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Fotografia Europea is back, as always with new suggestions. From 26 April to 9 June, the 19th edition of the festival is on in the city of Reggio Emilia (Emilia Romagna) and winds its way between the institutional venues (with more than 20 exhibitions) and those of the Circuito Off, following a precise thread: Nature Loves to Hide, according to a fragment by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. The festival explores…

For all those who have had the chance to admire one or two photographic works by Denis Brihat, simply representing onions, a new chance is offered. Indeed, the excellent publishing house of photography books: “le bec en l’air”, has put together a superb new book for us, on Denis. This book is one of the major books that a connoisseur of the photographic sphere must have in his personal library.…

Some labels outlive their usefulness and anyone now calling themselves a war photographer should arouse more suspicion than applause. We certainly don’t need professional photographers to remind us that war is about killing people, its violence obscene, and Tim Hetherington – who did not like having the label ‘war photographer’ attached to his work – thought and felt this. It is something that makes his death, at the age of…

For me, there is always the work being presented but also there is the presentation. Last week the Getty Center made me smile with the freshness of their presentation, the way they made their exhibition an invitation to see more than the art on the walls. First Came a Friendship: Sidney B. Felsen and the Artists at Gemini G.E.L., on view now at the Getty Center brings previously unseen work to…

This new exhibition that the Little Big Galerie is devoting to Estelle Lagarde constitutes a trilogy. Trilogy born from the photographer's desire to confront her approach, her narrative and emotional ambition, no longer at the heart of the building, the constructions of human architecture, but this time towards the outside, nature, the landscape, the elements that sculpt and cross them. And always at the center, the child. The link that…

In a new book published by Rizzoli, Turn of the Century : Portraits of Creative Interiors, Henry Bourne’s photographs of the residences and workspaces of a who’s who of creative people open windows onto the groundbreaking design approaches and trends of the last three decades. For nearly thirty years, Bourne has been photographing the residences and studios of, or those designed by, some of the world’s most important artists, architects,…

This is one of the featured exhibitions of the Saint Petersburg Photo Festival (SPMOP) in Florida. Robert Preston and his daughter Patricia Preston Mastry: a family of local photographers. Patricia Preston Mastry entrusted us with these images and this text! To see more of St. Petersburg's through the years, check out the new photography show at Craftsman House May 9 - June 8th: "Now and Then You Spot a Great…

Kyriakos Kaziras is not only a photographer, but also an artist, a magician capturing the beauty of the world through his lens. With Greek roots and steeped in French culture, he embodies the harmonious fusion of these two worlds. His passion for visual art was born in the very cradle of civilisation, awakened by the stories of his grandfathers, benevolent guides to the world of creativity. From the very beginning,…

There are photographers specialising in reportage - a snapshot here & there, their passage is just a sigh. There are those who swear by the documentary approach - they follow a subject for several months or even years. But Danny Willems' work defies all comparison. He has photographed the Belgian artist Arno for 50 years - the photographer became a friend, a collaborator, an advisor. In the words of Stephan…

No less than three cultural places in the city of the three towers, La Rochelle, have joined forces to receive the photographer's numerous images: Carré Amelot, La Sirène, the city's current music hall as well as the FEMA, international film festival. Since 1991, Richard Dumas has worked mainly for daily newspapers and magazines, although it is not possible to qualify him as a press photographer. Whether in the world of…

In 1937, a new magazine was launched in the UK. Though small in size, fitting into a pocket, it would have a tremendous impact. Lilliput, founded by European Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901- 1997), was the first British magazine to publish an impressive roster of international photographers, including Erwin Blumenfeld, Herbert Matter, Willy Ronis, Brassaï, Pierre Jahan and Ergy Landau. It published a series of now-famous reportage by Bill Brandt,…

Until May 18, the Ricco/Maresca Gallery in New York presents the exhibition FETISH: Photographs by Jorge Alberto Cadi, Le Fétichiste and Miroslav Tichý. Produced in collaboration with the Christian Berst Art Brut gallery, this exhibition will highlight vernacular photography. In the streets of Havana, Jorge Alberto Cadi (1963 – , Cuba) is known only as “El Buzo” - the diver -, constantly looking for material for his works, in the…

Bernhard Knaus Fine Art presents the solo exhibition La Plaiv with works from Petra Wunderlich. The artist applies a refined and didactic approach to create stoic black and white photographies that carefully examine the architectural facades of the picturesque and romantic villages of the eponymous region in Switzerland in the exhibition La Plaiv. Wunderlich studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and became part of the…

Dewi Lewis Publishing releases the book God’s Promises Mean Everything by Mark Chapman. He writes : God’s Promises Mean Everything spans seven years in the life of Derek, a homeless hostel resident who lives in Teesside in the North East of England – an area that has a rich industrial history and was formerly a major iron and steel hub. After being granted permission by the hostel, I visited Derek…

Dancing daughter This is a story about my daughter Karina. About her fight for her dream. At the time of filming, out of the fourteen years she has lived, she has been involved in dance sports for ten. What was initially interpreted by parents as a way to develop a child, give him flexibility and endurance, over time grew into a real hobby. She trains for several hours every day…