Contemporary photography

In her photo narrative ‘Isolated Lovers,’ Montana-based photographer Michelle Luke captures the exquisite anguish and emptiness of modern love.

Arranged with cutting precision, Patty Carroll’s staged photographs critique and satirize the social expectations thrust upon women in the domestic sp...

Kelly Han captures the rituals, ceremonies, and traditions of unfamiliar cultures, immersing herself in the stories and people of distant lands.

When you love someone and they leave, where does that love go? It’s a question photographer Laura Beth Reese set out to tackle in her understated seri...

To celebrate Women’s History Month, NOT REAL ART is highlighting 10 amazing contemporary photographers we’ve showcased over the last year.

Based on a remote island, April Winter snaps glossy self-portraits that explore the effects of isolation on the human mind through a science-fiction l...

Primarily self-taught, Tiffany Sutton works exclusively with Black women to reconnect with herself and explore social issues that directly impact Blac...

Brenda Maria Fernandez’s nightmarish work steps into the strange recesses of a drug-addled psyche with powerful, if frightening, results.