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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.

  • Gillian Laub, 'Grandpa helping Grandma out,' 1999, from 'Family Matters' (Aperture, 2021)
    Gillian Laub, 'Grandpa helping Grandma out,' 1999, from 'Family Matters' (Aperture, 2021)
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    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
  • Maurice Berger, 2019
    Maurice Berger, 2019
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    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
  • Ioannina, summer of 1913, during a trip to the island and Drabatova.
    Ioannina, summer of 1913, during a trip to the island and Drabatova.
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    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
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    Centrifugal Force

    Unraveling the art of Sigalit Landau

    byLeslie Camhi
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    The Tense of Trauma

    Novelist Chris Kraus ponders the meaning of “It would have been”

    byLeslie Camhi
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    Meow Mix

    Joann Sfar on his graphic tale of a clever cat in 1930s Algeria

    byLeslie Camhi
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    Always Already

    Haunted by ghosts, Jacques Derrida’s writings confounded the march of time

    byLeslie Camhi
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