Despite her short career, which ended with her suicide at the age of 22, Woodman produced over 800 untitled prints. Comprised of black-and-white self-portraits influenced by Surrealism and Conceptual Art, her body of work often featured recurring symbolic motifs such as birds, mirrors, and skulls. The artist’s exploration of sexuality and the body is often compared to both. Woodman’s work is also characterized by her use of long shutter speed and double exposure, the blurred image creating a sense of movement and urgency. Is she in the picture? Is she getting in or out of it? She could be a ghost, an animal, or a dead body; she could be anything. Born on April 3, 1958 in Boulder, CO into the family of artists, she went on to attend the Rhode Island School of Design and traveled to Rome as part of its honors program in 1977. While in Rome, she made some of her most poetic and provocative works. Moving to New York in 1979 to pursue a career in photography, the next two years proved to be troubled for the artist. A lackluster response to her work and a failed relationship pushed her into a deep depression. The artist jumped to her death from a loft window on January 19, 1981 in New York. Though she had few opportunities to show work during her life, Woodman has been the subject of numerous posthumous solo exhibitions.

Stefan Sagmeister is an Austrian graphic designer and typographer based in New York. His eye-catching and provocative designs are imprinted in popular culture in the form of album art for many music artists, including Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, Jay Z, Pat Metheny, and Talking Heads.

Joe Perez is a creative director and graphic artist behind some of the most acclaimed records of our time. After working with Kanye West for eight years, including his notable contribution as a creative director at DONDA, he launched his own design and animation studio. The cover he designed for The Pinkprint album by Nicky Minaj ended up on Billboard’s list of The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time, amid other iconic designs.

What is the nature of control? The desire for it and to be free of it are essential parts of both life and art. New issue explores the many ways we attempt to exert or wrest away control – creatively, politically, socially – through the lens of a diverse array of artists who have broken down the boundaries of authority in their work: Laia Abril, Barbara Alter, Richard Avedon, Roe Ethridge, Sam Geballe, Nan Goldin, Jos Jansen, Steven Klein, Barbara Kruger, Mona Kuhn, Natalie Lennard, Tyler Mitchell, Richard-Jonathan Nelson, Lisa Oppenheim, Frida Orupabo, Rodrigo Valenzuela, James Welling, Jordan Wolfson, and more.

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