Alex Kornhuber: Documentary Photography in Perù

Alex Kornhuber: Documentary Photography in Perù

Documentary photographer Alex Kornhuber has spent more than twenty years photographing Peru, its people, land, labour and migration, and the question of who we really are. In this interview, Peruvian-German documentary photographer Alex Kornhuber talks about a life spent photographing Peru. Born to a German father and a Peruvian mother, Alex has always felt he belongs everywhere and nowhere, a feeling that lets him enter realities different from his own. Over two decades he moved past the tourist mask of Peru toward its hidden, more difficult places: mining towns like La Rinconada at 5,400 meters, the extraction economy that shapes entire families, and the land that makes its people resilient and creative. He speaks candidly about the ethics of consent, stealing a shot and negotiating with the people in it, the emotions that get in the way of editing, and what he keeps from masters like Koudelka, Robert Frank and Cartier-Bresson.

Mark Davidson on Street Photography: Stop Shooting for Instagram

In this episode of Eyeshot 50mm, Australian street photographer Mark Davidson talks about street photography beyond Instagram, visual performance, clichés, and the pressure to make images that simply “work” online. Together, we discuss his late start in photography, his relationship with Melbourne, the use of flash as a way to capture tension and unease, the ethics of photographing strangers, and why failure, patience, and long-term projects are essential to building meaningful work. Eyeshot 50mm is our interview series dedicated to street and documentary photography: raw, direct conversations with photographers who turn the streets into visual stories. Subscribe to Eyeshot, explore our books and discover more interviews with contemporary street and documentary photographers.

How To See: Five Photographers on What Photography Is For

Five Eyeshot photographers on what photography is for now: gear and humility, fame and the unique eye, ethics, survival, and why they keep looking. "How to See: Best of Eyeshot Q2" brings together the five photographers of this season's Eyeshot release, Margarita Mavromichalis (Street Weather), Markus Andersen (The Grey Hours), Paul Russell (The Secret Lives of Humans), Federico Rios (White Line), and Adriana Zehbrauskas (Alma), in a single thematic conversation about contemporary photography. From street photography and documentary photography to ethics, authorship, visual storytelling, gear obsession, personal work, dignity, survival, memory, and the act of looking, this episode is a slow and human conversation about what still gives a photograph meaning in a world saturated with images. Not five interviews, but one story told through five different eyes. Discover the Q2 Eyeshot Collection and pre-order the books before June 30.

Richard Sandler: What Street Photography Has Lost Today

Richard Sandler joins Eyeshot 50mm for a raw conversation on New York street photography, film, flash, eye contact, documentary filmmaking, and what it means to photograph the unrehearsed human face. One of the defining street photographers of late 20th-century New York, Sandler reflects on photographing the city in the 1980s, working with Leica cameras and flash, learning from Gary Winogrand, dealing with risk, rejection, the technique of two pictures in one frame, the same technique he once taught a young Bruce Gilden, and the presence of the photographer in the frame. He speaks about why he never wanted to be invisible, why eye contact can reveal something deeply human, and why the best photographs often ask more questions than they answer. Direct, funny and uncompromising, a portrait of a photographer who never stopped questioning what he was looking at.

Ed Kashi: A Life in Photojournalism

In this episode we sit down with acclaimed photojournalist Ed Kashi of VII Photo Agency to explore his 45 years journey through documentary photography, visual activism, and the art of “candid intimacy" in over 100 countries. Known for his deep commitment to social issues, Ed reflects on the ethical responsibilities of the photographer, the emotional power of the still image, and the evolution of his visual language. We dive into his sold-out book with Eyeshot, “Visual Riffs”—a limited edition book now available for pre-order. Ed discusses how photography becomes a form of therapy, storytelling, and resistance, and shares insights into his creative process, from personal obsessions to field experiences across the globe.