Dispatches: The VII Insider Blog

New analyses and new stories that see through the noise on the role of images in our world

The Female Gaze in Africa: Reclaiming Story, Identity, and Nature Through Film

The Crisis of Climate Storytelling

Messages of Angst and Hope: Notas De Voz Desde Tijuana

When Governments Reveal the Power of Images

In the Name of the Mother and the Father

Representing Atrocity: Ismar Cirkinagic’s “Herbarium”

The Persuasions of Disobedience: Ana María Lagos

Digging the Dark

The Circle of My Flesh

Exhumations in Ukraine, elections in the United States, and the climate crisis – Chatting the Pictures

VII Interactive Book Club. Curse of the Black Gold by Ed Kashi

Visual Journalism in the Age of Authoritarianism – What Can and Should You Do?

A Masked Profession: Federico Estol’s Shine Heroes

The Visual Framing of Ukraine, US Politics, and the Climate Crisis – Chatting the Pictures

The Impact of Images, Part III: Making Visible Is Not Enough

Amazon Dystopia: Lalo de Almeida in Conversation With Leonardo Carrato

Feeling Out the Past: Graciela Iturbide’s “Heliotropo 37”

Icons of War, From Iraq to Ukraine

Analysing Images of the War in Ukraine – Chatting the Pictures

Pablo Hare: Sites of Exploitation in Peru

The Impact of Images Part II: Insights from Experiments on the Identifiable Victim Effect

Social media and photojournalism: the interplay of images from the war in Ukraine

Dispatch from the Poland/Ukraine Border – Maciek Nabrdalik

Dispatch from Ukraine – Ilvy Njiokiktjien

Chatting the Pictures – Ron Haviv’s Coverage of The Evacuation of Irpin and the Ukrainian Resistance

Dispatch from Ukraine – Eric Bouvet

Dispatch from Ukraine no.2 – Ron Haviv

Dispatch from Ukraine – Ron Haviv

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 6

The Possibilities of the Actual: Adriana Lestido’s “Metropolis”

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 5

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 4

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 3

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 2

A Journey Into My Archive – Episode 1

Photographing the Yanomami: The Pioneering Work of Claudia Andujar

The New Colonialism of the Digital Image

Viral Images: The Role of Photography in Documenting India’s COVID-19 Disaster

David Campbell joins The VII Foundation as Managing Editor of its interactive platform, VII Insider

The Impact of Images, Part I: How To Think About the Issue

Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award