Editorial Photographer — Published Assignments by Bill McCullough
I am an editorial photographer based in Texas, working on assignment for magazines, publishers, and cultural institutions across the United States. This page presents a curated selection of published editorial photography assignments and commissioned projects for national and regional publications. My work focuses on documentary-driven visual storytelling, environmental portraiture, long-form editorial coverage, and reported magazine features. I work on assignment for major magazines including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic, producing long-form documentary stories, reported features, and portrait-driven narratives for print and digital publication.
The following is a representative list of publications and editorial clients for whom I have worked on assignment:
The New Yorker
The New York Times Magazine
The Atlantic
The Wall Street Journal
Business Insider
New York Magazine
Publications & Editorial Clients
Selected Editorial Photography Assignments
A selection of published editorial photography assignments for major magazines, newspapers, and digital publications.
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — A Fan’s Notes on the Spectacle of Super Bowl Week
The Atlantic — Inside the Garden of Evil
Documentary assignment
Quanta Magazine — Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Pioneer, Wins Turing Award
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — The Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Has Given Beto O’Rourke a Fighting Chance
Documentary assignment
The Atlantic — The Insurrectionist in the Flower Shop
Documentary assignment
The Wall Street Journal — Hotels Are Reopening. Will Guests Have Any Reservations?
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — The Dream of Turning Texas Blue Depends on Latino Voters
Documentary assignment
Documentary assignment
Commonweal Magazine — The American Parish Today
Documentary assignment
The Wall Street Journal — Can Design Thinking Save Business?
New York Times Magazine — How to Make Billions in E-Sports
Documentary assignment
New York Times Magazine — How the Trump Cabinet’s Bible Teacher Became a Shadow Diplomat
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — Can Beto Bounce Back?
Documentary assignment
New York Times — Who Wants Ribs?
Documentary assignment
New York Magazine — 68 Minutes With David Brooks
Portrait assignment
The New Yorker — Maren Morris’s Pop-Country Synergy
Portrait assignment
The New Yorker — Beto O’Rourke’s Rorschach Candidacy
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — Calling for Beto O’Rourke in Texas
Photography essay
The New Yorker — The Best New Yorker Photography of 2018
Photography award
The New Yorker — Midterms 2018: A Letdown for Beto O’Rourke and Democrats in Texas
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — The Last Day of Canvassing for Beto O’Rourke in El Paso
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — What America Will See in Beto O’Rourke
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz in the Final Stretch of the Texas Senate Race
Documentary assignment
Documentary assignment
The New Yorker — The Challengers:
New York Magazine — Can a Democrat Ever Win in Texas?
Documentary assignment
New York Magazine — 7 Months Pregnant and Trapped in a Hurricane
Documentary assignment
New York Times Magazine — Who Gets to Graduate?
Documentary / Portrait assignment
New York Times Magazine — God Called Them to Adopt and Adopt and Adopt
Documentary assignment
New York Times Magazine — Wizard Wind
Documentary / Portrait assignment
New York Times Magazine — Is there life after 30?
Documentary assignment
New York Times Magazine — The swarm
Documentary assignment
Documentary assignment
New York Magazine — Kara Swisher’s Source Code
Virginia Quarterly Review — American Wedding
Photography essay
Selected Editorial Photography Case Studies
The New Yorker — A Fan’s Notes on the Spectacle
of Super Bowl Week
Documentary assignment · Reported feature · Street photography · New Orleans · 2025
There’s the game itself, and then there are the parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex. The assignment documented the culture, commerce, and spectacle surrounding Super Bowl week in New Orleans, photographed in a candid, street-photography style for a reported feature in The New Yorker.
Story by Nick Paumgarten.
I was commissioned by The New Yorker to photograph Super Bowl week in New Orleans using a documentary, street-photography approach for a long-form reported feature.
Published in The New Yorker.
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Commissioning & Licensing
Whether you’re an editor, publication, or creative team seeking original photography, I work on commissioned editorial assignments and provide licensing for published work. I focus on creating images that are story-driven, documentary in style, and visually distinct, suited for magazines, newspapers, and digital outlets.
Commissioned Assignments: Custom photography for features, profiles, events, and cultural reporting.
Licensing: Select images from published assignments can be licensed for editorial use, with clear usage terms.
Collaborative Process: I work closely with editorial teams to understand the story, context, and desired visual tone.
To discuss a new assignment or licensing request, please contact me.