Lethal Lakes

Modular phones, petrified bird photography, the Empire State Building's green roof and more in our weekly look at the web

British photographer Nick Brandt is renowned for documenting the vanishing of magnificent wild animals in East Africa on black and white film. In most cases the animals have been alive, but Brandt’s newest subjects are petrified creatures found in Lake Natron in northern Tanzania. Because the lake neighbors a volcano, its water has an extremely high soda and salt content that perfectly preserves any misfortunate …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Grace Jones' memoir, 3D meat, Memphis in London and more in our look at the web this week

1. Lightning Strikes in the Grand Canyon The majesty of the Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders in the US—and the world. Even the most pedestrian photographers can capture beautiful images of the two-billion-year-old geological work in progress. But when professional Rolf Maeder recently went to shoot sunset photos, a lightning storm rolled in, providing him with even more spectacular scenery. Maeder …

Open Book: Christian Patterson + Paul Schiek

The pair talks about publishing and why print isn't dead, ahead of the New York Art Book Fair

In our third and final installment of interviews surrounding art book publishing, which leads into the New York Art Book Fair this weekend, we talked to Christian Patterson—the artist behind one of the most successful photographic books in years “Redheaded Peckerwood”—and photographer Paul Schiek—founder of the Oakland, CA-based independent publishing company TBW Books. TBW is known for its quarterly limited-edition project “Subscription Series,” which invites …