Once a month, Blind invites you to delve into its archives. It's a chance to (re)discover memorable and often timeless articles and images.

•  Madame d’Ora: The Woman Explorer
•  Martin Parr: Talking About the Weather
•  A Lioness in Paris
•  Gerry Cranham: a Life Devoted to Sports Photography
•  Rivka Katvan: Timeless New York
•  Six Pictures: Strolling Through Paris with Henri Cartier-Bresson
•  Robert Capa: Icons, Unpublished Images, and Confidences
•  Bruno Barbey in Italy: Dolce Vita
•  Lars Tunbjörk: A View From the Side
•  Facing Paz Errázuriz
•  Matt Wilson’s Travelog

Madame d’Ora: The Woman Explorer

In 2023, an exhibition dedicated to Madame d’Ora at the Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier, France retraced the extraordinary career of this pioneering portrait photographer active in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century.

By Iris Mandret

Martin Parr: Talking About the Weather

Martin Parr’s A Year in the Life of Chew Stoke is exactly what it sounds like. The book chronicles life in a rural village on the outskirts of Bristol. Runs the year 1992.

By Gaia Squarci

A Lioness in Paris

In 2023, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris inaugurated the first French retrospective of South African visual activist Zanele Muholi. The exhibition centered on a body of work that recounts civic battles waged by the black LGBTQIA+ community.

By Clara Bastid

Gerry Cranham: a Life Devoted to Sports Photography

Former editor in chief at the newspaper L’Equipe Magazine, turned gallery owner specializing in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for Blind. His third essay is devoted to one of the most important photographer of the genre.

By Jean-Denis Walter

Rivka Katvan: Timeless New York

The photographer Rivka S. Katvan has made a name for herself by capturing backstage Broadway. But it’s not just actors she photographs: her street shots reveal New York City’s lively poetry.

By Joy Majdalani

Six Pictures: Strolling Through Paris with Henri Cartier-Bresson

In 2021, a book (and exhibition) looked at the master photographer’s relationship to Paris—the city he loved, left, and returned to again and again.

By Bill Shapiro

Facing Paz Errázuriz

A tribute to a committed Chilean woman and her daily struggle to shed light on those society has left behind.

By Brigitte Ollier

Matt Wilson’s Travelog

From January 19 to March 31, 2023, Matt Wilson exhibits his work at the Leica Store in Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. Unreal landscapes follow images taken on the fly, offering glimpses of the world of this British globetrotter.

By Iris Mandret

Shines Like Gold

Lisa Barnard’s book The Canary and The Hammer is a four-year-long research into the history of gold and the ways it intersects with the global economy.

By Gaia Squarci