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Archives - August 26, 2024 Paci Contemporary presents a selection of photographs by Horst P. Horst, the master of timeless elegance and sensual sophistication was born on August 14, 1906. A leading artist for Vogue magazine for six decades, he was a figure of international caliber, capable of rendering a narrative of the intertwined worlds of art, design, and performance. A master of light, composition and atmospheric illusion, Horst P.…

Archives - August 26, 2024 Joseph Bellows Gallery presents Gary Krueger's charming, whimsical and sometimes fierce scenes of dogs in cars across Los Angeles. This small thematic group of canine cruisers was culled from Krueger's impressive archive of vintage, 8x10 inch gelatin silver prints. Using his quick reflexes and chrome-plated Canon F-1 camera, these images, found in the City of Los Angeles in the 1970s, is a nostalgic series capturing…

Gad Edery: The Collector’s Eye From finance to photography, Gad Edery did not change worlds; he changed his way of seeing. For fifteen years, between Paris, Geneva and London, he worked in the trading world. Yet along his career, another, more personal story was taking shape: that of a collector who began acquiring artworks at the age of 19 and developed a particular passion for photography. In London, from 1997…

SKIRA publishes Pablo Arroyo : Plates, The first monograph dedicated to Pablo Arroyo’s new professional project, a return to “pure” and essential photography. After years devoted to fashion photography for the most prestigious international brands, Pablo Arroyo presents a new and significant chapter in his professional career, which consciously goes “beyond” the boundaries of fashion photography. It is a choice that breaks with the past and, at the same time,…

“I invent nothing. I imagine everything. I have sought only to express reality, for nothing is more surreal” - Brassaï. Walk with me through a foggy Parisian night. Pause. Watch the mist fall in gentle swirls wrapping the city in gossamer folds. Feel the damp upon your skin. Wander the streets in the liminal space between dusk and dawn. Meander along the banks of the River Seine lulled by the…

In the context of the Festival OFF Arles 2026, Fabián Suspensivo exhibits El Ball de Núria at the Hôtel de Ville de Perpignan from August 29 to September 13, 2026. He presents the series as follows. At fourteen, Núria met Josep at a village dance. He proposed with a camera instead of a ring. Today, at eighty-five and without him, she lives on in the house they built together: the…

Archives - August 25, 2022 The Loewentheil Collection is announcing its first virtual exhibition of selections from the world’s largest and finest collection of early photography of China. “Seizing Shadows: Rare Photographs by late Qing Dynasty Masters,” a virtual exhibition in English and Chinese, is the first exhibition devoted to photographs by the first Chinese photographers. The photographs were taken from the 1860s to 1903. The virtual exhibition is filled…

Archives - August 25, 2022 "In this time of great social reckoning, when more and more people recognize the deep impacts of structural racism, economic injustice, and mass incarceration, Merts’s body of work is both spotlight and lightning rod. His illuminating focus and dedication to making deeply personal and graciously compassionate images—of a creative practice that most people will never see or participate in—provides a window into a particular aspect…

Jay Maisel left us this weekend at the age of 95. One of the last icons of Photography, a master of color. In early 2025, he and Jean-Jacques Naudet spoke to each other after years apart. The result was a Special Edition put together entirely by Jay, in which he speaks in his own words. Here it is again, on this day dedicated to him. Also, to celebrate his 94th…

What constitutes a favorite is that after seeing it every day for years, it doesn’t lose its power. I know some photographers who are always quite delighted with everything they do. I wish I was like that, but I find a great many of my images lose their power or at least my interest at some later date. Either I’m not interested in the subject anymore or I’m just no…

People are always referring to this or that “golden age.” I was lucky to start photography in a time that was often called the “Golden Age of Jazz.” I got to see and photograph Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and others you’ll see in this collection. It was not only a golden age as far as the stars were concerned, it was a golden age…

JAY: I had never thought about having a child. My wife, L.A., thought otherwise. I of course fell in love with Amanda and started photographing her even before she was born. She is now a young woman who has wit, wisdom, and a wicked sense of humor. I stand in awe of her. She is amazing. She also hates when I compliment her so I’m getting great joy here. I…