Stories by Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand is a designer, artist, and writer. She is a cofounder of https://designobserver.com and the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism, including Face: A Visual Odyssey, from which this article is adapted.

OpinionAugust 13, 2020

Darwin, Expression and the Lasting Legacy of Eugenics

If evolution is seen as the study of unseen development, the camera provided the illusion of quantifiable benchmarks—an irresistible proposition for the advocates of eugenics

Jessica Helfand