Leslie Camhi

Leslie Camhi’s first-person essays and writings on art, photography, film, design, fashion, and women’s lives, have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, and many other publications. Her translation from the French of Violaine Huisman’s award-winning debut novel, The Book of Mother, was published this month by Scribner. She’s on Twitter @CamhiLeslie and on Instagram @drlesliecamhi.

Family Matters
Gillian Laub’s new book of photos takes an incisive look at her colorful, loving Jewish family, their politics, and the hard questions in between
byLeslie Camhi
Our Teacher, Maurice Berger
Only an environment like New York City could have produced someone like the writer, cultural historian, curator, and educator who died of COVID-19 in March
byLeslie Camhi
Through the Lens of Nissim Levis
An exhibit of stereoscopic photographs portrays a rarefied vision of Greek Jewish life, almost entirely wiped out in World War II
byLeslie Camhi
Centrifugal Force
Unraveling the art of Sigalit Landau
byLeslie Camhi
The Tense of Trauma
Novelist Chris Kraus ponders the meaning of “It would have been”
byLeslie Camhi
Meow Mix
Joann Sfar on his graphic tale of a clever cat in 1930s Algeria
byLeslie Camhi
Always Already
Haunted by ghosts, Jacques Derrida’s writings confounded the march of time
byLeslie Camhi