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Arromanches The news makes me want to share these photos taken in October 2023 on a beautiful day full of sun and wind. On this site dedicated to remembrance, visitors embrace the relief and move between the different commemorative elements, pushed or braving the wind coming from the sea. I was very moved by this place which takes us through history and invites us into the imagination of questioning “if…
I grew up in a housing estate Back then, when I went on vacation, I loved to look at postcards of the places I visited. There was something for everyone, from the most romantic image to the most kitsch or gravelly. I liked to choose carefully which ones to send to friends and grandparents, or to keep for myself as a souvenir. Once the vacations were over, my family and…
Edinburgh, a metaphysical site In August, in Edinburgh, chance can grant us a dual experience: festivals take place in the centre, creating a very joyful atmosphere (in particular, the fringe festival encourages actors and authors, especially the young, to promote their work in the streets of the centre, while street performers exhibit a few metres away); however, if the sun is shining, a walk in Holyrood Park, climbing up to…
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Beauty, complexity and cruelty Born in 1948 in Toulouse, Philippe Blache has always seen his mother paint, and this is how he became familiar with the world of art. But very early on it was photography that attracted him, and more particularly the work of the photographer Edward Weston. Equipped with a 24x36 Miranda, he developed his films in the kitchen and when the day was over, it was the…
Shir Hashirim The Song of Songs is the most poetic book in the Bible. In just 117 verses the poem stages the most lyrical representation of the love between a man and a woman. The photographic project is inspired by this wonderful and musical text. The number of images, twenty-six, is not accidental: in Judaism the number refers to the sacred tetragrammaton הוהי "YHWH". Like a filigree signature, the word…
Sotheby’s auction of Photographs in New York on April 3rd totaled $3,323,000, nearing its high estimate of $3.4 million. Four bidders drove Helmut Newton’s diptych ‘Sie Kommen (Dressed)' & 'Sie Kommen (Naked)’ to $670,000, well above its high estimate of $250,000 and the second-highest price for the artist at auction. Further highlights of the sale included Man Ray’s photogram Rayograph, which sold for $250,000 (est. $250/350,000), an impressive mural-sized print of Ansel Adams’s Yosemite Valley from…
Urban Photography Awards
Via S. Francesco D'Assisi, 6, 34133 Trieste TS, Italie
from September 1st, 2024 to September 22nd, 2024
Leica Gallery Boston
977 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004, United States of America
from August 29th, 2024 to December 1st, 2024
Galerie Catherine Pennec
7 rue Philippe Marcombes, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand
from October 10th, 2024 to November 16th, 2024
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Good morning ! It's back to school. Photographically: it is plethoric and incredibly rich. Financially: it is difficult for some. This is why we are offering you this unique opportunity for new subscribers. An annual subscription at the discount price of 59 euros with the attached code: OEILSEPT24 Please note: you only have until September 25 to take advantage of it. Jean-Jacques Naudet
Formerly known as the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi® have officially opened entries for the 2025 edition of this global culinary photography competition. "This name change reflects the prestige, diversity, and global reach of the Awards as we enter our 14th year," said Caroline Kenyon, founder of the competition. These World Food Photography Awards symbolize "the aspiration to establish itself…
The exhibit “Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography" is currently on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City through December 29. This exhibit celebrates a group of photographers on both sides of the Atlantic who fought to establish photography as a fully-fledged fine art -- coequal with painting, sculpture, and print-making -- at the turn of the 20th century. Their leader was Alfred Stieglitz, whose…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #1 Viviane Sassen PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion at FOAM 21 September 2024 – 12 January 2025 (images 1-9) Foam opens during the UNSEEN weekend the first large-scale retrospective of the Dutch fashion photographer and artist Viviane Sassen in the Netherlands. The exhibition PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion, which comprises more than 200 works, reveals over thirty years of her multifaceted career bringing together photography, collage,…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #5 