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A light at the end of the Covid tunnel? by John Devos This weekend from Thursday 13th May till Sunday 16th May Antwerp becomes once again a city full of Art – Here a selection of a few photographic initiatives – this list is incomplete but consider it an invitation to discover all the wonderful exhibitions! SUDA – LAMRABAT – RE-COLLECT FOMU - Waalsekaai 47 2000 Antwerpen fomu.be ISSEI…
After 37 years, Michael Hoppen Gallery is relocating from Jubilee Place on June 10th. Michael Hoppen sent this text : When I moved into Jubilee Place in 1983 I used this picture by Zoltan Glass from 1931 to announce our arrival. It was a picture given to me by Jan Whitecross, the previous occupier, who had run photographic studios from the site for over 25 years. Jan had been given…
Her name is Agathe Catel. She is a photographer. She sent us this very fair and touching email about the times we are living in! “Why do so many women doubt themselves? Why haven't we been taught to assert ourselves, to decide, to choose and to impose ourselves in the jungle of the world? What approval do we need? I so often doubt my steps. Am I in the right…
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“In every culture and across time, artists have been captivated by the human figure.” - Thomas P. Campbell The curve of a hip, the softness of a breast, the firmness of a buttock, the way a body contorts in pain or ecstasy, how skin wrinkles and loosens with age, the fat or the thin, healthy or sick… we never tire of looking at the human body, whether for its beauty,…
In this pandemic times, the images of healthcare workers around the world dressed from head to toe in Hazmat coveralls with mask and goggles and gloves remind me of the 1656 engraving by Paulus Fürst, used to illustrate the cover of Camus’ novel "The Plague", the book has once again become a bestseller in 2020 due to Covid-19. We are no longer in the Middle Ages but in the year…
The Commune was a citizen and popular movement in Paris between March 18 and May 28, 1871. For 72 days, La Commune, elected by universal suffrage, designed a new form of state based on the intervention of the people on a daily basis. This experience came to an extremely violent end. The sum of images that documents the Paris Commune is substantial. The prohibitions and institutional censorship that followed this…
Christophe Guye Galerie presents the group exhibition In my bubble in the gallery’s showroom. The exhibition was curated by Anita Pezzolesi and Gaëlle Waeber as part of the seminar 'Die Kunstgalerie im System der Künste' (The Art Gallery in the System of the Arts) at the University of Zurich, led by Christophe Guye as guest lecturer. In this seminar, the students of the Centre for Studies and Research in the…
When I started with photography in the early 1970s, I was focused on street photography and found myself going to New York City to take pictures. I discovered a portion of Fifth Avenue near the Museum of Modern Art that had a dark stone background, and for around half an hour every late afternoon, the sun would shine on the sidewalk but the background would fall into shadow. In effect,…
Home Gallery presents Thomas Holton’s ”The Lams of Ludlow Street”, curated by William Chan. The series, documenting the life of one Chinese family living in New York City's Chinatown neighborhood photographed over eighteen years, is one of the most important works about the Chinese American experience. Chan selected four images to be displayed in the window gallery, one at a time. Every two weeks, passersby discover a new photograph following…
One of our readers Patrick Mourral found this photo: “I got this print when I bought a set of frames from a frame-maker in the 17th arrondissement. It was used to illustrate the poster for " la grande braderie de la mode" in 2009 for the benefit of the fight against AIDS. I would like to know the name of the photographer: any idea? ” Patrick Mourral
This is the eighteenth installment of the online series by Peter Fetterman Gallery called the Power of Photography highlighting hope, peace and love in the world. We invite you to enjoy and reflect on these works during this time. Raymond Cauchetier (France, b. 1920) Jules et Jim, course Charenton- le-pont, 1961 © Estate of Raymond Cauchetier/ Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery I can't believe it was in 1962 that I first saw Truffaut’s great…
Denisse Ariana Pérez is a Caribbean-born, Barcelona-based copywriter and photographer. Her work focuses on people, nature, gender, culture, and words and how they all interact with one another. Driven by an obsession with humans and the human experience as a whole, Denisse Ariana Pérez work looks to explore, expose and honour the beauty she sees in others. Water, which has always been present in both her life and work, allows…
Here is the latest episode in the series "Photojournalism Now: In Conversation", led by journalist Alison Stieven-Taylor. An essential interview with American reporter James Whitlow Delano. When news of the global pandemic spread to the world in 2020, award-winning American reporter James Whitlow Delano was on a mission in Antarctica. He was eager to return to Japan, where he has lived for over 20 years, but bad weather delayed his…
Every step, every moment, landscape, moment of life captured by Céline Anaya Gautier retraces the pilgrimage of thousands of people each year who set out in search of meaning, in search of spirituality, in search of themselves on this sometimes tortuous path that is that of Compostela. Because this path is an initiatory journey towards oneself. It obliges each pilgrim to face himself, to face truths that one can usually…
Chuck Samuels, Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Plein sud, centre d’exposition en art actuel in Longueuil announce the release of a major publication titled Chuck Samuels: Becoming Photography. The publication is co-published by Expression, Plein sud and Kerber Verlag (Berlin). Richly illustrated and designed by Dominique Mousseau, it includes two essays on Chuck Samuels’ work by internationally renowned Catalan (Spain) artist and writer Joan Fontcuberta, and accomplished art historian Mona…
The gallery announces that it now represents the artist Tomasz Machciński (Poland 1942). Orphan, Tomasz Machciński built an identity around an autograph, which was sent to him by an actress whom he believed to be his mother at the time. From this confusion, which lasted more than twenty years, was born a protean and personal mythology which re-constructs the artist. Like the Ovidian myth, or Gregor Samsa, Tomasz Machciński cannot…
This photo was taken on Sunday morning, during the farmer's market in Villeneuve sur Rouergue. Jean-Marie Périer wanted to celebrate the “aïl nouveau” (first spring garlic). He added his commentary. The masters of AÏL. Every year I look forward to the arrival of the AÏL NOUVEAU. First, it is the first sign that the good days are coming. My grandmother liked to tell me, "The garlic, it's simple, it's a…
KEEPING A CURIOUS EYE ON THE WORLD Rich of his diverse origins (Slavic, French, Swiss and African), Sacha Walckhoff's creative spectrum is much enlarged. Although he began his adventure with Christian Lacroix in 1992, at the same time he also designs ready-to-wear and accessories collections for Michel Klein and Kenzo, among others. In 2010, it is quite natural that he is brought to take over the Artistic Direction of the…
