Allan Sekula is a leading figure in documentary photography and visual theory. Since the 1970s, his photographs have been accompanied by written essays, forming an inseparable dialogue between text and image. A student of Herbert Marcuse, Sekula focused on examining the circulation of images within economic and sociopolitical contexts.
Rooted in a modernist tradition, Sekula’s work reflects on the control over worldviews through the production of imagery. His photographs and texts form part of a larger archive, where visuals and writing intersect to offer critical insights into representation and reality.