Photography Visionaries

The new book profiling histories most prolific and influential figures behind the lens

There’s no shortage of beautiful, high-quality photography books on offer, but it’s always a pleasure to leaf through a tome and be transported to the time and place each photo represents. It’s rare for a photography book to consider the larger place of the work in terms of both the medium and culture as a whole. The focus is on the work and rightly so. …

100 Years of Korean Beauty

In The Cut’s third episode of “100 Years of Beauty,” stylist Tiffany Lee takes viewers on a visual journey through classic Korean looks. Beginning in the 1910s, each decade is represented by one signature style—often expressive of the time period’s values and culture. As the video progresses into the ‘50s and beyond, the split between North and South Korea is noticeable as the hairstyles, makeup …

Interview: Photographer Pieter Hugo

The artist on South African identity, colonial legacy and the impact of Instagram on art

When Nelson Mandela formally stepped into office as South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994, it marked a new era of hope and reconciliation for the vibrant if not fractured nation. While the transition of power from apartheid to majority rule wasn’t without serious conflict, it’s an often-cited success story in transitional justice. Today South Africans of all ethnicities are afforded equal freedoms under …