Without much public attention, a remarkable thing is happening. As libraries around the world digitize their photographic collections they lose the funding to store their physical archives. Only a handful…
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It was a very commemorative week... I have my obsessions: —March 11, 2004. Madrid, bombing of the Atocha station: 192 dead, 1800 wounded.—March 11, 2011. Japan, a tsunami devastates the…
Roger Ballen is one of the most original image makers of the twenty-first century. Asylum of the Birds showcases his iconic photographs, which were all taken entirely within the confines of a house…
The most recent one, A Fine Thread, was done in collaboration with the journalist Robert Carmichael. This long work of reportage explores Cambodian industry through 10 chapters, 500 images and 9,000…
Woman as madman. As the grotesque. The primal and primitive underbelly that society erases all but the most glaring trace. She who is disturbed is disturbing for her lack of…
Everyone was curiously awaiting the arrival of "Porter," online retailer Net-à-Porter's print baby in February. Porter arrived safely and in good health, measuring 284 pages. Lucky for those around the world, Porter decided to…
From Sochi to the Ukraine, the Gremlin in the Kremlin is everywhere you look. To hear journalists heap such praise on the opening ceremony, I asked myself what they might…
Almost three years ago to the day, an earthquake, followed by a tsunami and a nuclear disaster, struck Japan. Images of natural disasters are among the most striking that can…
The book opens with a “superb” explosion. It could be fireworks set off for a national holiday or the new year. Instead, the photograph illustrates the ongoing violence in Chechnya. Davide…
It began as a series of interviews, of films made, of speeches taped, of conversations, ideas, people. It began when Swedes began sending journalists out into the world, and those…