Author Laurence Cornet

Sid Kaplan is a printer. When his friends wonder at how he can spend hours in a darkroom developing photographs, he responds, in the documentary by Harvey Wang: “Everything happens…

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…

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…

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…

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…