Interview

June 20, 2019

Interview: Kids Around the World Photographed Surrounded by Their Weekly Diet

With childhood obesity on the rise and globalization homogenizing nutrition, photographer Gregg Segal set out to discover what a week's worth of food looked like around the world. By focusing on the diets of children, whose lifelong eating habits are created in these formative years, Segal's stunning photographs speak to themes of nutrition, class, and culture. His new book, Daily Bread, spreads across 120 pages and details the stories behind the portraits.

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June 13, 2019

Interview: Bruce Munro Illuminates California’s Wine Country with ‘Field of Light’ Installation

For 15 years, British artist Bruce Munro has illuminated landscapes around the world with his fanciful Field of Light installations. Comprising myriad glowing orbs, each site-specific work of art accentuates its surroundings while also shedding light on the “shared human experience”—a concept at the core of Munro's latest luminous project, Field of Light at Sensorio. Field of Light at Sensorio is set along a hillside in picturesque Paso Robles, a city nestled in California's Wine Country.

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May 25, 2019

Interview: Delicately Painted Photos Look Like Portraits of Fading Memories

Artist Casper Faassen creates work that oscillates two worlds. Through his Asia Series, the Netherlands-based creative fuses photography and painting to create works that, while featuring real humans and ceramic objects, give off the impression that they are fleeting figments of our imagination. Faassen has a deep interest in the traditional culture of Japan. The concept of Mono no Aware has been particularly influential in the development of Asia Series.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.