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Archives - August 20, 2021 The Richard Avedon Foundation announced the passing of Yasuhiro Wakabayashi known as Hiro with these words : "In honor and in loving memory of Hiro, who has passed away at the age of 90. Hiro was Richard Avedon’s good friend and closest colleague. He began working as an assistant at the Avedon studio in the mid-1950s. By 1957 he had asserted himself as an independent…

Archives - August 20, 2024 This is the funniest announcement of the week: On August 22 and October 4 (World Animal Days), dog owners are exceptionally allowed to come with their canine friends to discover the work of Elliott Erwitt. On these two special evenings, it is Erwitt's characteristic ground-level gaze that will prevail. Access to dogs is permitted in the circulation areas leading to the exhibition space, as well…

The Female in Focus x Nikon 2025 exhibition opens next month at International Centre for the Image, Dublin, for its second and final exhibition. Delving into the theme On the Cusp, the show presents two series alongside 21 single images from photographers around the world. Series winner Laetitia Vançon's turns to the young people of Ukraine navigating daily life under the shadow of war, while Giya Makondo-Wills traces the rapid…

The Photography+ Emerging Talent returns for its second edition. With more than 1300 submissions from across the world, this initiative still builds on the simple idea that started it: talent does not only come with a qualification. We welcomed submissions from anyone within the first five years of their practice, with or without a degree or postgraduate qualification. The result is a celebration of emerging voices from around the world,…

Do you want to share with the world the wonders of the planet and contribute to its protection? Then don’t miss the opportunity to participate in The Nature Photography Contest, an international photography contest for professionals and amateurs. The Nature Photography Contest has 10 categories for you to submit your images of natural landscapes, wildlife, macrophotography and more. You can win cash prizes and international recognition. The winner of the…

Beginners 35mm Black and White Camera & Film Photography with Artur Sikora Presented by award-winning photographer Artur Sikora, this new beginners workshop will help you improve your 35mm black and white film photography over three consecutive Sundays, with a different focus on each session: The Camera, The Negative, and The Print. Simply bring your 35mm analogue camera – everything else will be provided, including your first roll of film, photographic…

The DGPh honours two defining figures of the international photographic art market – award ceremony to take place during Paris Photo Week in November The German Photographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie – DGPh) is presenting the inaugural Gruber Award to New York-based gallerist, photography expert and collector Howard Greenberg and Belgian collector, philanthropist and founder of A Foundation Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall. An independent international jury selected them…

August 19 holds a special place in the history of our medium. On this date in 1839, the French government officially announced the invention of the daguerreotype, a breakthrough created by Louis Daguerre, declaring it a free gift to the world. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist, photographer, and inventor best known for creating the daguerreotype, the first widely adopted photographic process. In 1839, France released the daguerreotype “free to…

The Graham Foundation is honored to announce 45 new grants to organizations. Selected from more than 275 submissions, the funded projects include exhibitions, installations, publications, podcasts, films, student-led journals, international architecture events, and other public programs. The grantees range from major cultural institutions and independent nonprofit spaces to academic institutions, publishers, and community-based initiatives. Collectively, the projects advance new interdisciplinary ideas on architecture and design and engage publics around the…

Last Tuesday, we published the first part of our conversation with Jeremy Dennis, a contemporary photographer and enrolled member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation whose work explores Indigenous identity, history, and the relationship between people and place. In that first installment, Dennis introduced the project that has become the foundation of his artistic practice, On This Site, an ongoing effort to map and document Indigenous history across Long Island. He…

With this group of photographs, Staley-Wise is continuing a series of online themed exhibitions chosen from the gallery archive. Lifelike Online exhibition August 12 – November 12, 2026 Staley-Wise Gallery 100 Crosby Street New York NY 10012 www.staleywise.com

The Musée des Confluences in Lyon presents Corée du Nord ( North Korea) by Stéphan Gladieu. Stéphan Gladieu is interested in closed societies, and in portraiture in particular, questioning the relationship between identity and appearance… Between 2017 and 2020, he traveled to North Korea five times where, despite strict supervision, he created a space of freedom within the constraints imposed on him. His series, inspired by the visual codes of…

The Princeton University Art Museum presents Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan, an exhibition exploring the intertwined careers of three of the most influential photographers and teachers in mid-twentieth-century America. On view in Princeton through September 7, 2026, and then traveling, the exhibition draws on the rich photography holdings of the Princeton University Art Museum and its Minor White Archive to bring together…