Established in 1985, the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards celebrate excellence in photography and bold publishing. The longlist for this year's edition of the competition was announced in May, with the selected titles shown at this year's Photo London event. "This year's longlist digs deep beyond the glossy perfection and saccharine content exploring themes of memory, sexuality, race, protest and identity. Photographers and artists have deliberately chosen the book as their platform to question who and what gets seen, remembered and archived," noted Amateur Photography recently.

  If you’re ready for an early summer escape, the sixth annual Upstate Art Weekend is just two weeks away. Founded by curator Helen Toomer as a celebration of local and regional creativity hubs, this massive, self-guided art experience breaks down gallery walls entirely. It transforms the pastoral landscape of the Hudson Valley and Catskills into an open-air art crawl on steroids. For five consecutive days this year, over 160 artists, open studios, non-profits, and maj...