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Viviane Esders Prize in Photography Awarded to German Photographer Dörte Eißfeldt.

Viviane Esders and the members of the 2025 jury—Damarice Amao, Antoine de Galbert, Arnaud Lévénès, Robert Pujade, Marie Robert, and Sonia Voss—have awarded the 2025 Viviane Esders Prize to the…

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20th-Century Mexico in Photographs

By Matt Damsker

More than anything, Mexico is its people--stewards and survivors of a harsh, sun-raked land who energize their desert with unmistakeable culture and character. The majority…

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