Orímọlóyè Fáṣínà's newsletter pairs photography series with reflections on colonial history and resistance in Benin, and with multi-part comparative expositions of Ifá odù narratives drawn from several Yoruba priests and chiefs. Readers get original essays on African history, Yoruba oral tradition and ancestral thought, along with work-in-progress photo projects.
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A photography teacher writes personal, literary essays on photography, including a two-part response to Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The School of Night and notes on his forthcoming lexicon of photography terms. Readers get reflective writing that links photography education, books and the history of words.
A personal blog-style newsletter mixing first-person travel writing and photography from rural Vietnam with detailed investigations of Chinese porcelain bought at auction and from collectors. Readers get close observation and worked examples of how to test an attribution using marks, measurements, magnification and UV light.
Each issue pairs a historic postcard with a present-day recreation photo to explore a building, monument or artwork and the history behind it. It covers modernist architecture, public monuments and urban history with detailed context on architects, patrons and artists.
A weekly newsletter from working photographer Dina Litovsky offering behind-the-lens reflections on editorial assignments and photographic craft. Issues compare how different photographers portray the same subject, recount magazine shoots, and examine cultural events through the camera.
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