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Portraits of a Planet
World + People
Outer Space

Portraits of a Planet

Paradoxically, it was only after we flew into space that we discovered the Earth – as these three photos of our planet illustrate.
Piotr Stankiewicz
Jump!
Art + Stories
Experiences

Jump!

“When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears,” the photographer Philippe Halsman recalled. At the end of the photo shoot, he would say with a smile on his face: “Jump!”
Philippe Halsman
He Who Asks Doesn’t Photograph
Art + Stories
Art

He Who Asks Doesn’t Photograph

Art historian Ania Diduch talks with photographer Wojtek Wieteska about out of focus photographs, deckchairs, and colliding with the world at “Unseen”, an exhibition of Robert Frank’s work at the renowned gallery, C/O Berlin.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
The “Unseen” Photography of Robert Frank
Art + Stories
Art

The “Unseen” Photography of Robert Frank

Curator Martin Gasser talks about the death of his long-term collaborator Robert Frank, how he conceived his latest exhibition, and the value of ‘unseen’ photographs.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
Lumberjacks
Art + Stories
Experiences

Lumberjacks

Up until the mid-19th century, only Native Americans living in the area knew about the existence of Californian sequoias. In 1852, hunter Augustus T. Dowd came across 92 huge specimens. Speculators immediately became interested in the Calaveras County sequoias. The first of them, dubbed the “Giant Tree”, was cut down on 27th June 1853.
Reborn in the Forest
World + People
Nature

Reborn in the Forest

After years of documenting death and suffering, the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado turned his lens towards life – the biodiversity of our planet’s flora and fauna, and its indigenous peoples who live in harmony with nature.
Agata Kasprolewicz
Kyotographie
Art + Stories
Opinions

Kyotographie

Art historian Ania Diduch talks with photographer Wojtek Wieteska about erotic woodcuts, garden photography and a new kind of spatial thinking at the recent Kyotographie photography festival in Japan.
Ania Diduch, Wojtek Wieteska
Swimmers
Art + Stories
Experiences

Swimmers

Larry Sultan's candid and staged photos are windows into the psychological and physical landscape of suburban family life.
Larry Sultan
Written in Sunlight
Art + Stories
Art

Written in Sunlight

Hércules Florence invented photography three years before Daguerre, and pioneered the study of birdsong. Surprisingly, his innovative achievements are largely forgotten.
Katarzyna Sroczyńska
The Eye of Vivian Maier Was Joined with the Absolute
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Eye of Vivian Maier Was Joined with the Absolute

A Polish rock singer and songwriter reflects on her connection with the street photography of Vivian Maier, which has found a permanent place in her consciousness.