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.

Elephant Lab

Elephant Residency Artist Gabriela Giroletti on Learning to Let Go in Painting

Observations

This Photographer’s ‘Doll Test’ Reveals How Racism Works Through Visual Culture

Picture Gallery

The Ineffable, Enduring Allure of the Kiss

Profile

Jess T Dugan on Desire, Ageing and the Intersectional Gaze

Profile

Why This Chinese Photographer Takes Pictures of Naked Western Men

Art Crush

Art Crush: All the Things We Want This Month

Elephant Kiosk

Five Fun Art Ideas to Try at Home

Observations

Why Do Artists Need To Look So Good?

Snapshot

Cindy Sherman Steps Out of Her Comfort Zone—and Ours

Snapshot

Zanele Muholi’s Moving Portrait of Self-Care and Survival

Picture Gallery

Tired and Scared: The New Normal in Figurative Painting

Elephant Academy

Michaela Yearwood-Dan on Designing Her Elephant Academy Course

Snapshot

Lisetta Carmi’s Daring and Unexpected Document of a Birth in 1965

Observations

What It’s Really Like to Be Queer and Nursing

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

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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