Publisher: Aperture

In 'Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists', Rebecca Bengal turns her attention to photographers who have defined our relationship to the medium. Through generous essays and interviews, she examines the narrative power of photography, from the radical intimacy of Nan Goldin's New York demimonde to Justine Kurland's photographs of rebellious girls on the road. Bengal draws us closer to pioneering artists and to the personal and political stories surrounding their images.

She travels with Alec Soth to Minneapolis in search of the houses where Prince lived, and revisits Chauncey Hare's protest against the Museum of Modern Art in 1979. She speaks with Dawoud Bey about his evocative portraits and explores Diana Markosian's cinematic vision of her family's immigration to the United States. Throughout 'Strange Hours', Bengal's prose is attuned to the alchemy of experience, chance and vision that has always pushed photography's potential to tell unforgettable stories.