Erica Ackerberg

“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik Muniz.

A posthumous release from the famed photographer Ruth Orkin casts a female gaze on subjects both ordinary and iconic.

Nearly six decades ago, a German-born photographer, Evelyn Hofer, created beautifully crafted shots of the city and its people.

Archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.

“Coming and Going” is the photographer Jim Goldberg’s visual memoir of three generations in his family, from 1980 to today.

Bookshelves, typewriters, pills and booze: Writing spaces can evoke romance, glamour and despair at once.

Book lovers and entrepreneurs have built a community centered on literature in upstate New York.

Quiz yourself on seven classic screen adaptations — and what some novelists had to say about them.

In this lesson, you will learn about sports photography in The New York Times, hear from sports photographers and consider what qualities make for a strong sports photograph.

Between the 1970s and 1990s, the photographer captured a nation at leisure.