Shooting for the truth

It’s a brave ambition, in times like ours, to turn away from the seductive certainties of
capital-T Truth. The inaugural issue of the multimedia platform Truth In Photography,
which launched online last February, lacks for neither ambition, nor bravery.

Truth in Photography challenges the notion that photography works in service of absolute objectivity. Instead it holds up a diversity of perspectives, many different ways of seeing, as evidence that truths compound, multiply, contradict, and coexist. Through its curated exhibitions, the site’s winter issue presents a social and cultural mosaic, offering a depth and integrity to its pluralistic reflections on many of photography’s contemporary and longstanding ethical issues.

Protesters in NYC organized to protest for Black Lives Matter and against police brutality after the murder of George Floyd. This protest began in Foley Square but moved into Brooklyn as protesters walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Barclays Center. May 29,...