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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…
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Follower of metamorphoses and "deletions" Véronique Loh makes the images drift. A series of evanescent presences spring up in often enigmatic poses, where the woman seems to have emerged from Aladdin's lamp. She sits enthroned in a kind of real ostentation but also stored away in the space of mental and visual representation. However, there is nothing allegorical or symbolic here, even if such poses can sometimes evoke the painting…
Wanrooij Gallery in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, presents a solo exhibition of the Dutch photographer Julius Rooymans from 10 March until 14 May 2022. The gallery shows with The Shadow of the Master a new series of monumental artworks and portraits. Paintings of Rembrandt, Vermeer and Jan Steen come alive. The layered images, full of scenes and symbolism, reflect the Golden Age in an extra large format. Artist Julius Rooymans is…
L'Arlequin
76 Rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris
from September 16th, 2026 to October 31st, 2026
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
60 rue des Archives, 75003 Paris, France
from July 22nd, 2026 to October 15th, 2026
Atelier Smedsby
85 Rue du Midi, 93100 Montreuil, France
from July 22nd, 2026 to September 7th, 2026
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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…
Archives - August 18, 2022 An American couple Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison’s fine art photography embodies a world of surreal and symbolic imagery, where Robert is the main character. Their photographs have been displayed in over 45 solo exhibitions and over 100 group shows worldwide and their work can also be found in over thirty-five collections, including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, The George Eastman…
Archives - August 18, 2025 Alexandre de Metz – The Instinct for Image A clear vision, a sharp eye, and a keen sense of the market. Alexandre de Metz embodies a new generation of cultural entrepreneurs who have successfully bridged the gap between artistic excellence and accessibility. As co-founder of YellowKorner—a brand that has become a global reference in the distribution of fine art photography, he has spent nearly two…
Daniel Malikyar : Reclaiming the right to look There are countries that history has ultimately reduced to images. Afghanistan is one of them. War, the Taliban, exile, ruins: over the decades, the Western gaze has produced such a powerful visual repertoire that it has come to stand in for the territory itself. It is precisely within this visually saturated space, that Daniel Malikyar chooses to work. Not to manufacture another image…
All About Photo presents David Saxe : Cuba es Vida, a deeply personal photographic journey through shadow, movement, and the enduring spirit of the Cuban people. Cuba has long inspired photographers with its vibrant streets, colorful architecture, and unmistakable atmosphere. In Cuba es Vida, David Saxe looks beyond these familiar images to reveal a more personal and nuanced portrait of the island. Created over the course of three journeys, the…
C+C Photography Gallery presents Nathan Coe: Reverence, a new exhibition featuring a curated selection of photographs from the artist's 2026 Nantucket series. The mere name of Nantucket conjures up vivid memories for so many of us — summers shared with loved ones and important landmarks in our collective nostalgia. In this series, Coe captures our island's shared history. Each photograph is a journey back to yesteryear, embodying the delicate reminiscence…
Galerie Iso presents De la lumière à l’empreinte by Thierry Valencin. Photography came to Thierry Valencin and carved within him a pure space that pierces the sparks of shadow. The photographer invites us into a territory where photography no longer settles for capturing reality His images resonate with a power that is both popular and poetic. With De la lumière à l’empreinte, he continues a body of research deeply attached…
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