The potentials of photography and other visual media, including AI, after fifty years of writing, thinking, editing and experimenting in the field.

My name is Sheridan Smith and, among other things, I am a photo assistant. In the wake of recent experiences, I endeavor to show my readership the world of editorial photography as I see it.

Dispatches is where you will find the best writing on the role of images in our world, along with new and diverse visual stories from around the world.

White sight is part of the operating system that makes and sustains whiteness: what's it been up to this week? A once-a-week newsletter that extends and develops ideas in my book "White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness" (MIT Press) in 202

A newsletter that explores the crucial relationship between journalism and American democracy.

Covering extremism, activism and sometimes even movies. Book discussion podcasts, and monthly news coverage wrapups.

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

A digital platform of African photography.

A curated newsletter for photography people