The New York Times Magazine Photographs

Forover30years,TheNewYorkTimesMagazinehasbeensynonymouswiththemyriadpossibilitiesandapplicationsofphotography.TheNewYorkTimesMagazine:Photographsreflectsuponandinterrogatestheverynatureofbothphotographyandprintmagazinesatthispivotalmomentintheirhistoryandevolution.EditedbyKathyRyan,longtimephotoeditoroftheMagazine,andwithaprefacebyformereditorialdirectorGeraldMarzorati,thisvolumepresentssomeofthefinestcommissionedphotographsworldwideinfoursections:reportage,portraiture,styleandconceptualphotography,includingphotoillustration.Diverseincontentandsensibility,andconsistentinvirtuosity,thephotographsareaccompaniedbyreproducedtearsheetstoallowfortheexaminationofsequencingandtheinterplaybetweentextandimage,simultaneouslypresentingtheworkwhileilluminatingitsdistillationtomagazineform.Thisprocessisexploredfurtherthroughtextsofferingbehind-the-scenesperspectiveandanecdotesbythemanyphotographers,writers,editorsandothercollaboratorswhosevoiceshavebeenapartofthemagazineovertheyears.Issuesofdocumentaryphotographyareaddressedinrelationtomoreconceptualphotography;theefficacyofstorytelling;andwhatmakesanimageevidentiary,objective,subjective,truthfuloratoolforadvocacy;aswellasthoughtsonwhetherthesemattersarecurrentlymoot,ormorecriticalthanever.Assuch,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine:Photographsservesasaspringboardforarigorous,necessaryandrevitalizedexaminationofphotographyaspresentedwithinamodernjournalisticcontext.