Round Up of the Week of the August 18
/The Producer’s picks for this week’s news relevant to the photography, art, design and production industries
What Have We Done? Unpacking 7 decades of World Press Photo
World Press Photo will mark its 70th anniversary in 2025 with a major exhibition curated by artist and photographer Cristina de Middel. Titled What Have We Done? Unpacking Seven Decades of World Press Photo, the show reflects on the organization’s history and the global impact of its award-winning images.
Standing Still in a Constant State of Departure by Landry Major and Cash Kasper
A mother and son’s shared language of photography becomes a bridge between worlds. Created after the loss of her son Cash, this series blends their images into a vision of light, love, and connection beyond grief.
Agnès Varda’s Photographic Odes to Queer Paris
Varda spent much of her 20s photographing the queer community of Montparnasse, where she shared a life, home, and creative practice with sculptor Valentine Schlegel.
Art and Resilience Aligned at This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival
The festival’s 92 films from around the globe showcased cinema as a tool for experimentation, liberation, and resistance.
Balam Magazine N11 pays tribute to archives as spaces of resistance, memory and collective identity
A conversation with Luis Juárez, editor of LATAM’s first queer photography magazine, on its latest issue and collaboration with Nan Goldin.
Some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars grace the walls London’s Saatchi Gallery
Galerie Bene Taschen exhibit the works of Jamel Shabazz, Joseph Rodriguez and Gregory Bojorquez throughout the 1980s and 90s, documenting the genre’s rise to popularity