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Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Apr 1, 2025, 12:28 AM

Through her lens: Laura Ben-David

PHOTO ESSAY: My dear friend sees things sharply, generously, and not only with her camera. She's changed my take too, and the Jewish Life Photo Bank that now bears her name

Laura Ben-David

Mar 27, 2025, 11:59 AM

PHOTO ESSAY: Chasing rainbows

(LBD Creative)

I'd been sharing my story publicly for years, but I was surprised to find a world of love and support when I had nothing good to share

Mar 24, 2025, 4:43 PM

Spiral of Time: Retrospective of Yiddish Heritage in Vilnius

Section of the rare archival documents from the YIVO Archive at the commemorative exhibition in Vilnius. march 2025. (C) Gintare Crigenaite. LDNM

Objects of Jewish life and Rare Archival Documents at the first Lithuanian exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of YIVO Part II. Opened in the beginning of March 2025 at the Vilnius Picture Gallery, part of the Lithuanian National Museum of...

Feb 17, 2025, 11:47 AM

Exploring Resilience in the Heart of the Yukon: A Healing Extreme Nature Retreat in Haines Junction

(Noam Bedein)

The Yukon—an uncharted territory for many—was a place I had never truly heard of until we began planning our trip. As we researched, the remoteness and raw wilderness of this land became more apparent. With a population of just...

Jan 20, 2025, 6:53 AM

Anxiety of the In-between, Adi Nes, Soldiers

Untitled (The Last Supper), from series "Soldiers", 90 x 148 / 185 x 235, 1999 (Courtesy of Adi Nes)

The audacity of my impulse to fixate on revisiting specific artworks often signals that I need to say something about them. With Adi Nes’s work, however, the challenge lies in the endlessness of things that could be said. I...

Jan 7, 2025, 11:56 PM

Compelling Images, Gaston Zvi Ickowicz: Field

Hideout 2023-24, by Gaston Zvi Ickowicz (Courtesy Gaston Zvi Ickowicz)

It is not merely vibrant hues and shapeshifting forms that enamor the restless human. Rather, a successful image creates a sense of permanence that carries with it a longing that is unparalleled in the temporal realm of reality. For...

Stephen Horenstein

Oct 23, 2024, 1:42 PM

Thoughts, sounds and poems during wartime

Speed of Change, photo by Stephen Horenstein

I rise at five, prepare coffee and write. It's my only refuge in these trying times. The occasional morning bird rescues me from doldrums of sleep. I write what I hear, not much different than writing music. Each sound...

Aug 6, 2024, 6:48 PM

AI in Photography: Balancing Innovation with Artistic Integrity

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered photography programs offer photographers a wide range of unique tools. These programs not only speed up the photo editing process but also enhance the quality of the photos. Features such as automatic enhancement, facial recognition, background...

Jul 25, 2024, 11:21 PM

Headshots Through Time: From Cornelius to Cutting-Edge AI

Illustrative: An artificial intelligence tool identifies elements of a human face for analysis (vchal via iStock by Getty Images)

Taking a headshot has always been a bit tricky for me. Trying to do it myself rarely yields good results, and hiring a professional photographer can be both time-consuming and expensive. However, with the game-changing improvements to AI photography...

May 28, 2024, 8:00 AM

Getting a Winning Shot

Photographer Kevin Carter watched the vulture and the starving child crouched in the sand. A freelancer from South Africa, Carter was in Sudan to film the 1993 famine. When he got a good angle, bird in the background, child...

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