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Sol 5 MagSafe Light

The SOL5 Bi-Color Mobile Light by Harlowe is a compact, magnetically attachable LED light designed for MagSafe-compatible iPhones. Measuring just 6mm thick, it offers a slim, unobtrusive profile while delivering adjustable bi-color lighting with a color temperature range from 2700K to 6500K. The clamshell design protects the light when not in use and incorporates a built-in swivel, allowing users to angle the light for optimal positioning. It includes onboard controls for quick adjustments and charges via USB-C, making it well-suited for on-the-go use. Its magnetic connection enables easy attachment and removal without the need for additional mounts or cases. Ideal for video calls, photography or low-light environments, the SOL5 enhances mobile lighting without adding bulk.

This product is sold by Harlowe

Obscura Watch With Photo Exposure Complication

We love clever solutions, especially analog ones. You’re shooting a vintage film camera without a light meter, and don’t want the hassle of carrying one around or using a smartphone app. Obscura teamed up with Beers and Cameras to create a watch with a bezel complication that uses the Sunny 16 Rule to calculate exposure. To use it, simply rotate the bezel to match your lens aperture and view the ISO marker, which shares the optimal shutter speed. The attractive 38mm watch features a Japanese TMI NH38 movement, a stainless steel case, a sapphire crystal, Super-LumiNova markings, water resistance to 100m, and comes with both a metal and a rubber strap. It’s designed and assembled in Los Angeles and available for pre-order today, with deliveries starting in June 2025.

This product is sold by Nodus

LUX Grip for iPhone

Leica’s new lightweight, MagSafe LUX Grip for iPhones delivers two substantial benefits—it provides an easy to attach ergonomic grip that improves the way you hold your phone when taking photos or viewing them when the phone is on a hard surface, and improves image capture with a two-stage shutter release, and it adds a layer of software delivered in the companion app which includes filters that render Leica lenses like the Summilux-M and Noctilux-M. Note that the grip only works when you capture images using the Leica Lux app—it will not work with the iPhone’s installed Camera software, though you can still use it to hold the phone and use the screen or iPhone buttons to capture your image. The grip can be used horizontally or vertically, connects to your phone via Bluetooth, and allows you to customize its buttons. A full charge via USB C delivers 1,000 images. One year of access to the Leica Lux Pro app is included with purchase. All iPhones from series 12 on feature MagSafe—note that the grip will not attach to iPhone series 11 or lower.

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NYC Street Dailies playing cards

One of Brooklyn-based street photographer Amy Touchette’s series of work is her Street Dailies portraits, casual shots celebrating NYers living their lives—going to work, working, connecting with friends and neighbors. She’s selected some of her favorites, divied them up into five categories (spades are represented by grandmothers, diamonds by workers, clubs by twins and duos, hearts by NYC characters, and jokers by jokers. The 54 card poker-sized deck is printed on appropriate card stock and comes in a tuck box.

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Zip Tri-Fold Projector

Aurzen’s Zip Tri-Fold projector debuted on Kickstarter in 2024 and won an Innovation Award at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The small-but-mighty projector is half the size of a mobile phone and as tall as a quarter when folded. It can stand independently and adjust to most angles, and can also be attached to a gimbal or mount. HD image quality, stereo speakers, vertical or horizontal projection, and a quick-charging battery help make this a great option for work presentations on the go, home entertainment, and everything in between. Currently available for $249 on Kickstarter (with several package options), the Zip ships in March 2025.

This product is sold by Kickstarter

Reporter Jacket

The AETHER x Leica Reporter Jacket is a meticulously designed piece tailored for photographers who value both functionality and refined style. This limited-edition outerwear celebrates the art of photography while addressing practical needs in the field. Inspired by Leica’s Reporter series cameras, it’s rendered in a distinctive army green and features waxed cotton construction for water resistance, seam-sealed finishes and thoughtfully placed vents. Clever design details include a collar pocket for SD cards, internal battery slots (that also fit rolls of film) and large, soft-lined pockets capable of holding a camera or lens. From a tablet-sized back pocket to the detachable microfiber cleaning cloth, so many aspects of field photography are considered. Guided by input from four top Leica photographers, this jacket blends AETHER’s rugged elegance with Leica’s precision. Available in an exclusive run of 125 pieces, it’s available at AETHER stores and online.

