We took a road trip from hell across the continent—a journey that should have been fun— in a tiny car stuffed full of our belongings. What was supposed to take approximately nine hours turned into sixteen. Within the first three hours, our dog had been sick more times than we could count. Then, just to add to the adventure, we broke down at the border…

For years, platforms like Instagram have slowly chipped away at the experience of photography, one endless scroll at a time. What began as a place to discover inspiring work has become a stream of algorithmically selected content designed to keep us scrolling rather than truly looking.

Photography deserves better than a fleeting swipe.

There’s a certain kind of photographer who doesn’t chase moments—they reshape how we see them. William Eggleston is one of those rare figures.

Born in 1939 in Memphis, Eggleston is widely credited with elevating colour photography from something casual or commercial into a legitimate fine art form. At a time when black-and-white dominated galleries, he turned his lens toward the everyday—parking lots, ceilings, roadside objects—and made them feel deliberate, painterly, and quietly surreal.

Paul and Celie had established themselves as the go-to surf photographers on the Portuguese island of Madeira, out in the middle of the Atlantic. It took only two years to build that reputation, and during winter, when professional surfers arrived from around the world, they were always on call. Summer brought smaller surf but relentless crowds; as usual, they were content shooting traveling surfers and tourists, finding moments in the ocean.

Daido Moriyama (born October 10, 1938, in Ikeda, Osaka) is one of Japan’s most famous and influential street photographers — a maker of gritty, grainy images that feel like the city itself: noisy, messy, and electric. He came up in Tokyo during the 1960s, a time of huge social change, and he turned away from polished, staged photography in favor of a rough, in-the-moment style that captures life as it happens.