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Bruno Boudjelal Born 1961, in Montreuil, France. Lives and works in France. A Frenchman of Algerian origins and member of the VU’ agency, Boudjelal approaches photography as a way of life that constantly questions his own identity and confronts us with our own. In Algeria, he has spent 20 years exploring the country, somewhere between a travelogue and a testimony, embracing the fact that his point of view is subjective…

Ming Smith Born 1947 in Detroit, USA. Lives and works in New York, USA. Ming Smith is a foundational figure in American photography whose work surveys Black interiority, spiritual presence, and formal experimentation. In 1972, she joined Kamoinge as its only woman member, and in 1979 became the first Black woman photographer whose work was acquired by MoMA. Working primarily in black and white, Smith uses light as a tool…

Felicia Abban (1935-2024), James Barnor (1929), Willis E. Bell (1924-1999) et Efua T. Sutherland (1924-1996), Denyse Gawu-Mensah (1995), Carlos Idun-Tawiah (1997), Rita Mawuena Benissan (1995), Manuela Nebuloni (1986) et Postbox Ghana, Maame Abena Osaah Asamoah (1997), Marc Riboud (1923-2016), Paul Strand (1890-1976) March 6, 1957: after more than a century under British rule, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, celebrated its independence, driven by the determination of its leader Kwame Nkrumah…

Sammy Baloji Born 1978 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Lives and works between Lubumbashi, DRC, and Brussels, Belgium. A photographer, visual artist and filmmaker, Baloji explores the history and memory of the DRC, particularly the cultural and industrial legacy of Katanga and the effects of Belgian colonization. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. In France, his work has been exhibited at Musée du Quai…

Ayana V. Jackson Born 1977 in New Jersey, USA. Lives and works between New York, USA, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Her practice deconstructs 19th- and 20th-century portraiture to interrogate the colonial gaze and its role in shaping racial and gendered identities. Through performative embodiment, she restages archival images, reconfiguring narratives of the African Diaspora. Her work is held in collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Studio Museum…

Archives - July 6, 2021 Street photography - the art of capturing the unexpected, the singular and the extraordinary in public space - has been part of Magnum's DNA since its creation in 1947. To understand the original link that unites Magnum to street photography, we must return to the figure of Henri Cartier-Bresson, who, with the first appearance of the Leica portable camera, guessed that the photographer can now…

Archives - July 6, 2023 On July 12, as part of Grand Arles, the Galerie du Chateau d'Eau of Toulouse, presents Thomas Boivin. Here is the text written by Christian Caujolle. Thomas Boivin photographs with affection his neighborhood of Belleville in Paris in the 19th arrondissement. By alternating portraits, landscapes and still lifes, always in black and white, he brings a poetic touch to his work, while moving away from…

Still life In this series, Carol Descordes works within the tradition of still life, using simple and familiar objects: fruit, flowers, utensils, fabrics, and antique objects. The compositions are constructed in the studio from found, inherited, or collected elements gathered over time. Garden roses, lemons, apples, eggs, copper pieces, and ceramics come together in carefully composed arrangements, where each object bears the traces of use and history. Surfaces are sometimes…

 The Space Between The project explores landscape as a psychological and perceptual space rather than a fixed geographic site. Shot on 35mm black-and-white film along the Welsh coastline, the work moves through atmosphere, distance, memory, and shifting emotional states. www.elaertan.com Instagram: @elaertanstudio

China I live in the United States and have been traveling to China regularly over a number of years. What began as only business became something quieter, more enduring— an appreciation of the beauty of the country, in its cities and landscapes, in the lines of its architecture, the grace of its arts, and in the warmth of its people. I often travel alone. And in a land so densely…

Asphalt Whispers This book is a wandering. A walk through the heart of the crowd, seeking to capture what is most fragile within it: our humanity. We wanted words to go where the camera cannot: beneath the skin. This photographic journey thus becomes a search for meaning, guided by a deep conviction: the image is only a reflection, while poetry alone is true objectivity. www.korzybski-elstir.ch

Caretakers Of The Greens Golf course caretakers arrive before the world awakens, rubbing sleep from their eyes, checking in, and receiving the day’s instructions—simple acts that begin a quiet daily ritual. Then, with a sudden cacophony of engines and voices, crews and machines fan out across the golf course, each heading to their assignments with purpose and quiet resolve. There is deliberateness in their movements, and heart-felt pride and steady…

With Their Hands in the Earth Over the course of a year, I have periodically visited a vegetable farm set up by a young couple at the foot of the Apennines south of Parma. Their farm shop is steadily gaining popularity among locals while an old, yet not habitable house, is being renovated and envisioned as a future hub for community gatherings and activities. Elena and Luca have made a…

MENlancholy (2025-ongoing) After my mother's sudden death in 2019, my father was left alone. The first years were the hardest emotionally for all of us, but especially for him. The deep attachment formed over decades of successful relationships was seriously tested. But my father chose the path of a man who is not committed to new relationships, the path of a loner. The generally accepted image of a man is…

Published by L'artiere, Italian Story by Andrea Modica is the book of the month of the Charcoal Book Club. Italian Story is measured and ponderous. A common fern, a bare room, an overgrown hedge become stand alone meditations. Modica's portraits, composed with subtle and intimate gestures, are imbued with enormous emotion. Modica’s technique is masterful, one that employs the full range of motion afforded by a view camera. Despite the…