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talks & interviews
A Filmmaker’s Journeys Across the African Diaspora
Throughout his career, photographs and family narratives have been at the center of Thomas Allen Harris’s films.
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Who Can Tell the Story of an Indigenous Community?
Twenty years after his first visit to New Zealand, photographer Martin Toft makes a photobook about—and for—the Māori.
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Looking Back at the New Romantics
A British photographer’s fashion-forward family pictures.
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A Surrogate for Love
What can the doll community tell us about relationships today?
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How Can Photojournalists Navigate the Crisis of Press Freedom in Mexico?
In an era of monopolized truth, Mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist.
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The Time is Always Now
A recent exhibition considers the legacy of James Baldwin and the civil rights era in photographs.
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Gordon Parks, a Brazilian Child, and an Exposé that Shocked the World
Should an American publication have tried to “rescue” a boy from poverty?
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Between Pictures and Concrete Objects
The artist discusses feminism, photograms, and what it means to “hover” in the world.
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The Spirits of Fire Island
Matthew Leifheit conjures history and fantasy in the fabled gay enclave.
