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Joseph Bellows Gallery presents an online exhibition of Oscar Bailey ‘s work : Abstract. Back in 1960, John Canady wrote: Oscar Bailey’s Paint Surface is an abstraction that also intensifies our response to reality, in this case not by evoking or reinforcing associations already formed, but by revealing a new aspect of something so familiar that we never look at it for ourselves. Obviously the camera’s limitation is that it…

For over 25 years, New Yorker E.A. Kahane has photographed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from her third-floor apartment window on Central Park West at 64th Street. From this special vantage point, Kahane is able to capture with her camera an unrestricted view of the parade as it passes by her window. Her images document every aspect of the festivities, including the clowns, Broadway stars, floats, marching bands, cheerleaders, cheering…

Published by Morel Books by British author, broadcaster and photographer Johny Pitts, Afropean: A Journal is a new chapter in his long-term exploration of Black identity in Europe. Who hasn’t dreamed of an Interrail trip? Since 1972, this rail pass has erased borders and become the ultimate ticket for any student eager to explore Europe on a budget. But what is Europe? What does European identity mean? In 2010, when…

Kehrer presents Adam Lampton’s book, Nothing Serious Can Happen Here Photographs from Macau, Lampton’s eye on Macau's transformation from historic city to fantastical dreamscape. Over the past decade, Adam Lampton has photographed the former Portuguese colony of Macau (now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) and witnessed its transformation from a small enclave into an international gambling mecca and leisure destination. In 2007, Macau overtook Las…

This is the unusual email of the week. It comes from photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor. Tweakments I’ve slowly become aware that I’m one of the few women of my peers who’s never had a so-called ‘tweakment’ – botox and fillers for lips, cheeks or brows. Salons offering these treatments seem to be popping up on every high street, with them even available at dentists and hairdressers. I wanted to find out…

Manfred Baumann's 2025 calendar. Any further comments would be superfluous! JJN The 18th edition of the calendar is limited to a strict edition of only 1,000 copies. https://www.manfredbaumann.shop/en www.manfredbaumann.com

Release of two new opuses from the “Poursuites et Ricochets” collection published by Lamaindonne, a collection which enjoys combining family photography and literature. Here are those of Bernard Plossu and Françoise Huguier.   Bernard Plossu : Memories Are Made Of This In front of twelve family pictures, Bernard Plossu tells us about… His childhood readings, his father, a walker and photographer, his trips to Italy, Africa and so many other…

An exhibition by Diane Meyer is on display at the Mitte Museum Berlin until February 23, 2025, as part of the commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. During Paris Photo, the Gallerie Sit Down showed a selection of works from the series soberly titled Berlin where the artist combined photography with cross-stitch embroidery. It was accompanied by these few words: Diane Meyer uses this…

This is the most unusual book of the week. The Unposed (EoAT) by Michala Paludan is published by Disko Bay. This new sci-fi fantasy contains 101 photos of robotic “hands” photographed between 2021-2024 in Germany, Denmark, Japan, Korea and the United States. From digital paws to laser sensors, piano-playing electro-fingers to a not-so-dexterous clamp, this book shows the human hand versioned as high-tech utensil: holders, pinchers, grabbers, supporters, strokers and…

The Naturalia series shows Jonk's photographic work on abandoned places reclaimed by Nature. In 2018 Naturalia was released. In 2021 Naturalia II was released. Naturalia III was due to be released in 2024. Jonk initiated this work in the Paris region in 2013 and continues it today across the world. Naturalia included photographs from his beginnings to 2017. Naturalia II, those between 2017 and 2018. This third opus will include…

Continuing my research, here is first an alternative fixing test carried out on October 14. I told myself that one day I would try to look for a complete alternative film and ecological photographic chain. I think that on the evening of October 14, 2024, the mission I had set for myself was partly accomplished somewhat. First try. “Contact” prints of two 13x18 film plans taken by my father in…

Release by Kehrer of Alberto Gandolfo's book, Habitat. Alberto Gandolfo's research aims to document the living conditions of irregular migrants employed in undeclared work in southern Italy. For two years, the author traveled between various informal settlements, which are cyclically dismantled by local authorities. The home is the context in which human beings feel they belong, the symbolic place that represents the point of departure and return, refuge and security,…

Dr Michael Pritchard, member of the Royal Photographic Society, informs us of the passing of Michel Auer. He writes : Michel Auer, one for the most significant collectors and dealers of cameras and photography and a historian and supporter of photography, has died aged 91 years. Auer will be best known by some for his books on cameras and, latterly, for his Foundation based in Hermance, Switzerland which exhibited photographs…

His name: Jean-Claude Deutsch. He is one of the photographers who made Paris Match during 40 years. His son Ilan has just dedicated a book to him: La Belle Époque, dans l’intimité des stars. It is presented as folllow. JJN Far from the spotlight, with touching sincerity, his portraits, more than simple aesthetic compositions, are imbued with emotion and humanity, revealing the privileged relationship that he was able to establish…

The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University presents Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility of Communion until January 5, 2025, the first North American survey of the late Nigerian British photographer’s work and archives. Beginning in the early 1980s, Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955–1989) developed a photographic practice that refused categorization, cutting across cultural codes, gender norms, and artistic traditions. His work reveals a world of heightened sensuality informed by Yoruba…