or Iñaki Bonillas, photography is a form of archaeology. An artist who rarely makes images out in the world, Bonillas instead finds pictures that’s first decade of publishing—the 1950s, an era before photography had cemented its status as an art—Bonillas was struck by how the magazine, through its rigorous writing and exquisitely reproduced portfolios, endeavored to make the case for the richness, complexity, and expressive possibilities of the medium. From an essay by Nancy Newhall on image captions, citing Dorothea Lange’s skillful use of language, to technically oriented writings on Ansel Adams’s Zone System, the magazine brought readers defining articles that vibrated with the conviction of a manifesto.
