washington Post: Christian home-schooler Michael Farris - speaking on a confidential conference call to a secretive group of Christian millionaires seeking, in the words of one member, to “take down the education system as we know it today,” | by Emma Brown and Peter Jamison
Reuters: Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small | by Jonathan Stempel
PetaPixel: Burger King Faces Lawsuit Over Size of Whopper in Ad Photos | by Pesala Bandar
LA Times: Documents released by U.S. show knowledge of 1973 Chile coup | by Tracy Wilkinson
McSweeney’s: Congratulations on your new academic position of Assistant Professor of Annual Reviews, Student Evaluations, Tenure Review, Post-Tenure Review, and [your discipline] | by Jennie Young
Labor
Garment workers, members of what was in 1983, the ACTWU. Photo Robert Gumpert
Print: What If Designers Went on Strike? | by Ricardo Saca
Washington Post: Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’ | by Rebecca Tan and Regine Cabato
The Japan Times: System failure halts operations at 12 Toyota factories | by Jesse Johnson
Labor Notes: Kentucky Auto Workers at Ford Are Preparing for a Strike | by Luis Feliz Leon
Hollywood Reporter: Five Late Night Hosts Unite to Launch Podcast Benefiting Strike-Impcted Staff | by Lacy Rose
Longreads: Relentless Toil: A Reading List About Filipino Laborers - The sacrifices of Filipino workers at home and abroad are enormous. | by Amy DePaul
Mountain State Spotlight: West Virginia coal miners suffer from black lung despite silica dust exposure limits | by Allen Siegler
LA Times: Studios already lost writers', SAG strikes. Time to surrender | by Mary McNamara
Forbes: The Implications Of AI Elements Not Being Protected By Copyright | by Schuyler Moore
Cherry pickers near Stockton, California taking a break in the shade of the trees in the 106 degree heat. 2002 Photo Robert Gumpert
Washington Post: Climate change imperils indoor workers in Southeast Asia and beyond | by Rebecca Tan and Vasapa Wanichwethin
Headbanging Headlines:
East Hollywood. Los Angeles, California 1972 Photo Robert Gumpert
LA Times: Column: COVID lockdowns saved millions of lives — so of course Ron DeSantis is mad about them
The Guardian: US driver pulled over with huge African bull riding shotgun in car
Awful Announcing: Rachel Nichols compares Hard Knocks to The Kardashians: ‘It’s not journalism.’
Podcast
Points South: Mamie's Blues: Women in Storyville | produced by Sara A. Lewis and Christian Leus. Our Points South intern is Adam Forrester
BBC Outlook: Lost and Found - Girl on a Spacehopper - photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
BBC Sounds: The Briefing Room - What’s the problem with Airbnb
The Photowalk: How telling stories transforms lives - Ilvy Njiokiktjien
A Small Voice: #212 - Benjamin Rasmussen
The Moth: Different Ways of Learning: Adrienne Lotson and Lopaka Kapanui
Books
Photobook Journal: Sandy Sugawara & Catiana Garcia-Kilroy – Show Me the Way to Go to Home | by Wayne Swanson
Metal: Abhishek Khedekar’s “Tamasha” | by Zach Lee
Social Issues
Washington Post: John Eastman’s defense is shattered in state bar proceeding | by Jennifer Rubin
SF Standard: Elon Musk Calls for Boycott of Law Firm Involved in San Francisco Homelessness Lawsuit | by David Sjostedt
The City: Demand Grows to Make Rikers Island Death Reports Public | by Reuven Blau
LA Times: Americans face an epidemic of loneliness. For some, supermarket self-checkouts make it worse | by Marisa Gerber
Time: Decriminalizing Opioids Will Save Countless Lives | by Peter Grinspoon
National Catholic Reporter: Pope Francis blasts reactionary American Catholics who oppose church reform | by Christopher White
The Guardian: ‘It stops you cold’: the 272 enslaved people sold to fund Georgetown
Washington Post: Texas highways targeted by antiabortion activists seeking to block interstate travel | by Caroline Kitchener
SF Chronicle: California city using SCOTUS affirmative action ruling to stop housing | by Emily Hoeven
Mountain State Spotlight: What are needle exchanges? Why do they exist? | by Ellen Siegler
Division Street
The Guardian: English councils moving homeless families out of areas at almost three times official rate | by Matthew Weaver
SF Chronicle: ‘I’m constantly under threat’: Homeless women in S.F. share stories of survival and resilience | by Mallory Munch
Washington Post: D.C. failed to house 98 percent of homeless young adults last year, data shows | by Marissa J. Lang and Justin Wm. Moyer
Washington Post: Cash transfers reduce homelessness, raise savings, Canada study says | by Kelsey Ables
SF Public Press: SF Uses Events, Construction to Clear Streets Ahead of Summit | by Mel Baker
KQED: In Act of Civil Disobedience, Activists Set Up Safe Drug Consumption Site in San Francisco | by Sydney Johnson
See more of my photobook “Division Street”. Or see all the images and read all the stories by buying the book from Dewi Lewis
“Division Street” – Published by Dewi Lewis: Orders: U.S.A – Britain - Canada