Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey

A cinema legend's left-behind photos make up an enticing new book

Known for his impressive film career that spanned four decades and included prolific pictures like “The Ten Commandments,” “The King and I” and “The Magnificent Seven,” Russian-born actor Yul Brynner has most recently been in the public eye for his beautifully fascinating photos of fellow stars captured at unguarded moments. Put together by the late actor’s daughter Victoria Brynner, publisher Edition 7L released a four-volume …

Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss?

Alluring imagery and bold statements in a new book on graphic design's maverick leader James Victore

Most with the motto “badass” end up rock stars, porn stars or thrill-seeking rebels. The particular charm of graphic designer James Victore is that he’s all of these things; with his repertoire of heartfelt slogans and self-taught illustrations, he has succeeded in changing the way the world views commercial art and even better—the way people view the world. As described by Michael Beirut in the …

From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America

Large-format photography of contemporary Americana in Alec Soth's retrospective

Likening his process to “web surfing in the real world,” photographer Alec Soth spent the past 15 years traversing the U.S. with an 8×10 field camera, quietly composing narratives of subjects he finds on his travels. While projects have taken the Twin Cities native down the Mississippi, to Bogota and back across the vast Midwest, Soth’s career retrospective “From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America” …