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An exhibition of documentary and studio photography by Bronx-based artist Samantha Box (b. 1977) is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) from November 20, 2024, through March 23, 2025. Box is known for her arresting and nuanced work that shares stories of lives shaped by the intersections of nationality, race, class, gender and sexual orientation. Samantha Box: Confluences presents a survey of photographs from…

In her new book published by The Images Publishing Group, Anouk Krantz presents her most expansive work to date. Frontier: Cowboys of the Americas is the culmination of years of work and literally hundreds of journeys to ranches, rodeos, and the landscapes of the American continents. This collection is a magnificent tribute to a way of life and of living, to the cowboys and their communities, and, ultimately, to the…

The Galerie Regard Sud in Lyon presents an exhibition by Rima Samman entitled: L'amour se porte autour du cou. Here is the presentation by the photographer: L’amour se porte autour du cou is a series taken from the family album of my parents, my uncles, aunts, cousins. An ordinary modern-day family, scattered across the four corners of the world, due to the various wars marking the history of Lebanon, my…

Since October 25, 2024 and for almost a year, liners will be in the spotlight at the Musée d’arts de Nantes then at the MuMa in Le Havre with the exhibition Paquebots 1913-1942. Une esthétique transatlantique which features photographs by Roger Schall. To understand the photographs of photo reporters of the past, even if they were partly our contemporaries, it is important to situate the context of their time and…

Antoine Martin sends us his portfolio Miami, not the Beach accompanied by this text. Allapattah is a working-class neighborhood in Miami, predominantly Cuban and Latino, wedged between the very touristy Wynwood district and the airport. Although belonging to the same county, Miami and Miami Beach are in fact two very distinct cities, with two mayors and two histories. The first officially became a municipality in the 1890s and the other…

Release of volume 6 of the Atlas des régions naturelles by Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier. We have chosen to show you part of the ‘Cinemas’ section. Somewhere between an alternative guide and a formal invention, the Atlas des Régions Naturelles is a photographic archive of French territory from the unexpected angle of natural regions. This hybrid geography plays with administrative boundaries; it carries an emotional charge whose visible expression…

Jean-Christian Bourcart is exhibiting Carnets new-yorkais at the gallery Les Filles du Calvaire until November 30th, an eponymous book is published by Atelier EXB. On November 15th, the opening of the exhibition «La vie est un rêve et les images en sont la preuve» took place at the Nicéphore Niépce museum in Chalon sur Saône. In 2020, the photographer bequeathed his archives to the Nicéphore-Niépce museum. Among this collection, 48…

Launch of the call for applications for the 5th edition of the Prix Photo Sociale. The jury this year will be chaired by Jane Evelyn Atwood. The winners and finalists will benefit from support for a total value of more than €10,000, through an endowment of €3,000 for the winner and €300 for each of the finalists as well as the production of an exhibition of the winners' series and…

Galerie Bene Taschen presents HIP HOP – Living a Dream, an immersive exhibition showcasing the works of renowned photographers Jamel Shabazz (*1960), Joseph Rodriguez (*1951), and Gregory Bojorquez (*1972). From the early 1980s on, each of these three American chroniclers provides distinct insights into the rise and global impact of American HIP HOP culture. HIP HOP delves into the lifestyle that, in combination with music, graffiti, breakdancing, and fashion, evolved…

Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs presents Mountains and Streams from Paper and Glass Negatives through December 20th, 2024. The exhibition includes striking views of the Alps by the Bisson Frères, of the Pyrenees by Joseph vicomte Vigier, and of Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Alvin Langdon Coburn. Also on display are works by William Henry Fox Talbot, Édouard Baldus, Dr. John Murray, and John Payne Jennings. Andrew…

As Danielle Mémoire writes “love presides over the path – there is no path where there is no love”. But on his way, the pictures of such a creator create mysteries to get closer. Boris Muskevich was initially an autodidact born in 1969 in Tallinn (Estonia). He became a professional photographer in the early 90s. At first he worked as a photojournalist for two Estonian publications, but he also branched…

Galerie Maubert presents an exhibition by Irmel Kamp: Portraits d’architectures. Franck Balland writes: Since the late 1970s, Irmel Kamp (1937, Düsseldorf) has been photographing architecture. Her images are characterized by a certain distance from the subject, shown in its entirety, as if seen through the eyes of a wandering passerby. Without seeking to emphasize the volumes or specific shapes of each structure, but with a constant concern to present them…

The exhibition which presents a rich selection from the collection of the  André Kertész Memorial Museum in Szigetbecse, was created in collaboration with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest and the Hungarian Academy in Rome. "In his work, the Hungarian André Kertész created a universe of his own, in which he laid the foundations of the approach of the modern photographic language. Through his photographs, he teaches us until the end of…

The Galerie Bigaignon presents “Macadam Noir” by Bernar Venet, produced in 1963. This is the first time that Bigaignon dedicates an exhibition to him since the announcement of the representation of his photographic work at the beginning of 2024. With the series “ Macadam Noir”, Bernar Venet explored formal abstraction with photographs made from close-ups of tarmac on the ground. Bernar Venet became known through his works of conceptual art…

For its first edition, the Thinking Sustainability Prize rewarded the Peruvian artist Ana Elisa Sotelo. Nature and human interaction with the natural world are central themes in Ana Elisa Sotelo's work. Thinking Sustainability is an international program created in 2024 by Audrey Bazin, artistic director of the Louis Roederer Foundation, and designed to respond to perpetual changes in perspectives and situations related to sustainable development. It is structured around two…