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The Bigger Picture

Photo essays exploring the lives that fascinate us most up-close.

the bigger picture

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 Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group. By Laura Bannister

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  1. Fighting for RecognitionEnter the ring with the trainers of OutBox, a trans-owned and -operated boxing gym in Williamsburg.
    By Caira Conner
  2. The Palestinian Belly Dancer Keeping Her Culture AliveChoreographer Janelle Jalila Issis encourages her students to embrace their bodies.
    By Katja Vujić
  3. The Girls Shredding the BronxHitting the pavement with the founders and members of Bronx Girls Skate at Playground 134.
    By Laura Bannister
  4. Questioning What It Means to Be QueerThirty portraits of young people expanding their definitions of queerness beyond the limits of desire.
    By Emily Monforte
  5. Three Generations of Women Go WestPhotographer Rose Marie Cromwell documents her mother’s and daughter’s aging and growing bodies over the course of several road trips.
    By Nadine Zylberberg
  6. Reframing the Migrant ExperiencePhotographer Felipe Romero Beltrán’s Dialect captures the journey of Moroccan migrants in southern Spain.
    By Boutayna Chokrane
  7. ‘Once a Mermaid, Always a Mermaid’Mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park reflect on a 76-year-long tradition.
    By Laura Bannister
  8. Ink LoversWhat it’s like to have your partner’s likeness tattooed on your body forever.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
  9. A Collective Family Photo AlbumExclusive images from Renata Cherlise’s Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life.
    By Naomi Elias
  10. ‘I Make the Place, I Am the Place’Photographers and friends Genesis Báez and Jennifer Calivas explore the permeability of bodies, place, and pleasure in their two-person exhibition.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  11. Rethinking the Traditional Maternity Photo ShootA Mother’s Letter gets real about the highs and lows of pregnancy.
    By Devine Blacksher
  12. Queer AmericanaPhotographer Ryan Pfluger captures LGBTQ intimacy in the United States.
    By Michel Ghanem
  13. ‘I’m Trying to Focus on the Joy’Celebrating 20 years of Pride in St. Petersburg amid Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.
    By Ashley Dye
  14. Thirty Years of Community — Not Cops or Corporations — at the Dyke MarchScenes from this weekend’s anniversary march in New York City.
    By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
  15. Scenes From Friday’s Abortion-Rights Protest Outside the Supreme Court“I deserve access to health care. My daughter deserves access to health care.”
    By the Cut
  16. My Fire IslandMost people don’t think about accessibility on the island until someone like me gets there.
    By Robert Andy Coombs As told to Katie Heaney
  17. Queens of a Certain Age Deserve All the FlowersWith Legends of Drag, Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus compile a living history alongside phenomenal portraits of drag icons.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  18. Scenes From the March for Our Lives D.C. Rally“I have been doing this since Parkland happened. I can’t believe we are still coming back.”
    By Bindu Bansinath
  19. We Are Surrounded by GodsCamila Falquez’s meticulously arranged photographs unveil everyday deities in all their splendor.
    By Madeleine Wattenbarger
  20. ‘I Feel Like We’re Going Back to the Stone Age’Talking fear, rage, and hope with abortion-rights protesters in Foley Square.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  21. The Thing She CarriedPhotographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni asked Ukrainian refugees to show one important item they were able to take with them from home.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  22. My Miscarriage, in PhotosWhen I got pregnant, my partner took out his camera. In the turbulent weeks after, he never put it down.
    By Becca Leitman
  23. ‘I Didn’t Want to Leave My Dad, But I Had To’Mariia and Elina, sisters from Kyiv, documented their family’s journey from Ukraine to Germany in photos.
    By Amelia Schonbek
  24. Capturing JeongHow do you photograph the invisible connections we share with loved ones? Like this.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  25. Love, Loss, Distance: Finding FamilyDeSean McClinton-Holland’s photographs are an ode to the Black family unit.
    By Devine Blacksher
  26. My Miscarriage, in PhotosWhen I got pregnant, my partner took out his camera. In the turbulent weeks after, he never put it down.
    By Becca Leitman
  27. Capturing the Joy of Black GirlhoodAt two new exhibitions, both in Newark and both thanks to the work of sisters Scheherazade and Salamishah Tillet.
    By Laura van Straaten
  28. Wrestling Has a Dark Side. But for Some, It’s a Safe Space.Photographer Sofie Vasquez spent a year traveling the country, documenting the indie-wrestling scene.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  29. Longing for FamilySydney Mieko King’s “Entanglement” conceptualizes the body as a container of ancestral memory.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  30. Her Love of Dance Led Her to Be a CuratorIsolde Brielmaier uses movement to inspire her curation process.
    By Asia Milia Ware
  31. A Different Kind of Family Photo AlbumWith Santa Barbara, photographer Diana Markosian recreates and reimagines her mother’s pursuit of the American Dream.
    By Anna Furman
  32. As Seen on Riis BeachDancing, smoking, and playing all summer long at New York’s queerest seashore.
    By Brock Colyar and Andrew Nguyen
  33. A New Kind of Sports PhotographyAlice Mann’s award-winning series showcases a South African subculture: drum majorettes.
    By Olivia Evans
  34. Beautiful DisruptionA closer look at photographer Nadine Ijewere’s first solo show.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  35. Envisioning Hidden HistoriesAvion Pearce’s photographs imagine a Black lesbian love story for the ages.
    By Devine Blacksher
  36. Our Mothers, OurselvesMagdalena Wosinska’s family photos will make you want to call your mom.
    By the Cut
  37. This Solange-Approved Photographer Is Releasing a BookA first look at Carlota Guerrero’s Tengo un Dragón Dentro del Corazón.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  38. A Gathering of Radical LovePhotos from “Protect Asian Lives,” a tender space for queer Asians, by queer Asians.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  39. Gender Dysphoria / Gender EuphoriaPortraits by — and for — the trans and nonbinary community.
    By Elly Belle
  40. A Day of Solidarity Amid Rising Anti-Asian ViolencePhotos from a Black and Asian solidarity protest in New York, by the photographer Stephanie Mei-Ling.
    By Amanda Arnold
  41. Jasmin Hernandez Made the Coolest Coffee-Table Photo BookLet the Gallery Gurls founder tell you about it, and give you a look inside.
    By Devine Blacksher
  42. Another Year TogetherPhotographer Lula Hyers documented New Year’s Eve with her pod.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  43. A Quiet New Year’s Eve in BaltimorePhotographer Shan Wallace takes a walk around her city.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  44. A Mother and Daughter Spend New Year’s Eve Together“It was a day filled with home improvement shows, snacking, and deep conversation.”
    By Emilia Petrarca
  45. A Place for Artists to Hit ResetJasmine Clarke’s photographs capture moments of Black joy at a residency upstate.
    By Devine Blacksher
  46. A Fascination With FamilyPhotographer Prin Rodriguez explores her personal history and ancestral archive.
    By Emily Burns
  47. All You Need Are Wheels and a MaskDuring the pandemic, a Brooklyn basketball court has become a makeshift roller rink.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  48. Four Years Later, a Citywide PartyIn the seconds after major news networks called Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, New Yorkers exhaled loudly, in unison.
    By Claire Lampen Photographs by Cheryl Dunn
  49. Prospect Park Is the (Only) Place to BeOne October weekend of socially distanced socializing.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  50. A Cinephile’s Dream-Travel Bucket ListThe Accidentally Wes Anderson Instagram account is releasing a book.
    By Emily Burns
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