These photos explore what it means to be present in 2026

In a new exhibition, ‘What Holds Us’, Apple enlists three artists to capture the people, places and rituals that connect and ground us

These photos explore what it means to be present in 2026
Jack Davison's “Untitled 002”

In a time of distraction and chaos, what holds us? That was the question posed to the three artists featured in a new photography exhibition curated by Kathy Ryan, who, for the third consecutive year, has put together an exhibition spotlighting iPhone photography, which is on display in New York from September 18 to 20. “We’re living in a very fractured, difficult moment,” says Ryan, the former longtime director of photography for The New York Timeshellip;

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Alex Prager’s “Prospect Avenue (9_20pm - 9_25pm) Inbsp;Jack Davison's “Untitled 002”nbsp;Jimmy Chin’s “Untitled 02”nbsp;Jack Davison's “Untitled 006” (1)nbsp;Alex Prager’s “Prospect Avenue (9_20pm - 9_25pm)”nbsp;
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