Visual Ethics After Communism

This theme issue of Martor examines the ethical questions raised by the publication and display of images and objects associated … More

The Photographer in the Hall of Mirrors

This is an extract of an long essay on the work of photographer Nicolas Grospierre. It will appear in a … More

This article appeared in the first issue of Disegno in 2011. ♦ Earlier this year the mummified body of a … More

In autumn 2008 Kobas Laksa and Nicolas Grospierre invited visitors to the Venice Architecture Biennale to stay at the Hotel … More

I wrote this piece for the Photographers’ Gallery in London a few years ago. Philippe Chancel’s images of North Korea … More

This piece was published in a book which is very difficult to find, so I have posted my contribution below.