She aimed her camera at those in the margins and the shadows. People we tend to avert our eyes from. She made them present and unforgettable by capturing them with compassion but without sentimentality, a memento of tough love.

The 56th Venice Biennale is in full swing until November, with the theme “All The World’s Futures”. It’s rather hopeful, considering the current state of affairs. We’ll be happy to have one decent future for the world. Besides 136 individual artists, 89 countries…

These fascinating microscopic creatures, known as plankton, are 98% of the ocean’s habitat. They are also extremely beautiful, and captured here in photographs by Christian Sardet.