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The first portfolio reviews organized by LENS, the New York Times photo blog, were held the weekend of April 13 and 14. Led by co-editors James Estrin and David Gonzalez,…

Working as a photojournalist in the Muslim world is no easy task. From the well-known cases of Western journalists being attacked during the so-called Arab spring in Egypt, to the…

Istanbul, economic and cultural capital of Turkey, the second fastest growing country after China, The city has an estimated 17 million inhabitants and 30% of national GDP. As only…

Trained both as an artist and scientist, Deanna Witman searches for metaphysical understanding and meaning amongst the rocks and trees. She chooses to work with the pinhole camera because of…

Since 1989, photographer Thierry Bouët has sent postcards to his best friend, who never replies. Each postcard is manually prepared by Bouët in the same way: a picture made by the…

The third part of the journey of the photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer across fourteen countries continues! With Kenya, India, Switzerland and Vietnam behind them, Braschler/Fischer now take us…

During the three years I spent in China, I tried to depict the urban transformation of the country from different angles. The seasons passed and the first winter cold froze…

Portraits of unknown persons, looking at the lens, at the photographer behind the lens, at the viewer through their impression on paper. Faces as individual, unique and singular beings. Various…

We met in a country as alien to me as it was to her. InGreece. She is German and I French. The moments of intense friendship we have shared remain…

We often perceive slums as dark dens of poverty and despair, where criminals, juvenile delinquents, and squatters wander aimlessly amongst ramshackle, makeshift structures. We draw a clear distinction between the…