Morris Lum reveals how Chinatowns across North America are defined by both their evolving architecture and their rich cultural identity. Awarded the 2023 Photography Network Project Grant.

At the Limits of the Gaze is the first English-language volume of essays by Japanese photographer Takuma Nakahira, known for his participation in Provoke. The collection spans 1970-1976, and challenges the expressive limits of photography.

Tracy Hills is a collaboration between Los Angeles-based photographers Ryan McIntosh and Yogan Muller in which they explore and document Tracy Hills—a new master-planned community of 4,700 homes currently being built in the central valley of California.

An alternative history of photography that reframes current practices of computational imaging.

An environmental history of chemical photography through the lens of its deep connections to empire and industry.

This edited volume presents a nuanced exploration of how illustrated magazines shaped global visual culture between 1910 and 1970.

Heap-O-Livin’ presents images by Wyoming photographer Lora Webb Nichols (1883–1962), who documented Encampment’s ranching and mining life and the women who sustained it. Amid isolation and patriarchy, Nichols revealed a vibrant female community whose social visits and picture-making captured both domestic labor and the joy of women’s companionship.

The long-awaited first career survey from photographer Amos Badertscher, who comprehensively documented a uniquely American queer underworld

This book shows how from the nineteenth century to the present, the demands and privileges of masculinity shaped photographers’ careers. The case studies, photo formats, and cultural contexts explored here are diverse, but what links them is a concern for how men navigate(d) the photography profession, whether they thought of themselves as scientific photographers, educators, or artists.

Afterimages of Apartheid shows how photographs can be mobilised as a critical tool for understanding the ongoing effects of apartheid in contemporary South Africa. This vivid account of the photography of apartheid will be of interest to students and researchers across the fields of South African history, visual studies, memory studies, art history, photography studies and transitional justice.

American photographer Arnold Newman, over his eight-decade career, became known for his portraits of post-WWII artists and icons, often shot for magazines. This publication explores how magazine commissions shaped his work and reputation.

In Negative Originals, Juanita Solano Roa reexamines early 20th-century Colombian photography, revealing how racial ideologies were constructed and contested. Taking the photographic negative as methodology, she uncovers marginalized subjects and challenges dominant narratives of race, gender, and progress in Colombian visual history.

Verdant Land by Kathya Maria Landeros is a photographic exploration of her family’s century-long migration between Mexico and the U.S., shaped by agricultural labor. Blending personal memory with broader histories, the project reflects on immigrant contributions to the American West, honoring ancestors like her great-grandmother Mama Chuy and generations of Latino workers.

Landeros traveled through western American states between 2011-2024, creating photographs that reflect our interdependence both with the landscape and with one another.

The volume probes the co-constitution of industry and photography in postcolonial India by looking at selected sites of industrial and artistic practices and their interwoven histories. Part of the Visual Media and Histories Series, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of the history of photography, visual media studies, Indian history, art history, cultural studies, and South Asian studies.