On Photography

To mark the publication of his much-awaited new monograph Asylum of the Birds, photographer Roger Ballen, with director Ben Crossman, has produced this psychologically powerful, unforgettable film that follows Roger into a world synonymous with his photographs, as never before seen on film.

Talking Visuals - Conferences series on the role of photography in the digital economy.

Gideo Jacos - 100 year Capa's visual discussion.

Don McCullin, photographer Voice - Spring Summer 2013 www.dunhill.com

Silicon Valley poses something of a photographic problem. Documenting its physical topography is one thing, but visually describing its culture is another entirely. How do you represent what makes this nerve center of technological innovation tick?

In conjunction with the release of John Berger’s collected writings on photography,Understanding a Photograph (Aperture, 2013), Aperture hosted a panel discussion on November 13 on the subject of Berger’s work and influence. Edited and with an introduction by Geoff Dyer,Understanding a Photograph assembles previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions or catalogs, discussing a wide range of artists.

In his photographs, Gowin has threaded together seemingly disparate subjects—his wife, Edith, and their extended family; American and European landscapes; aerial views of environmental devastation—that reflect his ongoing interest in issues of scale, the impact of the individual, and notions of belonging.

As part of a larger 6-hour round robin style conversation, Photographer Ashley Gilbertson spoke on RISK and war photography. Span is a conversation series partnering PS122 artists with luminaries from other fields in a dialogue of ideas addressing the intersection between the artist, artistic practice and the larger world. 

For his latest exhibition, Un moment si doux, at the Grand Palais in Paris, Raymond Depardon revisited his beginning as a photojournalist, his travels in Ethiopia and South America, the farm where he grew up and the colors of his childhood.

Meet the renowned Indian photographer Dayanita Singh, in this interview about her night photography project 'Dream Villa'; a place where reality and imagination meet.

When Baudoin Lebon asked me to organize an exhibition on the Bauret family, we considered bringing the works together around the theme of the studio. The idea, for me, was to show the photographs Jean-François Bauret had taken at the end of the 1950s in the studios of artists our father used to visit.