The exhibition “Seeing Animals” by Elliot Ross at the Musée de la Photographie Charleroi will be closing on May 26. An Devro writes : Face to face with the animal portraits of the American photographer Elliot Ross, you experience the tension between us and creatures of other species. When you enter the refectory of the former Carmelite convent that is now the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, you are…
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Bonhams Skinner proposes he iconic image of Nastassja Kinski, German actress and model at the height of her career, with a Burmese python draped across her body captured by Richard Avedon for Vogue in 1981. It is a highlight of the sale running until May 15. Avedon was commissioned by Vogue to photograph Kinski after the release of Roman Polanski’s movie Tess for which she won a Golden Globe award. Estimated to achieve between US$60,000 – 80,000, the image which evokes the biblical imagery…
Nikkei, Financial Times and Peter Fetterman Gallery present an exhibition tour by photographer Michael Kenna. Titled ‘Japan / A Love story’, the exhibition features 100 hand-crafted prints, highlights of works made in Japan spanning almost four decades. The exhibition visits Tokyo, Los Angeles and London from April through October. Michael Kenna has been photographing landscapes around the world for over fifty years. The in-depth explorations and imagery of Japan, which…
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When the talk is about photographing celebrities, most inevitably think about the person in front of the camera. Actually, though, the one behind it is of much greater importance. Because it’s the photographer who sets the stage, chooses the lighting, and selects the lens. The photographer’s work turns the person in the picture into an icon, or the photos into the witnesses of a personality. Today, hardly anyone makes this…
The book Desnorte marks the 50-year career of Bob Wolfenson (Sao Paulo, 1954), one of the most recognized photographers on the Brazilian scene. Assistant of Bill King in the 1980s, he was no beginner when he pushed open the door of the New York fashion photographer's studio. His relationship with photography began very early, at the age of 16, following the death of his father, when he became an apprentice…
In a sensitive and elegant exhibition, photographer Sonia Sieff brings together 47 portraits of committed women. Artists, models, entrepreneurs, creators, authors, surgeons, philosophers, journalists, they embody a generation that moves the lines and can no longer bear to see the world damaged, polluted, threatened in its beauty and its ability to preserve the diversity of life. by systems that we collectively struggle to transform. Made around the mouth and more…
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Photographer Rania Matar is the curator of the exhibition Louder Than Hearts: Women Photographers from the Arab World and Iran shown at the Middle East Institute in Washington. This is how it is presented: Louder Than Hearts features the work of ten women artists from the Arab World and Iran who capture the resilience, strength, beauty, and creativity of women in the region, often in the face of great adversity.…
The Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, presents Cristina Mittermeier : A Greater Wisdom. It is the first retrospective in Europe dedicated to reporter, activist and marine biologist Cristina Mittermeier, running until 1 September 2024. This retrospective, realized in collaboration with The National Geographic, features over 90 photographs by Mittermeier, many displayed for the first time in Europe. These images capture the relationship between human cultures and biodiversity, reflecting Mittermeier's dedication to…
The Berlin gallery is unveiling for the first time in the German capital the work of British visual artist Hannah Hughes. Her works, halfway between photography and sculpture, harbor the coexistence of states, surfaces and perspectives. Something deeply soothing emerges from Hannah Hughes’ collages. Could it be these nuances of the same range of color which come and get undone with each other, these different textures which overlap or these…
James Hyman Gallery presents Nature Nurture. Early Photographs and the Natural World (1849-1914). The exhibition explores our relationship with the natural world, and addresses the ways in which the natural world bears traces of human engagement past and present from the rural world of the peasants tending the land, crops and sheep and cattle, to the urban woods and parks such as the Bois de Boulogne and the Jardin de…
