ACT
ONE
A Century in the Making
A 700-page publication and exhibition offering a visual and intellectual portrait of the first quarter of the 21st century through photography and original essays.
Featuring work by more than 100 award-winning photographers alongside original essays by scholars and public thinkers addressing:
Climate change
Public Health
Human Rights
Deindustrialization
American Democracy
Race in America
War & Conflict
Globalization & Geopolitics
Technology
Offering readers an immersive and thought-provoking journey through the world’s most profound transformations since the turn of the millennium, creating a unique chronicle of our time.
Inside Act One
Featuring work by Guggenheim Fellows, W. Eugene Smith Award Recipients, Fulbright Scholars, and McArthur Grant Recipients.
A Global Chorus of Artists & Thinkers
Act One gathers the work of distinguished photographers, historians, journalists, scholars, and cultural voices whose work brings into focus the dynamics and shared experiences that give rise to the present.
Over 100 international renowned photographers & 8 leading distinguished scholars providing the intellectual scaffolding for this monumental visual work.
Featured Imagery
Christopher Morris
Lalo de Almeida
Lalo de Almeida
Evgeny Feldman
Nick Brandt
Daniel Beltrà
Daniel Beltrà
Martin Schoeller
Platon
Rob Howard
Peter van Agtmael
Jehad Alshafi
Natalie Keyssar
Leah Hennel
Peter van Agtmael
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Darcy Padilla
Bryan Schumaat
Bryan Schumaat
Martin Schoeller
Martin Schoeller