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The Long Dark
The Long Read

The Long Dark

On the hours after midnight, and the art that only the night seems to allow.

By Marguerite Vale · 24 min read

Criticism

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The Restorers Return
Reviews

The Restorers Return

A landmark retrospective makes the case for slowness as a discipline.

Sasha Lindqvist · 12 min

Second Look

The Second Look

Idris Calloway · 10 min

The Critics

Small Rooms, Large Feelings

Noor Haddad · 11 min

Reappraisal

A Reappraisal

Theo Marsh · 16 min

Current Issue · No. 14

The Night Issue

Forty pages on darkness — the painters, photographers and filmmakers who work when the lights go down.

Inside the issue
The Night Issue — plate 1

Plate 01

The Night Issue — plate 2

Plate 02

The Night Issue — plate 3

Plate 03

The Night Issue — plate 4

Plate 04

The Night Issue — plate 5

Plate 05

Photography

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Nightshift
Photo Essay

Nightshift

A photographer follows the city's after-dark workers for a single year.

Lena Ortiz · 7 min

The Valley
Portfolio

The Valley

Ten years, one stretch of coast, and the slow grammar of weather.

Mateus Faria · 6 min

Salt
In the Field

Salt

A portfolio from the bright, blinding edges of an inland sea.

Greta Sandoval · 5 min

The Lost Rolls
Archive

The Lost Rolls

Undeveloped film, found in an attic, opens a window onto a vanished street.

Hana Pereira · 8 min

Interviews

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The Studio Visit

In the Studio with Marguerite Vale

Sasha Lindqvist · 22 min

In Conversation

Lena Ortiz on the Night

Deborah Hsu · 15 min

Q&A

A Few Questions for the Filmmaker

Naomi Frye · 12 min

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