This product is sold by AETHER + Leica

2TB T9 Drive

Samsung’s T9 2TB portable drive is engineered for speed and endurance, offering read and write speeds of up to 2,000 MB/s that are perfect for photographers and videographers on the go. Its advanced thermal solution ensures the drive stays cool even during intense use, making it ideal for heavy-duty applications across a variety of devices—desktops, cameras, gaming consoles and more. It supports Ultra High Resolution video recording, including 4K 60fps and ProRes 4K on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, catering to the demands of professional filmmakers and gamers alike.

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VISITORS

Adam Abdalla, a friend of CH, loves wrestling, and his latest book project documents a “death match” wrestling show at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall in October 2023, the first show created by an American independent wrestling company (Game Changer Wrestling). It featured 20 wrestlers and referees from the US and Mexico. Adam felt there wasn’t enough storytelling in previous efforts, so he recruited his photographer friend Nick Karp to document the event. This limited-edition book of 1,000 copies features 200 pages with images both behind-the-scenes as well as in the ring, and is  being shown during NY Art week (28 April – 5 May 2024). The photographs capture, in graphic detail and with a sense of primal and theatrical expression, this subculture of wrestling. Now available for pre-orders.

All photographs by Nick Karp (they have been cropped for our square format)

This product is sold by Orange Crush Art

Oculus Earrings

Artist Jiro Kamata makes art and jewelry from used camera lenses. The Oculus collection features a pair of earrings in 18k with matching optical lenses. From a ring to his larger art works, each shares a story of what the lenses saw in their past lives and creates a new way for us to appreciate them. Price is in Australian $ (approximately US $560)

Available from Funaki gallery

Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit

Whether you’re live-streaming or on a video call, Belkin’s Auto-Tracking Stand Pro with DockKit makes it easy to keep the camera on you while you are demonstrating, presenting, or doing anything where having a gadget follow your movement is helpful.

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MX Brio Webcam

Logitech’s latest webcam features a larger sensor (which improves low-light performance) and an in-house designed lens,  delivering ultra HD 4K resolution in a sleek, attractive package. Image detail is more than twice the resolution of the previous generation. If you care about your video you can adjust your color, light, ISO, shutter speed and more, and if you care about how you sound the MX Brio features two “beamforming” mics that deliver clear sound even when you are in a noisy environment. You can tilt it to show things on your desktop, which is handy. And when you desire privacy you simply rotate the large shutter wheel to physically close the camera’s view.

This product is sold by Logitech

Twilight

Photographer Arthur Drooker has captured our attention for years. His latest book, Twilight, features a colorful, resonant series of twilight images shot at The Sea Ranch in Northern California over a series of months. This peaceful meditation feels particularly good this year, and is a visually compelling break from the increasing complexity of the world.

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i-Type Retinex Film

Polaroid’s latest special edition film, Round Frame Retinex, is a tribute to founder Edwin Land’s Retinex Theory, which explores how colors are perceived in relation to their surroundings. This film accentuates the phenomenon by framing an image with bold color and pattern to create a unique visual experience. Sold in a double pack edition, there are 10 distinct frame designs that magnify the interplay of colors, with each photograph celebrating the magic of color perception.

Sample images by Francesco Sambati, Courtesy of Polaroid

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Mobile Tripod

Peak Design is known for their meticulous, design-is-in-the-details approach, and their Mobile Tripod reaffirms that. Designed by the company’s tripod engineering team, it meets most needs for your phone—using as a stand for calls or video conferencing, or in tripod mode horizontally or vertically. If you have a later series iPhone with MagSafe it makes it even more convenient.

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Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed

From LA-based creative collective Cactus Store, an updated version of the original Xerophile: Cactus Photographs from Expeditions of the Obsessed includes new archival imagery, that spans 80 years, alongside expanded notes. Cacti surviving the snow-capped mountains of Bolivia, succulents that grow in lava in the Galapagos Islands, a two-leaf plant that has lived for a millennia: these fascinating photos and more complete this stunning collection.

