Art
Three Stops for a First Visit to Paris Photo
Start with the Centre Pompidou’s invited collection, follow Aldeide Delgado’s Elles route, then leave time to read the books.
What old postcards wanted you to see
Street life, railway stations and an imagined New York reveal how postcards could picture a place, sell an idea and change from one printing to the next.
Hiroshige made the rain part of the picture
A bridge in a downpour and a plum garden show how Hiroshige used weather, framing and empty space to give a place its character.
Anna Atkins Made a Book Out of Blue Shadows
Anna Atkins’s algae cyanotypes turn specimens, sunlight and handwritten names into pages that reward a closer look.