Julia Vitale
Libraries of Dreams
A new volume compiles photographs of the world’s oldest and most groundbreaking book collections
Gridiron Giants
Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, a look back through the archives of America’s favorite sport
Steve Schapiro Brought the Laughs
A fixture on the Hollywood circuit, Schapiro photographed everyone from Mel Brooks to Dolly Parton with humor and class
Architecture’s Avant-Garde
A look at the transgressive styles that disrupted and remade 20th-century architecture
Witches and Wizards and Wonders, Oh My!
Illustrations old and new bring the world of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to life
Masters of Disguise
Stéphan Gladieu’s enchanting photos explore a spiritual West African masquerade of epic proportions
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2021
Hustlers, hippies, artists, transcendentalists: holiday reading for every type
We’ll Always Have Paris
Photographs highlight the city’s boutiques, studios, and ateliers that have withstood the test of time
The Real Slim Aarons
Kevin McClory, Mick Jagger, C. Z. Guest, and others feature in a collection of the photographer’s glamorous shots
North Korea as You’ve Never Seen It
Stéphan Gladieu’s otherworldly photos take viewers where they’ve never been allowed to go—inside Pyongyang
Paging Picasso!
A new book traces the painter’s life—Paris, women, wars, and all
Lost in Translation
The moment Japan opened its doors to the West, in the late 1800s, was the moment many of its traditions disappeared. A new volume brings them back
Land Before Time
Gianfranco Gorgoni’s otherworldly shots put the 20th-century Land Art movement of Richard Serra, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and others on the map
Animal Attraction
Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park
The Money Shot
Scottish photographer Albert Watson reveals the stories behind his best work
Here Is New York
Douglas Corrance’s colorful photographs recall summers in 1970s and 1980s New York
Building Castles in the Air
Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects
O’Keeffe O’Clock
New York City street scenes meet oversize flowers and the American West in a sweeping survey of Georgia O’Keeffe’s epic work
Apples to Oranges
Charming watercolors catalogue a century of American fruits and nuts
Modern Look
A major show at the Met displays the work of the “New Women” who embraced photography in the first half of the 20th century
In Good Company
Jean Pigozzi’s candid snapshots pay tribute to the men who have influenced him most, from Steve Jobs to Gianni Agnelli, Mick Jagger, and his own father