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The image of women – who actually decides?

An interview with photographer and author Franziska Gilli about being a woman in Italy.

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Between reasons of state and journalistic integrity.

The German-Palestinian journalist Farid Dabour on media, power and responsibility

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What some people see in a picture – and others miss.

Transcultural perspectives show how differently people read images – and which hidden clues only some can see.

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‘Why should I watch this right now?’.

TikTok researcher Marcus Bösch on attitude, platforms and why good journalism should still be seen today.

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A cup of closeness.

A table, two chairs and an attempt to start talking to each other again. Five encounters between strangers explore the art of talking – and listening.

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Seeing is no longer believing.

Photorealistic AI images are almost impossible to spot. What it means when a picture no longer proves anything but merely asserts.

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‘It was really lovely here!’.

Thoughts on the temporality of photography – and what Roland Barthes might have said about Nina Hagen’s pop hit ‘Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen’.

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Images in spite of all: photographic testimony from Auschwitz.

In his groundbreaking study ‘Images malgré tout’, Georges Didi-Huberman contradicts the thesis that the Holocaust cannot be represented. His approach to the photographs from Auschwitz sparked a controversy.

Reconstruction of a negative strip by Alberto Errera, taken in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944
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Forever in your bytes.

A conversation with ChatGPT about morality, diversity and parallels with Spike Jonze’s film ‘Her’

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