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Photographers on Photographers: Quincey Spagnoletti in Conversation with Pelle Cass
© Pelle Cass, Volleyball at Northeastern, from the series Crowded Fields, 2018
Every August we ask the previous Top 25 Lenscratch Student Prize Winners to interview a hero or a mentor, of
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Photographers on Photographers: Emily Damyan in Conversation with Paloma Tendero
© Paloma Tendero, Studio, 2024
Every August we ask the previous Top 25 Lenscratch Student Prize Winners to interview a hero or a mentor, offering an opportunity for conversation and conne
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Photographers on Photographers: Lydia McNiff in Conversation with Carmen Winant
© Carmen Winant, My Mother and Eye [FOMU], 2023
Every August we ask the previous Top 25 Lenscratch Student Prize Winners to interview a hero or a mentor, offering an opportunity for conve
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Tristan Duke: Glacial Optics
© Tristan Duke, Glacial Optics, Radius Books, 2025
In Glacial Optics by Tristan Duke (Radius, 2025), ice becomes both subject and optical instrument, used in three distinct ways to reflec
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Beyond the Photograph: Editorial Q&A with Photographer Tamara Reynolds
© Tamara Reynolds and The New York Times for the article “A Life Without a Home: Voices from the tents, shelters, cars, motels and couches of America,” 2024
Beyond the Photograph is a
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The 2025 Lenscratch 1st Place Student Prize Winner: Jordan Tovin
©Jordan Tovan, Billie’s Apple, Billie eats an apple in the hall while playing with her brother Nyles on February 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPH: Understanding Copyright for Photographers: Legal Use, Registration, and Rights
© Jeanine Michna-Bales and MW Editions, copyright page from the monograph “Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage” (MW Editions, 2
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Richard Misrach: Cargo
Cargo, © 2025 Aperture, photographs © Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach’s publication Cargo (Aperture, 2025) is a timely collection of photographs that explores the evolving presence an
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Book Talk: Expanding Possibility Through Multivolume Sets
LOST IV published by Kris Graves Projects, Creative Direction Luminosity Lab ©The Book Photographer
Books come in all shapes and sizes they attract us through their color and type asking
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Karuizawa Foto Fest 2025
Karuizawa Train Station ©Susan Sawyers
For the past three years, the town of Karuizawa-Machi, in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan, has hosted The Karuizawa Foto Fest (KFF), conceived and cr
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BEYOND THE PHOTOGRAPH: A Mindfulness Practice with Christine Cluff
© Christine Cluff, Artist’s treasures and handmade photographic objects displayed on a vintage wooden table, including beloved books, a 19th-century watercolor paint box, various fou













