David O'Neill

  • Culture February 12, 2025

    ALEC SOTH, ONE OF THE MOST REVERED PHOTOGRAPHERS of the past twenty years, is also one of the most approachable. His homey, rambling, and relaxing YouTube videos are recorded in his personal library in Minnesota. The artist shows old pictures, flips through photo books, does AMAs (“ask me anything”), and tells stories about how his […]
  • Culture August 1, 2024

    IN 1942, ELLA WATSON WAS A GOVERNMENT CLEANING WOMAN. Gordon Parks was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). That summer, they met and collaborated on a photo essay that produced one of the twentieth century’s most striking images, Washington D.C. Government Charwoman (later renamed American Gothic). It was a breakthrough for Parks, who […]