Paraskiewa - a whisperer, 2011, from Women of Power series, courtesy of the artist and Porter Contemporary Gallery

Photographer Katarzyna Majak has photographed “women of power,” who live a spiritual and religious life outside the monoreligious Catholic culture of Poland. Her portraits are on view May 31 through July 14 at Porter Contemporary gallery in New York City. More information here. 

Foreclosure Alley, Antilope Valley, California, 2009. By Guillaume Zuili—Vu

Foreclosed: Documents from the American Housing Crisis, curated by our own Paul Moakley, is on view at The Alice Austen House Museum in New York City through June 9, with an opening reception tomorrow from 2-6 pm. More information here.

The Alice Austen House is also up for a grant through Partners in Preservation, and you can vote for the recipient! More info on that here.

Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, Ky., 1966

For the past five decades the photographer Danny Lyon has produced a mix of documentary photographs and film—both politically conscious and personal. As the artist turns 70 this year, a coinciding exhibition will open at the Menil Collection in Houston. See more here.

 ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc/ Danziger Gallery.

 Yes, that is who you think it is: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 Andy Warhol is best known as a painter, but he was also a photographer. An exhibit of his work opened at Danziger Gallery in New York City today. Find out more here.

Frank Oscar Larson: 1950s New York Street Stories

Frank Oscar Larson’s recently discovered street photography is on display at the Queens Museum of Art through May 20. More information here.

Fête du Trône, 1925.

Drawing from its expansive collection of Eugène Atget’s work, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is exhibiting more than 100 of the photographer’s images, with a show title inspired by the artist himself. See more here.

A contact sheet of Salvador Dali, 1948. © Phillipe Halsman/Magnum Photos.

The images featured—both celebrated, iconic photographs and lesser-known surprises—encompass more than 70 years of history: from the Normandy landings by Robert Capa, the 1968 Paris riots by Bruno Barbey, and the war in Chechnya by Thomas Dworzak, to René Burri’s filmic sequence of close-ups of Che Guevara, classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden, and Eve Arnold’s famous portrait of the charismatic and image-savvy Malcolm X. See more here. 

For more on contact sheets published on LightBox, click here. 

Contact sheet of Joan Crawford, 1959. © Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos.

Often compared to an artist’s sketchbook, a contact sheet is the photographer’s first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into the working process. From January 20 through May 6, 2012, Magnum Contact Sheets will be on view at the International Center of Photography. See more here.

For more on contact sheets published on LightBox, click here.

John Topham

When Canadian brothers Jeff and Andrew Topham returned to the war torn West African country of their childhood to re-shoot their father’s photos for a documentary, they found a nation whose photographic memory had been destroyed by war. See more here. 

© Phel Steinmetz

A new exhibition explores the fascinating evolution from the sublime, high-contrast style of Ansel Adams’ photography to the cool, detached documentary look favored in the 1970s and 1980s. See more here.