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New York Times Sections Home Search The New York Times LensSite Search Navigation Search NYTimes.com Clear this text input Go Site Navigation Site Mobile Navigation Lens: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism Follow Lens: Facebook Twitter RSS Slide Show View Slide Show 13 Photographs Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten Credit Bayard Wootten/North Carolina Collection, UNC Chapel Hill Libraries Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten By Rena Silverman Jan. 29, 2018 Jan. 29, 2018 In 1904, Bayard Wootten, a divorced single mother in North Carolina, first borrowed a camera. She went on to make more than a million images. Read more » Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten By Rena Silverman Jan. 29, 2018 Jan. 29, 2018 In 1904, Bayard Wootten, a divorced single mother in North Carolina, first borrowed a camera. She went on to make more than a million images. Read more » Single Mother, Pioneering Photographer: The Remarkable Life of Bayard Wootten By Rena Silverman Jan. 29, 2018 Jan. 29, 2018 In 1904, Bayard Wootten, a divorced single mother in North Carolina, first borrowed a camera. She went on to make more than a million images. Read more » Recent Posts Slide Show View Slide Show 14 Photographs Punk Music, Bronx Style Punk Music, Bronx Style Credit Roy Baizan Punk Music, Bronx Style By David Gonzalez Jan. 25, 2018 Jan. 25, 2018 Roy Baizan has been chronicling the rock, punk, rap, trap and hip-hop scene in the Bronx, including shows produced by a new collective, Hydro Punk. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 17 Photographs Grasping Rio’s Beauty and Tragedy Grasping Rio’s Beauty and Tragedy Credit João Pina Grasping Rio’s Beauty and Tragedy By Simon Romero Jan. 25, 2018 Jan. 25, 2018 João Pina’s photographs of Rio de Janeiro show how life remained a struggle for many residents during Brazil’s boom years. His book’s title? 46570,” a reference to the number of murders in the city in the decade leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 13 Photographs The Age of Gold and Daguerreotypes The Age of Gold and Daguerreotypes Credit Canadian Photography Institute The Age of Gold and Daguerreotypes By Sarah Moroz Jan. 23, 2018 Jan. 23, 2018 A collection of images showcases the intensity of the Gold Rush in the 19th century, around the same time the daguerreotype enjoyed a similar surge in popularity. Some of the images evoke a certain Brooklyn demographic. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 24 Photographs Migration Stories From the Stoops of Pittsburgh Migration Stories From the Stoops of Pittsburgh Credit Lynn Johnson Migration Stories From the Stoops of Pittsburgh By Jonathan Blaustein Jan. 22, 2018 Jan. 22, 2018 Through images and interviews, Brian Cohen and his collective of photographers tell the stories of the immigrants of the city. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 21 Photographs A Father, a Son, a Disease and a Camera A Father, a Son, a Disease and a Camera Credit Cheney Orr A Father, a Son, a Disease, and a Camera By John Leland Jan. 18, 2018 Jan. 18, 2018 Cheney Orr knew that Alzheimer’s would take his father away. Photography helped him get to know the man. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 12 Photographs Roger Fenton: The First Great War Photographer Roger Fenton: The First Great War Photographer Credit Roger Fenton/Royal Collection Trust/HM Queen Elizabeth II 2017 Roger Fenton: the First Great War Photographer By James Estrin Jan. 18, 2018 Jan. 18, 2018 Images by Roger Fenton, the originator of the war photography genre, from the Crimean War are featured in a new book. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 22 Photographs A Photographer Captures His Community in a Changing Chicago Barrio A Photographer Captures His Community in a Changing Chicago Barrio Credit Sebastián Hidalgo A Photographer Captures His Community in a Changing Chicago Barrio By Evelyn Nieves Jan. 16, 2018 Jan. 16, 2018 Sebastian Hidalgo documents Pilsen, the old Chicago neighborhood where he grew up, hoping to capture the community before it is altered by rapid gentrification. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 10 Photographs What Martin Luther King Jr. Meant to New York What Martin Luther King Jr. Meant to New York Credit Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery What Martin Luther King Jr. Meant to New York By John Leland Jan. 11, 2018 Jan. 11, 2018 The civil rights leader was stabbed, honored and given a student pastoral assignment. He also led one of his biggest marches, against the war. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 12 Photographs Exploring the History of Afro-Mexicans Exploring the History of Afro-Mexicans Credit Mara Sanchez Renero Exploring the History of Afro-Mexicans By David Gonzalez Jan. 11, 2018 Jan. 11, 2018 Through interpretive photos, Mara Sanchez Renero explored her conversations and encounters with Afro-Mexicans in various communities in the Costa Chica region of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Read more » Slide Show View Slide Show 17 Photographs Behind the Iron Curtain: Intimate Views of Life in Communist Hungary Behind the Iron Curtain: Intimate Views of Life in Communist Hungary Credit Andras Bankuti Behind the Iron Curtain: Intimate Views of Life in Communist Hungary By Sarah Moroz Jan. 10, 2018 Jan. 10, 2018 Andras Bankuti’s images of Hungary straddle the country’s complex communist period, showing struggling families, rousing political gatherings and a punk movement. 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