Photography as magic tricks: Dina Litovsky on the ethics of photographing the public

Dina Litovsky took to the Nicer Tuesday stage in New York City with It’s Nice That’s US editor-at-large Elizabeth Goodspeed to discuss her incredible body of work featuring starkly lit, uncompromising photographs as seen in The New York Times and Time magazine. Speaking about her career, Dina explained how being a photographer is a bit like being a magician and gave her thoughts on the ethics of photographing members of the public.

Date
28 August 2025

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