TOPIC

Documentary photography

2 articles from all sections, newest first.

PREVIEW

Showing illness without defining people by it

Herlinde Koelbl portrays people diagnosed with cancer, combining photographs with conversations. Her exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn turns attention to a question that extends beyond any individual image: who is telling whose story here?

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EDITORIAL

Against the finished story

An archive does not preserve an entire event; a diagnosis does not explain a person. Our week in culture explores the limits of storytelling — and why we need them. An editorial by Bernd Bartolome.

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