The sweet melancholy of black and white I can't bring myself to photograph landscapes as they appear to me, i.e. in color; I only see and feel them in monochrome. A gentle melancholy comes over me every time I take a photo, as I perceive the soul of the places around me and project them in my photos. Color distracts my gaze, while black and white shows me what's essential,…
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Escape to the Turkish bath We were enjoying two unlikely Margaritas in a smelly dive bar in the southern part of Budapest, when a shady figure appeared in front of the bar counter and mumbled something to the barman. Emily shook my hand and looked at me with her pale blue eyes full of terror. We sprang to our feet in unison and, leaving 500 forints on the table, left…
The Umbrellas of Porto A Black and white seriethat I particularly like, réalized in Porto in February 2024 under constant rain. Umbrellas since my youth have always appealed to me, the way to hold it in the wind or under the wind, to protect yourself from the pouring rain; the human forms sheltering there. There is always a sort of melancholy that emanates there.
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made in Hollywood by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret A specialist in portraits, the British photographer Vicky Martin shakes up the vision with effects of inappropriate but never exaggerated vehemence. Her new "expectations" have fun playing with classic Hollywood stereotypes of femininity. With "Hollywoodland", the photographer explores the identity and emotions that are created by her "made in USA" scenarios. The humor is ever present and proves how stereotypes conflict with what it…
Ira Stehmann Fine Art celebrates the summer and its good vibes with an online exclusive exhibition. The depiction of the beach, sea, and sun provoke strong summer feelings. These good vibes and emotions are transported in an uplifting selection of well-known photographs by renowned artists, among them Norman Parkinson, and Jeanloup Sieff as well as by up-and-coming talents such as Albarrán Cabrera. Let the lightness that these photographs breathe have…
Roger Schall was a drummer in a Jazz orchestra. Photography ? He learned with his father Émile Schall, a photographer in Paris and Les Sables d'Olonne. In 1929, he sold his battery to buy a revolutionary camera, the Leica with a new 24x36 format. With it, he travelled around France and came back with more than 5000 photos. He found what he was made for and created Studio Schall in 1931……
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Color photos by Guy Le Querrec! It’s so surprising it becomes interesting. In fact, it’s a lovely story of friendship that links two photographers, Le Querrec and Garry Winogrand, and a gallery owner from Brest: Guy Bourreau. He describes this exhibition: Guy (Le Querrec) gave me “carte blanche for color” accepting the highlighting of his photos with this exhibition and the eponymous book published by Dominique Gaesseler at Trans photographic…
Launched by the Italian cultural association dotART in 2009, the URBAN Photo Awards is an international photography competition held annually as part of the Trieste Photo Days, in the northeast of Italy. Photographers from around the world can participate in this competition dedicated to urban photography and the exploration of our contemporary lives. It consists of four categories: single photos (with themes that may include street, people, spaces, and creativity),…
Turin is a real hub for photography, so much so that it’s launching a new festival: the Exposed Torino Foto Festival. About 20 exhibitions in some of the city’s most iconic locations, thus allowing an uncluttered look at the creativity both enacted and preserved in Piedmont's capital city. It is worth noting that the city is home to one of the earliest daguerreotypes ever taken in Italy, dating back to…
Inversion is an artistic intervention based on a traveling photo exhibition of photographers documenting the consequences of Russian military aggression in Ukraine. The project was created by artist Danila Tkachenko with the support of the non-profit organization « Gariwo ». For the project "Inversion" 12 photos were selected from 9 military photojournalists who agreed to participate in the project. The project started with a photo exhibition at the 'Monte Stella…
The Galerie Rouge presents a personal exhibition by photographer and videographer Martine Barrat. “Soul of the city” its theme is one of the main subjects of her work: New York and its inhabitants. Arriving in this city in 1968, Martine Barrat quickly filmed and then photographed people she encountered in the Bronx and Harlem neighborhoods. Her gaze, far from being solely documentary, is driven by a total commitment to the…
Front Room Gallery presents “No Man Is An Island: Poetry in the Ruins of the New York Archipelago,” fifty years of work by photographer Phillip Buehler documenting many of the islands surrounding Manhattan. This is Buehler’s third solo show at Front Room Gallery. Phillip Buehler is a New York based photographer who documents the deterioration and remnants of neglected architecture constructed in the recent past. In the series “No Man…
Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet, stars of 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar: The Way of Water”, posed for renowned underwater photographer Christy Lee Rogers for a series of photographs celebrating our oceans to raise funds to support The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The Nature Conservancy’s global goal is to conserve 10 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. James Cameron, the film’s producer/director/writer, is a long-time supporter of ocean conservation.…
On the occasion of her second exhibition at the in camera gallery, Claudine Doury unveils her latest series Solstice, a personal narrative centered on the emblematic rituals of the peoples of the North and East. Solstice is also a book published by Origini Edizion. Solstice It's the longest day of the year. The day when the sun seems to stop. Light floods the earth and resonates on beings, life is…
Photographing in Normandy: a pioneering dialogue between the arts 1840-1890 is the exhibition being held at MuMa in Le Havre until September 22. This exhibition aims to highlight the decisive role that Normandy played in the beginnings of photography. A field of experimentation and innovation for the greatest photographers since the 1840s, whether inventors or artists, Normandy is the ideal place to measure the reciprocal influence of the arts. The…
Flowers Gallery presents a solo exhibition by British multidisciplinary photographer and filmmaker Lisa Jahovic, titled 'The Third Drawer'. The exhibition marks the artist’s first solo show and will incorporate various mediums presented in the artist’s work, including video, photography, and sculpture. The presentation explores the performative dimensions of photography, sculpture, and film through nonlinear narratives formed by everyday objects. Showcasing a series of pre-existing artworks and a new body of…
Linda Tuloup : Pyromania of nudity by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret At the crossroads of the ephemeral and the timeless, Linda Tuloup never stops playing with fire. From this game is born an oeuvre in which the expression of randomness is a provoked physical process. Linda Tuloup has for years been developing this technique of burning into a dynamic element of deconstruct and reconstruct photographs or reproductions of old master canvases into…
The Auer Ory Foundation for Photography presents the exhibition Philippe Gross: Honolulu–Pau Hana. As a teenager, unable to find his place in Swiss society, Philippe Gross nourished the dream of sailing to distant horizons with three friends. At the same time, he had a passion: photography. The first indication of his talent came when he won first prize in photography at secondary school, an achievement confirmed by winning a second…
The Auer Ory Foundation for Photography presents Edouard Denis Baldus: Paris in the 1850s, an exhibition of original prints from the M+M Auer Ory collection. Edouard Denis Baldus was born in 1813 in Grünebach in Westphalia, Prussia. In 1838, he arrived in France to improve his painting practice. The following year, he was in New York where he painted portraits. In 1841, the paintings he presented at the Salon were…
Petra Gut Contemporary welcomes Andreas H. Bitensich back to Zurich with the upcoming solo show, opening on 28 May. The exhibition presents a retrospective of his nude and street photography from major cities, spanning the artist’s thirty-year career. His portfolio encompasses two distinct yet equally compelling realms: nude photography exuding an elegant, sculptural quality that accentuates form, and streetscapes capturing the pulsating energy and gritty allure of some of the…
I first “met” Kristian Schuller way back when, on an early season of Germany’s Next Top Model. He stood out as the photographer who really pushed the aspiring models to their limits. Fast forward a bit, and our paths kept crossing in the Berlin photography scene, especially at major photography shows where everyone mingles. One day, we started talking, and decided to stay in touch. Last year, I had the…