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Laure Adler & Clara Bouveresse : Photography as a tool. Laure Adler is an engaged cultural figure whose work has contributed to enriching thought on women's conditions and their place in the arts and society. A journalist, writer, radio producer, and French historian, she is renowned for her work on the history of ideas, the arts, and social issues. She has had a rich and varied career, establishing herself as…

The idea of the city is ancient (more than five millennia old). Photography is much younger. But as is natural, today’s reality is rooted in antiquity and it is therefore interesting to see how the urban fabric is at the centre of the images which explore contemporaneity, presented at the Trieste Photo Days – International Photography Festival. Until November 3, the city welcomes international guests, exhibitions, initiatives and photographic events…

This year will mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall! The Berlin gallery Kulturhaus Alte Feuerwache is exhibiting Birgit Kleber’s images of the Wall until November 17. The curator of the exhibition, Harald Martenstein, presents it this way. It was always easy to recognize that Birgit Kleber was a special photographer, even back then, at the end of the 80s, in this strange biotope called “West…

C+C Photography Gallery presents Transcendence, a solo exhibition featuring never-before-exhibited works by Christophe von Hohenberg. Here is the text sent by the gallery. The exhibition will highlight von Hohenberg’s brand new color series photographed in the summer of 2024. Known for his minimalistic black & white landscapes as well as his bold fashion and celebrity portraiture dating back to the late 1970s, von Hohenberg’s newest series offers a unique perspective from the…

The Institut pour la photographie presents at the Théâtre du Nord the exhibition Portraits d’intérieurs dedicated to the documentary photographer Jean-Louis Schoellkopf, whose archives are kept by the Institute. Known for his photographs of the working world and the architecture of changing cities, Jean-Louis Schoellkopf paid particular attention to domestic spaces during his projects carried out between 1989 and 2008 in France and abroad. Designed as a family album, Portraits…

A.galerie is exhibiting Bruno Aveillan until November 15 with an exhibition entitled: Vu de ma fenêtre. Arnaud Adida tells us about the photographer: I met Bruno Aveillan, the photographer, about ten years ago. It was during a cocktail in the house of Jean-Baptiste Danet, my best friend, who left us a few days ago. I say Bruno the photographer because his primary profession, his international fame, he owes to his…

Issue 18 of Like magazine has just been released. A fantastic story is in it : about Russ Melcher, one of the last actors and witnesses of the birth and golden age of photojournalism in the last century! JJN Like – Issue 18 https://www.calameo.com/read/0058362356925df9b1a89?authid=pHpAfANSA8PC

If the streets could speak "If the Streets Could Speak" is a colorful snapshot of life in London. The pictures capture the unspoken stories between people and the city. Colors play a big role, reflecting the emotions and personalities in the city. The colors play a pivotal role, each hue mirroring the vibrant spectrum of emotions, personalities, and narratives interlinked in the fabric of the city. The juxtaposition of colors…

During 1993-99 I reported frequently from Armenia and Karabagh exploring the legacy of the soviet era, nascent independence, war, blockade, and elections. There was immense hardship, but there was solidarity and hope. In 2022, I returned to a nation in defeat after a disastrous war in 2020. Armenia is struggling with a political and an existential crisis, made worse by the fall of Karabagh and the exodus of its population…

Modern Paradise : The power of attraction This series was the subject of a book published in 2024, and of several exhibitions in Paris, notably in a renowned gallery on Ile-Saint-Louis, and on the gates of the Cité internationale de Paris. 160 pages of photographs immersed in funfairs life, from Normandy... to Los Angeles! “The funfair is an abridgement of the world, a universal melancholy poetry." Since Barnum's invention of…

The children of the river These photographs were taken along the Mekong in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. More than 250 million people live in its basin and it is an integral part of the regional cultural identity. A common mythological figure, the Naga serpent, guardian of the river, adorns the temples built along its route. For this series, I chose children, why? Because these children are born and grow up…

Bubbles of Magic It all started with a photograph I discovered on social networks: a unique bokeh, like soap bubbles, and a watercolor finish that won me over at first sight. I fell in love with the Trioplan 100mm f2.8 lens from Meyer Optik Görlitz. After two years of hesitation, I finally ordered it. It took me another month of patience and uncertainty, as it was not confirmed that it…

A Violin at the |End of the World ''A Violin at the End of the World'' is a photographic travelogue shot during Pope Francis' travels to the South Pacific of September 2024. I had the chance to accompany the papal convoy during his journey. ''A Violin...' is obtained by systematically following Francis but consistently turning the camera 180 degrees away from him, to try and capture what he saw in…

Solitary Tides: The Pier Fishermen of San Diego In the predawn silence, when the sky shivers in the first light, "Solitary Tides" captures the lone fishermen on the San Diego piers. This collection of images delves into the quietude of fishermen casting lines into the Pacific's depths, seeking not just bait fish but also solace in the sea's vastness. Each image is a study in isolation, with the cold, early…

There is an exhibition in Milan that allows you to follow, step by step, idea by idea, the dialogue and collaboration between two creatives for antonomasia: Aldo Fallai and Giorgio Armani. Nearly fifty years of uninterrupted artistic dialogue between them have produced iconic images and insights into an aesthetic that has permeated the collective imagination and revolutionised the standards of the time. Aldo Fallai per Giorgio Armani, 1977-2021 is on…