Ship Cemetery

A photo essay on the world's largest collection of abandoned boats

Mauritania’s Nouadhibou Bay, the largest ship graveyard in the world, is where fishermen and captains go to abandon their dying vessels. Photographer Jan Smith spent considerable time and effort attempting to gain access, although the Mauritanian Army barred his way before he was able to convince them of his purely artistic pursuits. The resulting sad, quietly violent gallery documents sunken hulls and rusting boats. Mostly …

The Selby is in Your Place

An interview with the Internet's Peeping Todd

If a picture tells a thousand words, then consider Todd Selby a visual raconteur. Since the summer of 2008, the Orange County, CA-born, NYC-based photographer has shown an expanding and eclectic cast of creative characters—artists, musicians, writers, designers and the like—in their private homes on his website The Selby, an online Architectural Digest for the hipster set. With a penchant for exploring real-life spaces and …

Portraits de Villes

Four artists' photographic visions of Moscow, NYC, Beijing and Sarajevo

The upcoming exhibition “Portraits de Villes,” at Paris’ Galerie Philippe Chaume, features the photographic city narratives from the pages of Be-Pôles’ petite travel notebooks. The show celebrates the launch of the third series of City Portraits by Parisian studio Be-Pôles, this year adding Moscow, NYC, Beijing and Sarajevo to the collection. Shot by contemporary fashion photographers Harry Gruyaert and Steve Hiett, Paris-based artist Artus de …