MINOR AT HEART
Gordon Parks's photography of a "Harlem Gang Leader"
In marking a forthcoming remake of Shaft, Maurice Berger at the New York Times reports that Gordon Parks hoped to "challenge how mainstream media portrayed African-Americans and crime.”
Bossa nova's break and a question of cover art
What's cover art got to do with it? Author Bryan McCann on bossa nova LP Getz/Gilberto and Pete Turner's iconic photography
Camera as social reform tool
Wisconsin-born photographer Lewis Wickes Hine used his talent for the common good.
We referred to it as 'the neighborhood'
Reporter Pamela Wong talks with photographer Larry Racioppo, whose new book documents a neighborhood of South Brooklyn that existed long before you needed at least $2,500 monthly for a one-bedroom in Park Slope.
About
Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Send him an email.