•  Discovery: From Chaplin to Hitler: The Odyssey of James Abbe
•  Book: Anastasia Samoylova’s Decaying America
•  Book: “Morning Bus”, At the Edge of the Road
•  Book: “Verdant Land”, The Deep Roots of the American West
•  Archives: A History of Portrait Photography, Part I
•  Archives: A History of Portrait Photography, Part II

From Chaplin to Hitler: The Odyssey of James Abbe

A pioneer of modern photojournalism, he walked a tightrope through the century, armed with a simple camera and phenomenal audacity. From Hollywood glamour to the Third Reich, his work resonates as a warning signal.

By Guénola Pellen

Anastasia Samoylova’s Decaying America

Seventy years after Berenice Abbott, the Russian-American photographer retraces Route 1 from Florida to Maine. Her new book, Atlantic Coast, unveils an America haunted by its own myths, where toxic nostalgia and desire for the future intertwine in an unsettling visual ballet.

By Guénola Pellen

“Morning Bus”, At the Edge of the Road

Born in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, this poignant photographic series by Greg Miller transforms an ordinary ritual—children waiting for the school bus—into a meditation on innocence, fragility, and resilience.

By Guénola Pellen

“Verdant Land”, The Deep Roots of the American West

A century of Mexican-American migration flows through the portraits Kathya Maria Landeros has made of her own family and the agricultural communities of the American West. Verdant Land bears witness to resilience, to belonging in the land, and to the verdant promise that drew generations of Mexicans northward into what was once their own territory.

By Guénola Pellen

High Up on the Mountain

Former editor-in-chief of L’Equipe Magazine, now a gallery owner specializing in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for Blind. Today, we look at the work of Jérémy Bernard, a winter sports photographer.

By Jean-Denis Walter