EncountersThe images of American photographer Mary Ellen Mark are icons of documentary and humanistic photography. Focusing her camera on the socially disadvantaged and those on the fringes of society, she told the stories of her protagonists without prejudice. In the context of the emerging women's movement in the USA during the 1960s and 70s, and as a freelance photographer at a time when print media was suffering its first major crisis, Mark fought her way

Deconstructing Edward Weston’s Nudes in the form of self-portraits

Bourouissa’s high drama in the outskirts of Paris attempts to give a place in French history to individuals usually neglected and overlooked in contemporary society

Parks rejected clichés of delinquency

The Polarities narrates modern America

the cleaning workers are an inseparable part of the Beijing cityscape

This publication includes contributions from American art critic

Wash your spirit clear

but more than that

he began working as a photographer for state-run Household Services

dyes or steeps in tea

and yet so separately from

serves as her humble