"Like his photographic influences--James Van Der Zee, Gordon Parks, and Leonard Freed, among others--Shabazz shares the ability to extend his perception of historical time across registers: from the moment he captures his images to their sequencing in monographs through the process of sorting and presenting work out of his archive to make an argument that pushes the status quo. His practice of naming his influences and riffing on their iconic images is a sincere form of intellectual and artistic respect. Shabazz carries the mantle of his received tradition even as he adapts to shift with...

This special volume 1 edition features 101 of the most exciting artists from around the World. Curator Terrence Sanders has complied a survey of emerging and mid-career artists of the 21st century. The selection includes a wide variety of works by pioneering artists like Dan Tague, Jamel Shabazz, GEN Atem, Marcus Jansen, Franko B, John Boone, Walter Bortolossi, Miriam Bossard, Clayton Campbell, Laura Chasman, Eteri Chkadua, Citizen X, Sid Daniels, Mark Harris, Jed Jackson, Marilyn Murphy, alongside a new generation including Jessica Barroso Gomez, Shannondoah Buckley, Cecilia Charlton,...