HOUSE Berlin presents the exhibition Séance. Derived from the old french word “seoir” (to sit) for a session or gathering, a “séance” implies the existence and presence of the many. Séance comprises a selection of artworks dealing differently with themes of metaphysical, transcendence, the subconscious, and death, forming a frame of reference around works by artist Jeff Cowen (*New York, 1966). In the realm of contemporary photography, Jeff Cowen’s work…
This is the most unusual portfolio received this week. It is by Paige Vincent, a photographer specializing in tornadoes and extreme weather. She added these few sentences “My goal when chasing is to capture something unique. I truly enjoy combining the art of chasing and photography because those are the two things I’m the most passionate about.” says Paige “My favorite part about the chase is that every storm is…
Photo London will open next week. Michael Diemar published in the latest issue of his magazine, THE CLASSIC, the following article written by Mary Pelletier. “Keep looking – you just started!” This was a directive that I would hear more than once during the day I spent looking at photographs with dealer and collector Robert Hershkowitz. The occasion? I had travelled down to West Sussex to see the selection of…
Rizzoli publishes Barbie : The World Tour. For the press tour following the record-breaking release of Greta Gerwig’s award-winning, acclaimed Barbie movie, producer and star Margot Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal immersed themselves in some of Barbie’s most iconic outfits and curated vintage pieces, then approached designers, from Giorgio Armani to Donatella Versace, to create looks inspired by the doll-size originals. Many of these looks were not seen as the official Barbie press tour was cut short—so…
The works of a master of graphic expressions are rightfully installed at the Musée Réattu for this year's Rencontres d'Arles. In this setting with such a special atmosphere, on the banks of the Rhône, a sincere union was manifested to exalt the diverse works of this jack of all trades by Alfred Latour. This twentieth century author has always personally withdrawn to better promote his work and his very varied…
The Hulett Collection presents a selection of photographs on the occasion of Mother’s Day (May 12th in the United States), accompanied with this text. As Mother's Day approaches, we honor the women who shaped us, recognizing the timeless bond of motherhood captured through photography. From tender moments to joyous celebrations, photographs have witnessed the unbreakable ties between mothers and their children. This Mother's Day, reflect on the images that evoke…
Cuban American photographer Christina Arza releases her debut photography book, slowly, tenderly. This new book encapsulates Arza's personal and artistic journey and showcases her profound exploration of self-expression through the lens of a camera. Born in 1989 in Miami, Florida, Arza's artistic journey began with her childhood fascination with the camera. She recorded herself pretending to host news broadcasts and made short films with her siblings. These were foundational years…
Foto Femme United (Paris) and Musée de la Femme (Marrakesh) present their contest exhibition and the winning photographers selection of their collaborative exhibition, Photography: the Universal Language. This exhibition aims to amplify the voices of female and non-binary photographers based in or from to the Arab World MENA region (Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,…
Las Mexicanas is pocket-size volume which presents an entrancing selection of studio and vernacular photographs of Mexican women from the mid-19th century to the 1960s. Through the careful editing of photographer Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, the sequence of images coalesces into a narrative of women’s empowerment. As photographic technology advances in the book—transitioning from daguerreotypes to color film—so too do the rights of the women pictured, who become increasingly mobile, expressive…
The Musée McCord Stewart in Montreal presents the exhibition Norman Parkinson : Toujours en vogue. Considered one of the pillars of fashion photography in the 20th century, Norman Parkinson dazzled the world with his sparkling inventiveness, from the 1930s to the 1980s. He gave new impetus to celebrity portraiture, photographing the most famous artists and the more prominent personalities, including Audrey Hepburn, Jerry Hall, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and…
Marshall Gallery presents a special exhibition in partnership with The Bruce Kapson Gallery to showcase an extraordinary collection of the work of photographer Edward S. Curtis. For the first time, the show unites two never-before-exhibited private collections of two very distinct, yet complimentary Curtis vintage photographic mediums. The works are renowned for their unparalleled brilliance, luminosity, and three-dimensional quality. The exhibition features a group of 16 vintage Goldtones, including 14…