Olivier Laurent

Olivier Laurent is Editor of LightBox at TIME

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Monkey Selfie Lands Photographer in Legal Quagmire

When a monkey takes a selfie with your camera, who owns the photograph's copyright? TIME speaks to intellectual property right experts

By Olivier Laurent

Monkey Selfie Lands Photographer in Legal Quagmire

Copyright law can be obscure, but nothing could have prepared British photographer David Slater for what would happen after a monkey stole his camera in Indonesia to take a selfie.The picture, which went viral three...

By Olivier Laurent

#LightBoxFF: Oliver Lang's Crash Course on Adapting to Instagram

Oliver Lang believes smartphones and Instagram have changed people's relationship with photography, which, he tells TIME, can be beneficial to professional photographers.

By Olivier Laurent

Hidden Islam: Nicolo Degiorgis Charts the Challenges of Being Muslim in Italy

In Italy, Islam remains hidden. Despite being home to more than a million Muslims, Italy has put stringent limits on the number of government-approved mosques available to worshippers: in fact, there are just seven in...

By Olivier Laurent

Inside Gaza and Israel: Two Photographers, One War

As the death toll rises in the war between Israel and Hamas, TIME LightBox profiles two photographers who have spent weeks covering the opposing sides: Andrew Katz interviewed Oliver Weiken of European Pressphoto Agency and...

By Andrew Katz and Olivier Laurent

Picturing Ebola: Photographers Chase an Invisible Killer

With already more than 670 victims, Western Africa is battling its most serious Ebola outbreak in four decades. TIME LightBox speaks to photographers Samuel Aranda and Jodi Bieber about the challenges involved with covering such a deadly story

By Olivier Laurent

Immigration Crisis: Photographing the Violence Behind the Honduras Exodus

Photographer Ross McDonnell traveled to Honduras for TIME to document the spiraling violence that is forcing thousands of people to seek a better life in the U.S.

By Olivier Laurent

Innocents in the Crossfire: Alessio Romenzi's Shocking Photographs From Gaza

Correction appended, July, 22.Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi harbors no illusions that his images of dead civilians—many of them children—caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will have an impact on...

By Olivier Laurent

Things Fall Apart: Masculinity and Violence in Congo

Last month, as the UK held the first-ever global summit aimed at ending sexual violence in conflict zones, Pete Muller was asked to present his portraits of Congolese women who had been victims of such...

By Olivier Laurent

From Mars, With Curiosity: How We Get Pictures From the Red Planet

Millions of miles away, the Curiosity rover is taking some of the most important photographs in human history. TIME speaks with the scientists controlling the rover's cameras

By Olivier Laurent

Sim Chi Yin Joins VII Photo as an Interim Member

After three years on VII Photo’s Mentor Program, China-based photographer Sim Chi Yin has joined the agency as a full member. She speaks to TIME about her plans and her transition from writing to photography.

By Olivier Laurent

David Guttenfelder: The Photographer as Explorer

After 20 years as an Associated Press photographer, David Guttenfelder is once again a freelancer. He speaks to TIME about his life at AP, his future plans and being named one of National Geographic’s new explorers.

By Olivier Laurent

NOOR Welcomes Sebastian Liste and Asim Rafiqui

Photographers Sebastian Liste and Asim Rafiqui have joined the Amsterdam-based Noor photo agency, TIME can reveal

By Olivier Laurent

Shannon Jensen Wins the 2014 Inge Morath Award

Shannon Jensen has won this year’s Inge Morath Award for her project A Long Walk, which depicts Sudan refugees’ “worn-down, ill-fitting and jerry-rigged shoes”

By Olivier Laurent

Shining a Light on the Plight of Europe's Migrants, From Rome to Brussels

Trucks have become symbols of hope for many migrants in search of better lives in Western Europe, says photographer Alessandro Penso, who has taken to Europe's roads in a bid to raise awareness on immigration issues

By Olivier Laurent

'Memory City': A Eulogy for Rochester, Kodak's Company Town

Rochester will forever be known as the home of Eastman Kodak but, as the legendary photography company fights to remain relevant in a digital world, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb take a trip down memory lane

By Olivier Laurent

The 10 Best Cameras for Summer

Whether you’re after the fastest compact camera or the most stylish one, TIME LightBox offers its selection of the 10 best models for the summer season.

By Olivier Laurent

Lynsey Addario joins Reportage by Getty Images

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario, a TIME contributor and former VII Photo member, has joined the Reportage by Getty Images photo agency.

By Olivier Laurent

Printing Money on Instagram: A Guide for Photographers

Can Instagram offer a new revenue source to photographers? Magnum Photos seems to think so as it offers, for a limited time, an unprecedented selection of prints from its roster of award-winning photographers

By Olivier Laurent

A World of Selfies Adorns France's Most Symbolic Monument

French street artist JR brings together 4160 selfies as his latest mass participation art project goes on show in Paris, France

By Olivier Laurent
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