LAURA AGUILAR – BODY AND LANDSCAPE

Posted on 2026-08-24

Drawing from works created between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, the exhibition highlights Aguilar’s deeply personal approach to photography, where the body becomes both subject and site of meaning.

Aguilar’s images place her own figure within the arid terrains of Southern California and the Southwest, transforming these landscapes into spaces of reflection and affirmation. Rather than presenting nature as a distant or sublime backdrop, she engages it as an extension of the self. Her body, often positioned in quiet dialogue with rocks, sand, and open horizons, resists conventional ideals of beauty and visibility, asserting instead a presence grounded in vulnerability and strength.

Opposite – Grounded #106, 2006–2007

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2026

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino
CA 91108

www.huntington.org

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JONI STERNBACH – SURFBOARD

Posted on 2026-08-24

Using the 19th-century photographic process, Sternbach portrays surfboards as singular artifacts shaped by craftsmanship, use, history, and the ocean itself. Her images bridge centuries of photographic tradition and the enduring culture of surfing, creating works that feel both timeless and distinctly contemporary.

The resulting photographs combine the tactile immediacy of historical photographic methods with the enduring iconography of surf culture. Removed from the ocean and presented as singular subjects, the boards become portraits in their own right—records of human touch, craftsmanship, and lived experience. Sternbach’s use of the wet plate collodion process introduces a distinctive visual language marked by luminous detail, rich tonalities, and the subtle imperfections inherent to handmade photographic materials.

Opposite – 19.02.12 #5 Skeleton, 2019

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2026

Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
CA 92037

www.josephbellows.com

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LINDSAY PERRYMAN – TOPS

Posted on 2026-08-24

Perryman, born and raised in New York, uses portraiture to push back against narrow ideas of transgender identity. The images in Tops do not treat transition as a single event or a neat narrative. They hold space for process: tenderness, recovery, grief, community and the scarred body as a record of change. That attention gives the work its force. What appears personal is also social, since the film and photographs frame healing as something built through care, support and recognition from others.

The exhibition moves between still and moving images, with photographs made before, during and after the film’s production forming a larger body of work. Perryman includes literal self-portraits as well as images that stand in for self-portraiture through the bodies of others, underscoring the role of visibility in trans life. To be seen here means more than representation. It means being pictured in a way that acknowledges complexity, vulnerability and resilience without reducing them to symbols.

Opposite – Post op, [Lindsay], 2021

Exhibition runs through to August 28th, 2026

ClampArt
247 West 29th Street
Ground Floor
New York
NY 10001

clampart.com

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LISA MCCORD – ROTAN SWITCH

Posted on 2026-08-17

Through a collection of photographs taken between 1978 and 2021, Lisa McCord documents five generations of a community intertwined with the land. Her lens captures the daily rhythms of the Delta, from the labor-intensive demands of agriculture to the intimate domesticity of rural life. However, the exhibition goes beyond mere documentation. McCord engages in a self-reflective critique of her own position as a white photographer and the granddaughter of a landowner. She acknowledges that her ability to document these spaces is a manifestation of privilege, and her images intentionally grapple with the enduring socioeconomic inequities and the complex history of racism inherent in the rural South.

Opposite – Self Portrait with Mother Drying Hair

Exhibition runs through to September 6th, 2026

Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
Winchester
MA 01890

griffinmuseum.org

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KEN GRAVES – LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE

Posted on 2026-08-17

The exhibition gathers images marked by disorientation, irony and psychological tension. Graves did not treat confusion as a problem to be avoided. He used it as material. His photographs move through scenes of spectacle, performance and emotional strain, where the ordinary slips into the absurd and where humor often sits next to discomfort. The result is work that feels both rooted in a specific American setting and alert to the instability beneath it.

What stands out in Lost in the Funhouse is Graves’ ability to hold chaos in place. His pictures do not simplify the contradictions of modern life. They frame them carefully, letting tension, costume, gesture and chance carry the image. That approach gives the work its force. Even when the scenes feel playful, they also register as exact records of a culture full of strain, performance and self-invention.

Opposite – San Francisco, 1969

Exhibition runs through to August 22nd, 2026

Leica Gallery San Francisco
463 Bush Street
San Francisco
CA 941084

leicastoresf.com

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POLAROID X POKÉMON

Posted on 2026-08-17

The collab spotlights three special-edition cameras, each featuring distinctive Pokémon motifs. Leading the drop is the full-sized Polaroid Now Camera Generation 3 decked out in a bold Poké Ball pattern, accompanied by two pocket-sized Polaroid Go Generation 3 cameras styled after Pikachu and Sylveon. Complementing the cameras are custom instant film packs featuring custom dark slides and Pokémon-themed frames, as well as a protective Polaroid Go camera case, a matching mini photo album, and a universal camera strap.

www.polaroid.com

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