Jeff Cowen & Vincent van Gogh –at van Gogh museum till 13 october (images 1-5) A new small scale presentation of recent work by artist Jeff Cowen (b. 1966 in New York) opens at the Van Gogh Museum. He created these works in the region of Provence in southern France. Vincent van Gogh lived in this area from 1888 to 1890 and was…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #7 .tiff 2024 – Emerging Belgian Photography De Brakke Grond (images 1-10) Until 6 October, .tiff 2024 is on show at the Brakke Grond. This photography exhibition brings together work by a new selection of promising artists, brought together by FOMU - the photography museum Antwerp. Selection .tiff 2024: Romain Cavallin, Elise Dervichian & Lina Wielant, Romane Iskaria, Ksenia Kuleshova, Catherine Lemblé, Nathan Mbouebe,…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #9 I Have Seen the Future’ Jasper de Beijer at galerie dudokdegroot till 12th October Amsterdam has a rich cultural life, so there are lots of galleries, and not all of them are at UNSEEN. Many of them specialise in photography. There are many in the Jordaan district, for example, around Hazenstaart and Lauriersgracht. There are sites with overviews like this one: https://www.broersma.nl/theedit/de-mooiste-gallerys-van-amsterdam/ (unfortunately…
Good morning ! It's back to school. Photographically: it is plethoric and incredibly rich. Financially: it is difficult for some. This is why we are offering you this unique opportunity for new subscribers. An annual subscription at the discount price of 59 euros with the attached code: OEILSEPT24 Please note: you only have until September 25 to take advantage of it. Jean-Jacques Naudet
HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE Amsterdam 2024 #1 by John Devos Next to UNSEEN there is also Haute Photographie, taking place from September 18-22, 2024, at Studio 3000 in Amsterdam Noord. They chose for a five-day event, featuring an impressive lineup of about 50 (inter)national photographers, is entirely focused on an engaging group exhibition. They are showcasing photography from the past (vintage), the present (contemporary), and the future (emerging talents). This year, Haute…
HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE Amsterdam 2024 #2 by John Devos Paulien Dubelaar (The Netherlands) 1974 (images 1-4) Paulien deals with existential questions, such as: the meaning of life and death, how can we live a significant existence, who are we as humans? Where answers are not readily available, she tries to explore with her images: in greatness and insignificance, in vulnerability and transience, in stillness and motion, in darkness and in light.…
SAGA days at Fondation A Stichting Brussels – a weekend dedicated to photography Visitors to Arles 2024 may remember the fine exhibition ‘When images learn to speak - Conceptualised Documentary Photography’ at La Mécanique Générale of LUMA Arles : It may have escaped your notice, but this was an exhibition built around the Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall collection. The bulky book Saga was then also on sale there for…
This is one of the most unusual exhibitions of the month. Here is the announcement from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta: The High Museum of Art presents Kelli Connell : Pictures for Charis, an exhibition featuring a body of work by Kelli Connell (American, born 1974) that reconsiders the complicated relationship between writer Charis Wilson and photographer Edward Weston from a contemporary queer and feminist perspective. Co-organized by the High,…
Echo Fine Arts presents for the first time in France a solo exhibition by German artist and master printer Jan C Schlegel entitled "Liturgy of Light". From September 20th until November 2nd, 2024, this retrospective exhibition will feature over thirty photographs ranging from Polaroids 809 to platinum iridium via salt print, from the late 2000s until now. From portraits of nomadic tribes people to photomicrography of plancton, Schlegel's creative work…
Daylight Books released The Many Pleasures : Found Art in New York City, a book with photographs by Barton Lewis and an essay by Kathleen Hulser. "Lewis’s photographic journey through New Yorkers’ rip, tear, and mark rebellion affirms the anarchic energy of urban street art. From witty excavation to gob-smacking overwriting, The Many Pleasures invites us to engage with urban poetics and decode the city’s soul." — Kathleen Hulser Since…
Good morning ! It's back to school. Photographically: it is plethoric and incredibly rich. Financially: it is difficult for some. This is why we are offering you this unique opportunity. An annual subscription at the discount price of 59 euros with the attached code: OEILSEPT24 Please note: you only have until September 25 to take advantage of it. Jean-Jacques Naudet
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