As a child, Joshua Lutz watched his mother search for patterns in license-plate numbers. At night, she would unscrew the phone looking for hidden recording bugs. Lutz’s book “Hesitating Beauty” is a meditation on his relationship to his mother’s mental illness, told through the reworking of archived family images, imagined correspondences, and his own photographs. 

Here, Lutz writes about his experience, plus a slideshow of photos from his book: http://nyr.kr/XWWxhg 

(Source: newyorker.com)

If you’re anything like me, January 11th isn’t just the day the renowned beer-brewers John Molson and Carl Jacobsen died—it’s also the time when your willpower begins to crumble, like the perfectly baked shortbread you’ve been dreaming of, and your New Year’s resolution to be in the best shape of your life falls by the wayside. It’s probably not surprising that, as a photo researcher, I respond best to visual motivational aids. Assuming that many of you who visit Photo Booth are similarly inspired, I’ve put together a slide show of historical photographs of physical activity to help get us all over the hump and keep our resolutions strong for at least a little longer.

- Jame Pomerantz. Click-through for more: http://nyr.kr/TP2eQs

(Source: newyorker.com)