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I first met the photographer Bastiaan Woudt through gallerist Benjamin Jaeger, and was immediately drawn to his singular way of combining minimalism, portraiture, and mystery. With Bastiaan’s recent pilgrimage to Japan, and his first exhibition in Italy on the horizon, I wanted to look back at his story while catching up on both old and new work. I also had a chance to chat with his gallerist, Vincenzo Maccarone, co-founder…

Neue Zürcher Zeitung is the winner of the Visa d’Or for International Daily Press: Gökşin Sipahioğlu by Sipa Press. Every year since 1990, Visa pour l'Image has given international daily newspapers a stage of their own. Twenty-four titles are competing in 2026 for the Visa d'Or Daily Press Award — from The New York Times to L'Équipe, Le Monde to Helsingin Sanomat — each represented by a single photographer and…

The Douglas Kirkland Estate, headed by Françoise Kirkland, Douglas Kirkland's wife and longtime business partner, who has managed his archive since his death in 2022, has stepped in this year as sponsor of two separate prizes at Visa pour l'Image, the international photojournalism festival in Perpignan. Visa d'Or Online by the Douglas Kirkland Estate Launched in January 2026, this is a new online award: four prizes of €1,500 each, given…

It’s summer, as heralded by the The Eye of Photography column ritually opened to enthusiasts each season when the sun and sea bathing return – sometimes too much sun, as this year. Meanwhile, holed up in the cool in front of my computer, I took advantage of this break to relax, – and entertain you, by selecting among my nude photobooks those ostensibly made to amuse, to have fun, made…

A photographer based in Geneva, Jean-Marc Martin du Theil has self-published a book, printed by Printer Trento in Italy, that tells the story of a life—his own—in photographs. Drawing on these words by photographer Raymond Depardon (from Voyages, Éditions Hazan): “I would tell a young photographer that they must photograph everything, have the awareness and the courage to photograph their life. It can be difficult because one will be accused…

The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) presents The inner sky by Sarah Rhodes, for the 2026 Wai Tang Commissioning Award. Sarah Rhodes’s body of work The inner sky uses analogue darkroom techniques to create layered photographs that speak to an experience of our inner and outer worlds. The artist created these images as the recipient of the Wai Tang Commissioning Award, and one work from the series will be acquired…

The Eye of Photography presents on a monthly basis features from The Agents Club such as their Insta News, Master Series or Profiles. This is a selection of their portfolio : Summer Beauty The Agents Club, founded in 2018 by Alexandre and Wanda Orlowski, is a unique mobile platform showcasing the most sought-after photography agencies worldwide and the exceptional image-makers they represent. This feature was first published by The Agents Club. www.theagentsclub.com

Archives - September 4, 2023 He is a legendary auctioneer of the world of photography. He organized some of the biggest auctions in the history of the still image. And yes, he is also a photographer! Philippe Garner is exhibited at the Hamiltons Gallery until October 4. I have two very fond memories of Garner. The first encounter was in the mid-1970s. The Photographers Gallery in London asked Sotheby's to…

Archives - September 4, 2025 Stephen Shames is in Perpignan for Visa pour l’Image. Today he will have a book signing at the couvent des Minimes. For almost six decades, he has documented the world. Through his photography, he uncovers the raw emotions and deeper truths behind both global, political issues and private, personal ones. From chronicling the Black Panther movement in Power to the People: The World of the…

Sandrine Arons : What the image does not show For Sandrine Arons, the true subject of photography begins precisely where the visible ends. Her images do not document reality: they put it to the test. They question what we think we see, what we have forgotten to look at, and what an image sometimes reveals only in retrospect. For her, photography is less about capturing than exploring. A face, a…

The J. Paul Getty Museum presents “Every Minute Is History: Five Views of Los Angeles”. Featuring works by five photographers – Laura Aguilar, Reynaldo Rivera, George Rodriguez, Patssi Valdez, and Ricardo Valverde – this exhibition explores how these artists expanded the understanding of the built environment and cultural landscape of Los Angeles, along with the representations of Latino/a communities in the city during the second half of the 20th century.…

The Print Center presents Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America, an exhibition that reveals the depth, breadth, beauty and visual poetry of Black cowboys throughout America. Until recently, popular culture had not recognized the vital Black contribution to our national stories of “The American West.” The Long Ride Home offers a contemporary counter-narrative to the traditional whitewashed myths. Tarver’s insightful photographs of Black Western heritage affirm…

Once again this year, Arles was transformed into a vast city devoted to photography. For the 57th edition of the Rencontres d’Arles, I moved through the exhibitions with the sense that, more than the images themselves, it was our way of looking that was being put to the test. From the body to animals, from intimacy to work, from family to forgotten histories, the works I found seemed to raise…

What if the most powerful environmental stories are not only about what we are losing, but about the people finding ways forward? On Aug. 31, Vital Impacts opened applications for its 2027 Environmental Photography Fellowships and Mentorships, supporting photographers around the world who use visual storytelling to explore some of our planet’s most urgent challenges and the people and communities working every day to address them. Now entering its fourth…

MACK Books publishes Mountain Black Heart by Irina Rozovsky, an intimate and vivid series of photographs made in and around the Balkan states, including Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which photographer Irina Rozovsky has visited periodically since 2014. These atmospheric images of the region’s inhabitants and wildlife, towns and farms reflect the evolution of old and new ways of life among a naturally dramatic landscape This absorbing and…