Debi Cornwall has had a remarkable journey from a twelve-year career as a civil-rights lawyer to an acclaimed visual artist. Her meticulous research and negotiation skills, honed through her legal background, now enrich her visual practice. I had the privilege of being her student at the International Center of Photography in 2023, where her innovative
for those who are visual makers, look at the broad range of media, to look at film, to look at visual arts, look at sculpture. What moves you? How is it operating? How is it making meaning? The world of your making is open, commensurate with how vast your your inputs are.
2x juror for the Leica Women Foto Project, photo book and exhibition designer, Elizabeth Avedon, joins Leica Women Foto Project Awardee, conceptual documenta…
2x juror for the Leica Women Foto Project, photo book and exhibition designer, Elizabeth Avedon, joins Leica Women Foto Project Awardee, conceptual documentary artist and filmmaker, Debi Cornwall, for a conversation focused on the importance book-making has had in her career and could have in yours.
Photographer Debi Cornwall had been off the boat only a few minutes when her military escort turned to her and said “Gitmo is the best posting a soldier can have. There’s lots of fun to be had here.”
