Images live their own lives, independent of those who create them. It was in Nicaragua that Susan Meiselas came to understand this. In 1978, the photographer, just 30 years old, traveled there for the first time. She had previously studied…
In the 1970s, Martine Franck (1938-2012) photographed feminist struggles, primarily in Paris. As a woman photographer, the attention she paid to the mobilizations of the Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF) shaped her outlook on the social world and…
In this episode, Bertrand Tillier, an art and heritage historian, reveals the secrets behind Martine Franck’s photograph “Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 1972.” Between October and December 1972, Martine Franck produced an extensive photo essay on the Soviet Union, particularly in…
Discover the work of Farren van Wyk through a Feuilletage of her publication Mixedness is my Mythology. Born in South Africa and now based in the Netherlands, the photographer explores questions of identity, mixed heritage, and colonial legacy through intimate…
