Dystopian Visions: When Photographers Create Uncanny Futures

Straddling science fiction and speculative fiction, dystopian stories pervade literature, cinema, and television… In their own way, photographers also explore this genre. Blind has picked four artists with a striking vision and aesthetics.

Stories
- April 24, 2021

by Charlotte Jean

Why are dystopias so compelling? First popularized in literature (Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World) and cinema (Fritz Lang’s Metropolis), this genre is now proliferating on our screens, thanks to series such as Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, th...

Charlotte Jean

Charlotte Jean is a French-Peruvian journalist and documentary filmmaker. She's also a contributor to Beaux Arts Magazine.

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