This product is sold by Ten Speed Press

Stanchion Annual Subscription

Black and white photography, poetry, flash fiction, art and more populate Stanchion, a quarterly zine produced, edited and published by Jeff Bogle. An annual subscription includes all four editions of their gorgeous publication—printed on thick, uncoated A5 paper—as well as an exclusive bonus issue, making for an elegant and evocative gift for literary and artful minds.

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We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference

India-born, Canada-raised and UK-based photographer Sunil Gupta has spent most of his career taking pictures of queer subjects, wielding his camera as a weapon for liberation. He shares some of his influential images and explorations of queerness, post-colonialism and activism in We Were Here: Sexuality, Photography, and Cultural Difference. Spanning 192 pages and including 26 images, the volume features Gupta’s keen essays on homosexuality in India, the AIDs crisis and the Black Arts Movement, capturing the practices and enduring power of resistance.

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Nothing Left but Healing

A 71-person group book celebrating Pomegranate Press—a Richmond, Virginia-based independent publishing house for contemporary photography, writing and more—Nothing Left but Healing features a plethora of different pieces across its 150 pages. Within the smyth-sewn book are alluring portraits, microphotography, landscapes and more enchanting works.

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Colour Mania: Photographing the World in Autochrome

Autochrome photography was the first commercially available form of color photography, pioneered by Auguste and Louis Lumière in the early 1900s. Historic and precious, many of these images are rarely seen today as exposure to light will cause them to fade. The book Colour Mania: Photographing the World in Autochrome, by curator Catlin Langford, offers unprecedented access to these images, presenting the digitized photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s expansive collection while exploring the impact of photographic technology.

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June Newton Best Seller

David Owen’s new book, June Newton Best Seller, is the story of a floor manager at a regional department store. While it may seem her life is dull, it’s anything but. Filled with quirky diary confessionals and imaginary conversations with Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Nicholas Cage, the book turns from an off-kilter journal to a rollercoaster of a story. It’s the publisher’s first foray into literary fiction, and has been illustrated and designed by Karla Jarvinen and Dominik Pollin.

This product is sold by IDEA

Acid House As It Happened

When London’s rave scene began in the late ’80s, it ignited a culture around uninhibited style, the Roland TB-303 synthesizer and blissful hedonism. More than wild revelry, the scene—dubbed acid house—became a meeting place for people across genders, sexualities, class and race. That unity is revealed in former The Times editor and photographer Dave Swindells’ book Acid House As It Happened. Swindells, who followed the scene from its infancy to today, chronicles the explosion of the subculture through photographs that show how acid house exposed people to new ideas and ways of being. Price is in Euros.

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The Only Woman

A compelling reflection on history and culture, The Only Woman by Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Immy Humes celebrates women in male-dominated fields while illustrating the absurdity (and perils) of tokenism. From 1860 to present day and across 20 countries, Humes spotlights pioneers and disruptors, re-contextualizing gender equality and paying tribute to famous and overlooked musicians, astronauts, railroad workers, sportspeople, politicians, activists and more.

This product is sold by Phaidon

Koreatown Dreaming

The Covid-19 pandemic and gentrification have threatened small businesses and iconic establishments in LA’s Koreatown, as well as the livelihoods of many in the neighborhood. To document, commemorate and celebrate the area, photographer Emanuel Hahn composed Koreatown Dreaming, a photo book that comprises the stories of 40 small businesses and immigrants with poetry and essays by Katherine Yungmee Kim, Lisa Kwon, Cathy Park and Dumbfoundead. 10% of the book’s profits will be donated to Koreatown non-profits.

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Havana Blues

Pastel facades, vintage cars, Art Deco buildings and architectural travels, as well as a unique blend of African, French, Spanish and North American influences converse in Havana, Cuba—and, thus, in Pamela Ruiz’s photobook that honors the vibrant city. With over 200 exquisite images, Ruiz captures Cuba’s rich culture, self-determination and progress.

This product is sold by Assouline

Nadine Ijewere: Our Own Selves

London-born photographer Nadine Ijewere, the first Black woman photographer to shoot a cover for Vogue, explores beauty (while subverting traditional notions surrounding it) in her enchanting monograph Our Own Selves. Dreamy backgrounds, compelling compositions and vibrant hues suffuse this collection of her work, attesting to the vivid ways Ijewere celebrates people of color and breaks barriers.

This product is sold by Prestel Press