Matthew Beck: EventA cultural history of the sublime first image of a black hole, in photographs and documents Peering into Lights Graveyard: The First Image of the Black Hole, read the New York Times' April 11 cover story. The headline, like many others that day, was accompanied by an image of a glowing celestial ring framed by infinite blackness: the first image of a black hole. In his first book, New York photographer Matthew Beck (born 1986) focuses on the unveiling