billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Holiday Sale: The BluePhoto.co Collective is the place to buy incredible pictures while supporting photographers (who keep 85 percent of each sale.) For the holidays, most prints are between 10 and 25 percent off. Take a look! 020
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Bill Owens worked for a small-town Bay Area newspaper in the ‘60s & ’70s when he noticed the rise of a particular culture taking shape in the California suburbs, as the two-car-garage types met with waves of the counterculture. Thrilled that Bill's work is now available for sale on Bluephoto.co. 060
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 23/11/2025In which the Wall Street Journal selects BluePhoto.co for its exclusive holiday gift guide, calling it "A new source of curated, affordable images." The @wsj.com highlighted this photo by Clif Wright (which is available on BluePhoto starting at $100). 030
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Fresh from Paris Photo: Extraordinary images by Marie-Laure de Decker, who died two years ago. Beauty and power and soul. 061
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Tomorrow at 12:30 pm EST: The Leitz Photographica Auction Register Here: www.leitz-auction.com/en/Photograp... photos by: Joel Meyerowitz, Otto Steinert, Brassai 150
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 28/10/2025We launched BluePhoto.co last month to help people find amazing images for their walls and help photographers keep more money in their pockets. It’s working. (We sold another photo this morning!) Today, we’re announcing BluePhoto gift cards, and as we head into the holidays, look for more offers. 081
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Recently, I launched the BluePhoto Collective, a highly curated platform for buying incredible pictures for your walls…while helping photographers keep more money in their pockets. Here’s what’s new on BluePhoto.co: avani rai, Dave Green, anne Skoogfors. 030
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 15/10/2025some News: “Todd Webb: Paris, A Love Story 1948-1952, a photobook I edited and wrote the text for, hits the shelves in two weeks. If you aren’t familiar with Webb’s quietly brilliant work, this is a great introduction. Paris never looked so good. Available from Damiani Books or @bookshop.org 040
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 10/10/2025One of my all-time favorite photos (by the great @louisstettnerestate) goes up for auction on October 30 at the @leitz_photographica_auction along with other gems. Register here: www.leitz-auction.com/en/Photograp... 0172
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Today on my IG feed, the heart-tugging work of Ghanaian photographer Carlos Idun-Tawiah. Carlos recreates images from his old family photo albums but also creates images from moments that he WISHED had happened but didn’t. It’s beautiful work. On display atParis Photo at the Galeria Alta booth. 060
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 26/09/2025My favorite photo auction—the Leitz Photographica Auction—just dropped its online catalog and there are too many extraordinary images not to share. Photos: Elliott Erwitt, Ernst Haas, & Will McBride The auction: October 30 at 12:30pm EST. Link to the catalog: www.leitz-auction.com/en/Photograp... 080
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I interviewed the great photographer Ragnar Axelsson, whose work I have been following for the last 20 years. The story appears on a just-launched, supremely ambitious, really cool site called The Photographic Index, and you can read it here: thephotographicindex.com/blog/the-man... 3325
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Today on my IG feed, a few outstanding photographers whose work you might not have seen. Here, a small sample: Alex Harris, Anne Rearick, John Simmons. See the rest on @billshapiro 0123
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2025I got a sneak peek at the photos you’ll be seeing at the upcoming Leitz Photographica Auction on October 30. A few more highlights here: www.leitz-auction.com/en/Photograp... Photos by: Inge Morath Karin Szekessy Berenice Abbott @leitz_photographica_auction @leica_camera 031
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Today on BluePhoto.co, Jimmy Page and his buddy Jack Daniels in 1975. Picture by Neal Preston. 150
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 10/09/2025SOME NEWS. I’ve got a new project. It’s called BluePhoto.co. We all know how unstable the photo world has become—galleries closing, Instagram chaos, the A.I. shitstorm, etc.—so we created the BluePhoto Collective, a site that values true photographic talent and honest-to-God curation.bluephoto.cohome. | BluePhotohome. https://www.bluephoto.co Fine Photography. Highly Curated. Fairly Priced. At BluePhoto, you’ll find super high-quality, limited-edition prints and collectible photo books from both big-name phot... 171
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I was recently interviewed by @eyeshot_magazine about my years at LIFE, how I look at pictures, some of the common missteps I see, and a ton more. (They asked fantastic questions!) Take a look: m.youtube.com/watch?v=rmhY...m.youtube.comBill Shapiro on Life Magazine, Photo Editing & The Future of Photography | Eyeshot 50mm Ep. 16YouTube video by Eyeshot Photos 071
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Today on my IG feed (@billshapiro), Russian photographer Nikolay Bakharev’s new book, “Cheryomushki,” from @stanleybarker.bsky.social 070
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The great Sly Stone has died. He was 82. (Photo by Jim Marshall) 1100
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Photographer Alex Harris and I traveled through New Mexico to learn about the future of the state’s oldest and newest crops: chile peppers and cannabis. Our story for @newmexicomag is here: www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/ne... 0113
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 29/05/2025When my old friend Jonathan Gluck was diagnosed with cancer, he was given 18 months to live. That was 20 years ago. His book, "An Exercise in Uncertainty," is wise, moving, thoughtful, & funny. It's about living with the unpredictable—something we all do. Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/an-e... 070
