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photos of hands by Monaris
© Monaris

Book Review • Street

Monaris: Collecting Hands

Published by Setanta, Collecting Hands is the highly anticipated second photobook from Monaris. This evocative collection captures the world’s quietest, most intimate gestures, showcasing her signature ability to transform fleeting urban moments into timeless, cinematic narratives. It is a profound exploration of human connection found within the chaos of the everyday.

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color landscape travel photo of indian temple and man by Jens Benninghofen
© Jens Benninghofen
Color photography by Raymond Depardon. A boy blows purple bubble gum while other children play on a shadowed street in Glasgow
© Raymond Depardon

Profile • Black & White

Raymond Depardon: The Roving Eye

Few photographers have observed the world with the patient moral attention of Raymond Depardon. Across continents, conflicts, and generations, he has captured lives with a quiet rigor: images that are never sensational, never performative, but insist upon being seen.

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Color photo of boy with pink hands in water by Kin Coedel
© Kin Coedel

Editorial • Fine Art

Intimacy in the ordinary: Kin Coedel

Kin Coedel’s captivating, dreamy, imagery, captures real human stories, with a sensitivity and artistry befitting of the subject.

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