James Baldwin at David Zwirner
I worked with Hilton Als on a James Baldwin show; now Als has curated an exhibit about him
The Battle of Chile and the wonder of movie theaters
The Battle of Chile is a great film that was made more powerful by the sound of anguish in the audience
Visiting Leila Menchari’s garden in Tunisia
An Hermès exhibit to honor Leila Menchari and my journey to her beloved garden in Tunisia
Robert Silvers was our greatest editor
Robert Silvers died this week but his New York Review of Books brought me years of pleasure
My pick for travel in 2016 is Iran
As I write in Travel + Leisure, for the traveler the nuclear accord makes Iran newly accessible
Li Xiaodong’s modest, radical architecture
The New York Times misses why a small library in rural China represents a great hope for the country
Focus Festival returns to Mumbai with a video from my previous exhibit
A new video includes photographs I exhibited in Mumbai two years ago
My shoot in the Sundarbans near Calcutta
Going off-road and off-grid to document an NGO’s work in West Bengal
My journey to Bolivia for Hermès is out
Le Monde d’Hermès just published my account of my breathtaking trip to the salt flats of Uyuni
At the Hermès party in New York
I capture how Hermès sees the world but last night New York was invited into the world of Hermès
Hilton Als on Amiri Baraka and James Baldwin
Hilton Als met Amiri Baraka only once: at the James Baldwin tribute I directed at Lincoln Center
My Bhutan video for Hermès
Moments from my journey for Hermès to the best-preserved corner of the Himalayas
Sanity on immigration policy, near at last
Republicans still hate Hispanic cultural influence but they’re relenting on immigration policy
My exhibit at the Hermès gallery in Bombay
The response was even better than I could have hoped at Bombay’s first-ever photography festival
An upcoming exhibit of my photographs in Mumbai, India
Prints and an unusual still/motion projection about how urban space around the world is inhabited
My new Hermès article is now out
I travel to French Basque country for the latest in the series I write and photograph for Hermès
On Egypt’s constitutional referendum
The Muslim Brotherhood has changed its political strategy, a loss for everyone
What is racist about Romney’s 47 percent claim?
The late Lee Atwater makes it clear: Romney’s 47 percent drives racists closer to rich white people
A stars-aligning moment to pass immigration reform
For the first time, Republicans need immigration reform as much as Democrats have always wanted it
East Berlin, New York
The hurricane brought scarcity and darkness to downtown Manhattan while the north wallowed in light
On viewing the Tatzu Nishi Columbus Circle project
Tatzu Nishi inverts Surrealism and makes you see a public landmark as if for the first time
The embassy mobs and Obama’s ‘failure’ in the Middle East
Is Obama’s policy in the Middle East in ‘epic collapse’? Hardly. But serious people have doubts now
How the US is playing into the hands of the Salafiyeen
The US just told the Salafiyeen they have the power to affect aid talks. Big mistake
Christian Marclay’s The Clock and the essence of film
The most powerful exploration since Sergei Eisenstein of the way in which edits create meaning