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 25/05/202560 years ago today—on May 25, 1965—Neil Leifer made what is widely considered to be among the greatest sports photos of all time. One notable person doesn't agree: Neil Leifer. I spoke with Neil for the @nytimes.com ; below, more of Leifer's photos from that classic nightnytimes.comThe Greatest Sports Photo Ever Made Turns 60 24517
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The celebrated Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has died at 81. A huge loss & incredibly sad news. I was recently in CDMX and stumbled into a massive exhibition of his work at the Museum of Anthropology. Hundreds of people were looking, pausing, breathing in Salgado’s remarkable pictures. 1323
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Happy to announce that “Paris: A Love Story 1948-1952,” a photo book about the overlooked photographer Todd Webb, is available for pre-order. I edited the book, and poring over Webb’s stunning images was an honest joy. Here’s the link if you want to check it out: www.damianibooks.com/en/products/... 1180
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Podcast Alert: What makes a great landscape photo? What doesn’t? @unofphoto.bsky.social & I discuss, with insights from @kityoung135.bsky.social (the gorgeous black-and-white), Alex Harris (red car), and Geraint Smith (Rio Grande Gorge). Listen here: unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/05/07/p... 1112
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Saigon fell 50 years ago. These photos by the legendary Larry Burrows, who was killed in Laos while on assignment for LIFE. 0557
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Can rolling papers survive a world trending toward edibles? How many joints does Seth Rogen roll in a week? What does the inside of the Zig-Zag factory look like? I reveal all, right here:esquire.comWhat’s Inside Your Rolling Paper?Weed, obviously. But also a ton of innovation, some surprising ingredients, a dose of hucksterism—and a tradition on the verge of being extinguished. 050
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 11/04/2025A few sweeping, magical, big-sky photos from the hyper-creative Jim Krantz. More images (and backstory) on my IG feed: @billshapiro 0173
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The great photographer Larry Fink has a new book out. “Hands On” is big & beautiful (424 pages) and filled with never-before-published photos. Published by @phbookstores.bsky.social. Use the code LarryFink, you’ll save 10 percent. More on my IG feed. powerhouse-books.square.site/product/larr... 1182
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Podcast Alert for Photo Folks: The powers and perils of saying “no.” In which @unofphoto.bsky.social & and I discuss the ethical and practical concerns. Listen here: unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/04/02/p... 1113
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Lora Webb Nichols made photos in a tiny, turn of the century Wyoming town. A new book called “Heap O’ Livin’” can be preordered now here: www.lorawebbnichols.org/lwn-shop/pre... 0192
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 25/03/2025What’s inside your rolling paper? To find out, I spoke to Seth Rogen, visited the original Zig-Zag factory in France, and met the man who knows more about rolling paper than anyone the planet. Story in Esquire: www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a6...esquire.comWhat’s Inside Your Rolling Paper?Weed, obviously. But also a ton of innovation, some surprising ingredients, a dose of hucksterism—and a tradition on the verge of being extinguished. 030
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The incredible photographs of Pavlos Kozalidis. More on my IG feed. 0201
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Hauntingly beautiful photos by Anya Goodman. More on my IG feed: @billshapiro 1323
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Herbie Greene, who died last week at the age of 82, made so many terrific pictures of the San Francisco music scene in the ‘60s. This is one of my favorites. 0190
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Love this photo by Laura Kleinhenz (aka @docuvitae on IG) 0130
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Podcast Alert: Photographers & Social Media… in which @unofphoto and I talk about the good, the bad, and the awful. (With insights from @fotoapp.co) Listen here: unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/03/05/p... Photo by Andreas Feininger 2393
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Cool vintage cameras photographed by Victor Landweber now at the Joseph Bellows Gallery www.josephbellows.com/exhibitions/... 1132
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Carol Guzy’s photos from Ukraine’s war of self-defense are incredible and incredibly intense. Find the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner on IG—and do not turn away. 1172
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 17/02/2025That time Marilyn Monroe purred “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to JFK, 1962. Photo by the great Bill Ray. 0183
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 14/02/2025There’s a new book out about Sergio Larrain, the Chilean-born photographer whose early work was acquired by MoMA and who joined Magnum at the personal invitation of Henri Cartier-Bresson. The book, “Valparaiso,” is avail from @thamesandhudson.bsky.social and in French from Atelier exb 0354
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Would @shopify.bsky.social allow a Klansman to sell a T-shirt with a noose? 131
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Photographer Anne Rearick visited small, rural villages in the Basque Country for 34 years. Her new book, “Gure Bazterrak,” is a quietly stunning ode to country life, where nothing and everything happens. It’s just gorgeous. Available from @deadbeat-club.bsky.social 06210
billshapiro.bsky.social @billshapiro.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Thanks to the NYT and writer @hopereese.bsky.social for covering my book, “What We Keep,” today. (See below for link) 020