Celebrating “What Holds Us” on iPhone 18 Pro

A new photography exhibition, curated by Kathy Ryan, celebrates the evolving language of visual storytelling and showcases the advanced pro camera system on iPhone 18 Pro. Celebrating “What Holds Us” on iPhone 18 Pro. PHOTOS September 16, 2026 Celebrating “What Holds Us” on iPhone 18 Pro Curated by Kathy Ryan, a new photography exhibition showcases the full range of creative capabilities unlocked by the most advanced iPhone camera system yet Alex Prager, Jack Davison, and Jimmy Chin are the artists behind “What Holds Us,” a photography exhibition featuring images shot entirely on iPhone 18 Pro.

Moments of touch, gaze, care, and shared experience — these are the core facets of “What Holds Us,” a new photography exhibition that showcases original work shot exclusively on the brand-new iPhone 18 Pro. Exploring the people, places, and ideas that connect and ground humanity, artists Alex Prager, Jack Davison, and Jimmy Chin captured images that speak to presence as both a state of mind and a way of being. “The theme holds a mirror to our increasingly fragmented world,” explains Kathy Ryan, the exhibition’s curator and the former longtime director of photography for The New York Times Magazine.

“Rather than adding to this tension, ‘What Holds Us’ is a showcase of the limitless possibilities that emerge when three extraordinary artists are given the creative space to explore the idea of what connects us, using this incredible tool.” Selected for distinct points of view and artistic obsessions, Prager, Davison, and Chin tapped into the full range of creative possibilities unlocked by the best iPhone camera system yet. Featuring variable aperture for the first time, iPhone 18 Pro offers better-quality low-light photography, crisper details, and even more creative control, setting the stage for the unique shots on display in the exhibition. “What makes iPhone such a compelling creative tool is its immediacy — it puts the ability to see, experiment, and create directly into everyone’s hands,” Ryan says.

Apple today announced "What Holds Us," a photography exhibition featuring work shot exclusively on the iPhone 18 Pro by Alex Prager, Jack Davison, and Jimmy Chin. Curated by Kathy Ryan, the exhibition explores human connection through crowd scenes, portraits involving clay, and mountain photography.

The exhibition will be on display in New York City from September 18 to 20, before traveling to London and Shanghai over the coming months. You can see many of the exhibition’s images in Apple’s Newsroom post.

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“Seeing what Alex, Jack, and Jimmy are able to create with a device we all carry every day challenges our ideas of what photography can be and shows us how it can remain true to the original values of the craft while embracing new tools and possibilities.” While the three artists have practices that are incredibly unique, they all share the remarkable ability to elicit something deeply human, Ryan explains: “Together, their work offers three very different perspectives on what connects us, while also demonstrating what’s possible when artists push the boundaries of their imagination — and technology rises to the occasion to make it possible.” To celebrate “What Holds Us” — which opens this Friday, September 18, in New York City — the artists spoke about the evolving language of visual storytelling, the meaning of connection, and how iPhone contributed to their creative processes.