Rock, Paper, Scissors by Julien Vallée

A young graphic designer’s first monograph is full of color and motion

A lot of artists might think twice about issuing a retrospective before they reach 30. But the young Canadian graphic designer Julien Vallée— whom we covered earlier this year—already had a considerable body of work from which to choose. Vallée’s art is distinctive for its daring combination of traditional handcrafts and digital manipulation, and his painstaking combinations of cut paper and stop-motion animation are by …

Miguel Ángel Sánchez

Modern-day Cairo society photographed in the style of the 17th-century masters

Spanish photographer Miguel Ángel Sánchez moved from Madrid to Cairo in 2009, a year before the Arab Spring thrust the country into the world’s spotlight. Despite being in the eye of one of the greatest political and social storms of a generation, he’s used his talent to capture the nuances of 21st-century Egyptian society in the style of a 17th-century Spanish painter. “We have a …

Instrument

Photographer Pat Graham takes us on tour with the band in his new book

When you can’t get that riff out of your head, or feel compelled to turn the music up a notch, it’s the instruments at play. Lyrics play second fiddle in any song with a sick drum beat, electrifying guitar solo or melodious piano part. But as the physical extension of a musician, instruments take a beating. Documenting what they endure on the road and off …