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# Olivier Laurent


## Olivier Laurent


Olivier Laurent is Editor of LightBox at TIME


## Olivier Laurent


* ![John G. Morris](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8cd895578c25d56/6988b1f6524fc04e76dfa727/john-morris-birthday-100-getty.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2017  
### [Celebrating Legendary LIFE Photo Editor John G. Morris](https://time.com/4592406/john-g-morris-100/)  
His friends and colleagues reflect on his century of influence on photography  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White making a precarious](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aa1693fe672a93a/6988d427fb4eac7a2f892bb0/gettyimages-72430954.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 30, 2017  
### [Why We Do It: Photographers and Photo Editors on the Passion That Drives Their Work](https://time.com/4839246/photographers-passion/)  
Why we do it? 13 photographers and photo editors talk about their motivation  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 13, 2017  
### [Prestigious Photo Agency Magnum to Receive Outside Investment](https://time.com/4815139/magnum-photos-agency-investment/)  
The deal is designed to help Magnum grow in an ever-changing digital landscape  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Mathias Depardon was arrested in Turkey on May 8, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4b8a62fa2c7128/6988ced0cf40a840a6c47d60/mathias-depardon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2017  
### [French Photojournalist Detained in Turkey Is Freed](https://time.com/4812517/mathias-depardon-free/)  
Mathias Depardon is on his way back to Paris  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Man making coke from waste wood discarded by a timber factory in Mambelé.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc82ba6df4e2bf046/6988cfa2bc6cfc56f73e19e7/william-daniels-car-book-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 6, 2017  
### [A Photographer Reflects on Covering Conflict in the Central African Republic](https://time.com/4799804/central-african-republic/)  
Photographer William Daniels published a book of his work in the African country  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![Supreme Court of The United StatesIn the East Conference Room. A ceremonial room used for meetings, receptions and special events.Seated from left, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United S](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d746a9c10083b4f/6988cfc2cd1bba66f3705739/new-supreme-court.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2017  
### [How the New Supreme Court ‘Family Photo' Was Taken](https://time.com/4801283/supreme-court-photo/)  
After Justice Antonin Scalia's death and the delayed appointment of his successor, Neil Gorsuch, it ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 25, 2017  
### [How 6 Pro Photographers Are Using Instagram Stories](https://time.com/4788510/instagram-stories/)  
TIME selects the photographers you need to follow on Instagram Stories  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Mathias Depardon was arrested in Turkey on May 8, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a4b8a62fa2c7128/6988ced0cf40a840a6c47d60/mathias-depardon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 24, 2017  
### [Detained Photojournalist Starts Hunger Strike in Turkish Prison](https://time.com/4792952/mathias-depardon-hunger-strike/)  
Mathias Depardon was on assignment for National Geographic when he was arrested in Turkey  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![<b>Translation of caption from <em>Liberation:</em><b> 1:30 pm, May 2, 2017. Wall Street, at the corner of Brooks Brothers.  
Mario Garcia, “case analyst”, is taking his lunch break. French politics? He doesn’t know much about it…only fashion interests him. Here in New York, of the 10,438 voters of the first round, 52.35% voted for Macron and only 3.15% for Marine Le Pen.  
](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb38a441365d0945a/6988cd13cf40a860d4c47a8a/3_13-h-30-2-mai-2017-wall-street-c-raymond-depardon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2017  
### [From New York, With Love: Raymond Depardon Returns to the City That Never Sleeps](https://time.com/4777245/new-york-raymond-depardon/)  
In 1981, Raymond Depardon discovered New York, shooting daily snapshots for a French newspaper  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 11, 2017  
### [The Story Behind TIME's White House Cover Shoot With Trump](https://time.com/4775085/white-house-trump-cover-photo/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 9, 2017  
### [Shaken Photojournalism Industry Questions Itself After Souvid Datta Scandal](https://time.com/4772234/souvid-datta-question/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![From "Bleu, Blanc, Rouge"](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4e212452a7069eb/6988cc608e0601586a46a45d/christopher-anderson-bleu-blanc-rouge-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 8, 2017  
### [Reclaiming the Colors of the French Flag](https://time.com/4770822/french-flag-colors/)  
In "Bleu, Blanc, Rouge" Christopher Anderson tries to understand what it means to be French  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Souvid Datta admits that he cloned the subject \(center\) of one of Mary Ellen Mark's photographs into his own work](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac93076e5fcc034b/6988cc037cdbac2088d58374/souvid-datta.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 4, 2017  
### [Souvid Datta: 'I Foolishly Doctored Images'](https://time.com/4766312/souvid-datta/)  
Datta grants TIME his first interview since the scandal broke  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![TOPSHOT-FRANCE-LABOUR-MAYDAY-DEMO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a675bffead75857/6988cbb086f68e013c6e4886/zakaria-abdelkafi-may-day-paris-protest-crs-police-fire.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2017  
### [The Story Behind the Viral Photograph of a Policeman on Fire](https://time.com/4764079/policeman-on-fire-paris-may-day/)  
Agence France-Presse's Zakaria Abdelkafi took the powerful photograph during the May Day protests in...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Getty Images Photographer Chris Hondros](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf6ae3d8c6d2bc66/6988cb5086f68e438d6e47e1/chris-hondros-fund.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 1, 2017  
### [New Photography Grant Launched to Help Tell America's Stories](https://time.com/4760294/domestic-reporting-hondros-grant/)  
The $10,000 grant, created by the Chris Hondros Fund, will go to ProPublica  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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