Capturing a Kid’s-Eye View of Travel

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Last summer, while preparing a travel essay about my childhood years in Budapest, I spent some time revisiting my family’s old home videos. Because we lived in Hungary during the early 1990s, I traveled quite…

Dior’s Gateway to India

Ah, the symbolism. On Thursday evening, about 850 local and international celebrities, artists, editors and influencers (and editor-influencers, since they are increasingly becoming one and the same) gathered in Mumbai in front of the historic Gateway of India as multicolored lights played on the nearby Taj Mahal Palace hotel and cool breezes blew in off…

She Gets Them, and She’s One of Them, Too

“I grapple with Richard Kern’s work,” she said, adding that some of her friends have had positive experiences shooting with him. “Some of that work lacks emotion,” she continued. “It’s sterile and calculated. It doesn’t feel like there’s anything behind their eyes. I’m very curious about what the person in front of the camera has…