Donald Weber first went to Russia to document the traces of the Chernobyl disaster. He finally spent 7 years traveling through cities in Russia and the Ukraine documenting another violent…
Author Laurence Cornet
With the aim of providing better support for documentary photography, the Magnum Foundation is seeking to expand beyond the worlds of the press and exhibitions. Two weeks ago, the Magnum…
Fabio Bucciarelli has been awarded, in the space of two days, two of the world’s most prestigious photojournalism prizes: the World Press Photo (second place in the Spot News category),…
For the release of Sebastian Junger’s documentary on the life of Tim Hetherington, the International Center of Photography is presenting an exhibition of the photographer’s work. Hetherington was known for…
The front line. The term has lost its meaning in today’s conflicts, where soldiers, journalists and civilians are targeted indiscriminately by bombs, and where moral and physical limits are ill-defined.…
With their velvety texture, these vintage photographs of Alma Lavenson are rooted in the 1930s and 40s. Lavenson documented the era’s architecture and industrial environment. Her photographs of metal and…
The sheer enormity of the universe boggles the mind, instilling within us a sense of the sublime. In his immense photographs, Thomas Ruff blends the imaginary with hyper-reality, making the…
To work on a personal subject is to expand, in some ways, the limits of self-portrait, to invent a photographic language combining introspection and projection that may very well include…
Miami, 1982: the peace and quiet of a retirement community, its residents dapper in their colorful swimwear. The beaches are deserted except for a few men and women in their…
David Zwirner introduces AIPAD with one of the few monographic booths - Higher Pictures is one of the other courageous galleries assuming an exclusive aesthetic identity for the occasion with…