Charlotte Jansen

Charlotte Jansen is an editor-at-large at Elephant. She has written on contemporary art and culture and its social purpose and impact for more than a decade, and has published writing in the Guardian, the Financial Times, ELLE, Wallpaper, Artsy, Vice and Frieze, among others. She is the author of two books on photography: Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze (LKP, 2017) and Photography Now (Tate/Ilex, 2021). Jansen is a contributing author to several artist monographs including Lucy Jones, Mary McCartney, Aneta Bartos and Guy Yanai. She is also the presenter of the Dior Talks podcast series on the female gaze.

Sunday Read

An Intimate Look at The Relationships Between Gay Men in the 1980s

Contemporary Classics

The TikTok That Changed Our Lives, If Only For 25 Seconds

Behind the Scenes

When Nigerians Say #ENDSARS, We’re Not Just Speaking for Ourselves

Profile

Sexuality, Solace and Social Power in the Work of Billie Zangewa

Opinion

Zara’s Female Gaze Collection Is Cynical Capitalism at Its Worst

Post-Partum Document

What It’s Like Giving Birth During a Pandemic

Observations

Is Photography An Effective Form of Therapy?

Picture Gallery

Joy Labinjo’s New Paintings Are an Unflinching Look at British Racism

Profile

Western Museums Are Problematic: What Can Be Done to Change Them?

Snapshot

What the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg Meme Says About American Culture

Opinion

A Male Artist’s Invitation to Destroy Women’s Faces Is Unapologetic Misogyny

Snapshot

This Image by Bill Brandt Speaks of British Classism

Opinion

How to Fail at Being an Ally to the Black Lives Matter Movement

Interview

Toyin Ojih Odutola Gives Shape to the Migrant Experience of Otherness

Profile

For Mickalene Thomas, Success Is About Elevating Others

Sunday Read

Why Are We So Sentimental About Photographs of Our Mothers?

Observations

The Real Reason We’re All Posting Old Photographs of Our Mothers

Out of the Ordinary

Inside Hassan Hajjaj’s Riad in the Heart of Marrakech

Observations

The Gaze of White Women Artists on Black Subjects

International Women's Day

Why These Artists Brutalize the Female Body

Profile

Why Shirin Neshat Is Turning Her Gaze Away From Iran

5 Questions

This Norwegian Artist Photographed Herself Every Day for a Year

Interview

Does the Art World Have a Problem with Fat People?

5 Questions

Silvia Rosi on Migration, Matriarchy and Photography as Ritual

Issue 44 - Art and Optimism in Cataclysmic Times

In our autumn 2020 issue, we speak with numerous artists about their experiences of optimism, utopia and euphoria, and delve into the mindset that is required simply to create in the first place. We meet four artists and one collective who explore optimism and pessimism directly within their practices, often blurring the line between the two.

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