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In the center of the Netherlands, Art Villa Gooi Gallery recently opened its doors in Hilversum. The new, exclusive art gallery is located in a monumental and elegant office villa from 1903, and mainly represents Dutch contemporary artists. The first exhibition Winter Extravaganza shows a wide and colorful selection of photography, paintings, sculptures, wall works, costume objects and glass art, until 25 February 2024. Dutch Fine Art photographer Gert Kist…
The Galerie Adrian Bondy presents an exhibition by Colette Pourroy entitled States of the Soul. The photographer introduces it thus. After all the deaths, all the cherished ones whose stories I told in my family saga, came the desire to evoke the soul and its relationship with the body. Between the collective conscience and unconscious, the symbolism, all that speaks of the unseen, the infinite, the subtle, writing the unclear…
There are photographers whose mere sight of their images makes you happy. Elliott, like Doisneau, is one of these. I had the privilege of being invited several times to his amazing apartment and studio on Central Park West. The dinners, often lobster which he loved, were moments of joy punctuated by his inescapable cold humor. My sons Jules and Gédéon were even more passionate about Elliott than I was. I…
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By Halyna Hleba Based on PinchukArtCentre Research Platform materials Modern Ukrainian conceptual photography began in the 1970s in the then Soviet Kharkiv with the emergence of a generation of young people who dared to go beyond the Soviet aesthetics. Members of the Vremya art group developed the "blow theory" in the early 1970s as their own idea of art photography, in which corporeality was a tool against the pseudo-optimism of…
The Fahey/Klein Gallery presents Geof Kern “Midtown Exit”, a selection of photographs taken throughout Kern’s career which beautifully demonstrate his ability to illustrate whimsical scenes with a cinematic aesthetic. Kern’s multifaceted style combines photography and illustration and redefines the traditional photographic genres of fashion and still life. He uses fabricated sets and pseudo-suburban scenes to mock the mundane. Steering away from high profile models, Kern prefers neighbors, acquaintances, and locals…
Willy Maywald (1907-1985) was one of the most important photographers in Paris from the 1930s to the 1960s. His training at the Werkkunstschulen in Krefeld, Cologne and Berlin shaped his avant-garde formal language. In 1932 he moved on the Seine, where he made friends with many protagonists of artistic modernism. His range of subjects, which includes both commissioned and free works, extends from a spectacular collection of portrait photographs and…
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Monmouth Street Art in Decay I have been taking photos of this underpass in Jersey City for years now and visit there when it rains because it makes me feel like I am on an art expedition searching for what new colors and paintings have been added or subtracted from this decaying structure filled with the joy of art. Some of the photos have been replaced by newer murals and…
Selfportraits For many years, I have set my body at the centre of my artistic researches, in a crazy attempt to make my life a work of art, a total experiment. Named Like A Boy, this series of selfportraits takes the form a contemporary art performance : radical, as I cut my hair short in front of the camera. Eventually, I aimed at exploring the masculine part in me, at discovering …
The Echo of the Gods It tells of having seen sail, in the waters of the sea it overlooks, Ulysses. Yes, the famous Ulysses himself, the one who was shipwrecked in many lands. Colonna also recalls having had the good fortune to meet one of the best-known heroes of all Greek mythology: the mighty Achilles. She even remembers women dressed in black flocking to her to mourn the hero's death…
Sandscapes These Sandscapes are images of sand, brushed by wind, water and imagination.
Tears And Bullets Violence seems to be a thread that runs through the fabric of our lives; In fact, it has always been present in different forms, in all societies and in all historical periods. The propensity for violence is inherent in every human being, however it is up to the individual to decide whether or not to act on this impulse, which brings us to one of the oldest…
Finding the Extra in the Ordinary... Photograph instinctively… Let yourself be guided by your sensitivity to try to make everyday life more aesthetic… Trying to find the extra in the ordinary… This series of images is an invitation to travel between the real and the abstract, photography and painting. https://www.instagram.com/jeanpierredaunis/ https://jeanpierredaunis.myportfolio.com
Photographic memory When I came back to live in this neighbourhood that I left ten years ago, I was surprised to see that the decor of the café on my street corner had not changed despite the change of owner. As in the past, the brasserie menu at Le Boyard is still the same, as is the arena of local old-timers who lunch there every day in a gossipy semi-circle…
Legendary photographer Elliott Erwitt died yesterday at the age of 95, peacefully at his home in New York. Earlier this year, we dedicated to him a special edition on the occasion of multiple exhibitions of his body of work spanning a career of about 70 years. Here it is again today. It was introduced it as follow: I really wanted to write about Elliott, whom I love very much. And…
Archives - April 28 2023 We celebrate the photographer's inimitable wit through his wry observations on life, relationships and, of course, dogs. A dog is a man’s best friend “Dogs have more to do than children. For one thing, they are forced to lead a life that is really schizoid. Every minute, they have to live on two planes at once, juggling the dog world against the human world. And…
Archives - April 28 2023 A major retrospective of Elliott Erwitt’s work takes place at the Villa Bassi Rathgeb Museum in Abano Terme in northern Italy until June 11, 2023. 154 vintage photographs, spanning sixty years of Erwitt’s practice, will be on view. Elliott Erwitt is known for his witticisms. They leap out of the page when reading his photobooks. Often dry, sometimes biting, his musings on daily life sparkle…
Archives - April 28 2023 Everybody is equal, even celebrities “Taking pictures of celebrities is exactly like taking pictures of non-celebrities. Compose the photograph properly, try to evoke something special or unique given the available possibilities. Above all do not be intimidated. Remember that even the most exalted celebrities brush their teeth at night before going to bed.” - Elliott Erwitt’s Personal Best (2006)
Archives - April 28 2023 Sex on the beach “The beach is a better pickup spot than any cocktail party. There’s always a lot of pawing going on. And you get the product properly displayed.” - Elliott Erwitt - On the Beach (1991) The recipe for success “If you’ve got no responsibility and don’t have to generate a certain amount of cash each month, and can live on a shoestring,…
Archives - April 28 2023 Between the sexes “We all find new dimensions of love between the sexes. The sober, profound, long-lasting possibilities for love: affection and loyalty and friendship, not confused by urgent passion. This isn’t a second-best, thirdhand kind of love. It is, for some relationships, the right love for the season.” - Elliott Erwitt - Between the Sexes (1994) Love hurts “1st Truth: It is painful to…
Archives - April 28 2023 The alchemy of a photograph “When photography is good, it’s pretty interesting, and when it is very good, it is irrational and even magical… nothing to do with the photographer’s conscious will or desire. When the photograph happens, it comes easily, as a gift that should not be questioned or analyzed.” - Elliott Erwitt’s Personal Best (2006) "I rely on a hunch, a little luck,…
Archives - April 28 2023 Elliott Erwitt, the American documentary photographer who has had a substantial impact on contemporary photography, is best known for the offbeat humor in his pictures. With a humanist approach to photography, his best-known images present the viewer candid and often playful scenes. The Early Years Elliott Erwitt was born in Paris in 1928, and spent his childhood in Milan, before moving to the US in…
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