Antwaun Sargent adapted this essay from his new book, “The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion,” to be published next month by Aperture. In 2018, American Vogue published ...

In the 1983 portrait of writer Kathy Acker, her face is entirely covered by her hands, while her bare arms and breasts pop in contrast to her black pants. Mapplethorpe took many self-portraits ...

Learn to visualise in black and white, choose the best subjects and edit images to look amazing - Will Cheung presents his ...

In Wiley’s rendering, Judith is depicted as a black woman and Holofernes as a white woman. Fans of the Obama portrait will recognize Wiley’s photo-realistic human figures, distinct colors and ...

If, referring to slavery, Castro Alves asks God, in O Navio Negreiro [The Slave Ship], “whether so much horror in the eyes of the heavens is true”, it is no surprise that sociologist Muniz Sodré, in ...

Three groundbreaking Black portraiture artists have exhibitions this fall at university art museums, two of which are Ivy League schools — historically white spaces with pasts that are entangled ...

Trump's new 2025 portrait strikes a very different tone from her official 2017 White House portrait. In that soft-focus color photo, Trump is seen close up in a black blazer with her arms crossed ...

Varun Jinka's black-and-white photography book, Un/Framed Lives, captures the soul of Kolkata Varun Jinka’s ‘Un/Framed Lives’ is an ode to the people of Kolkata June 20, 2025 e-Paper ...

Unlike her 2025 portrait, the first lady's 2017 photo was in color and featured a close-up of her face. The new portrait shows Mrs. Trump standing over a desk with her fingers propped on the top.

The official portrait of first lady Melania Trump was unveiled by the White House on Monday. The image, released in black and white, was taken in the residence by photographer Régine Mahaux.