Covering Tehran

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Newsha Tavakolian, a 28-year old photojournalist for Polaris Images, took the spectacular photo above of Mir Hussein Moussavi and his supporters last Tuesday. Tavakolian, a Tehran native, has been covering the brewing maelstrom in her city while riding a motorbike. She talks via email to Lens, the New York Times photography blog, about her work and the challenges of documenting the demonstrations.

A Polaroid Gallery

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Lens, the New York Times photography blog, makes a case for the continued availability of Polaroid film, evidenced by 406 remarkable pictures from its readers.

Avedon at the ICP

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The biggest retrospective of Richard Avedon's fashion photography since 1978 opens tomorrow, May 15, at the International Center of Photography in New York. The show, which runs until September 6, surveys Avedon's fashion work from 1944 to 2000, which is also the subject of a forthcoming book. Watch audio slide show here.

The lost negatives of Robert Capa and Chim Seymour

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More than a year ago, the International Center of Photography (ICP) received three cardboard boxes, collectively called the Mexican suitcase, containing 4,300 negatives of pictures taken during the Spanish Civil War by Magnum photographers Robert Capa, David (Chim) Seymour, and Gerda Taro. The tedious process of scanning and organizing the negatives has begun, and the ICP has announced its plans to hold an exhibition of the Mexican suitcase pictures in 2010 along with a retrospective of Chim Seymour. New York Times article is here. Slide show is here.