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ICP’s winter exhibitions kick off with Weegee: Society of the Spectacle, opening on January 23 and on view through May 5 (presented in partnership with the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson). The exhibition revisits Weegee’s bold, boundary-pushing perspective and celebrates his pioneering role in documenting spectacle, from crime and tragedy on New York City’s streets to distorted portraits of iconic Hollywood celebrities. Drawn largely from the ICP’s Weegee collection, the show marks…

Return of Alain-René Hardy's fantastic column on the great books on erotic photography! Once again, I can only free my pen by giving up what, to continue the presentations of Julien Mandel, then of Zoltan Glass, was my initial project: to familiarize you, although naturally he is already well known and very appreciated by many of you, with Bill Brandt (1904-1983), at least with that part of his creation that…

When you receive a portfolio and the first image is accompanied by these words, you can only publish it. The photographer of these images is Luca Campigotto. Maybe these are the rail cars of the Union Pacific, and the clouds, of Once Upon a Time in the West. I can almost hear the voice of Jason Robards, mortally wounded by ‘Mr. Chuff Chuff’: "He was scared... Hey, Harmonica – when…

The (“strange) title “ROYGBIV” is an acronym/ That of the colors of the rainbow, an optical phenomenon that has appeared several times in the landscapes during the many summers. The colors of the arc depend on the position of the viewer. But the composition changes with each step. But the title of the exhibition illustrates a kind of look back with the inner eye: the human visual perception finds its…

Our collaborator Andy Romanoff who lives in Los Angeles sends us this announcement. Los Angeles is a mess right now and many photographers that live here have been hard hit too. Claudia James Bartlett of Photo LA and Aline Smithson of LENSSCRATCH have organized a fundraiser to help in their recovery. Writing on GoFundMe they say: “Our urgent goal is to raise $300,000 to provide direct support to photographers who…

This is one of the lovely emails this week. It comes from Danica O. Kus. Notre-Dame de Paris - Restored As an architectural photographer, I was delighted to see and photograph the beautifully restored Notre-Dame de Paris during my visit last December. Standing before the restored Notre-Dame with my camera, I felt the weight of its history and the triumph of its revival. Through black and white photographs, I aim…

If you are in the region, go see it! This film is a gem. And watch the teaser!   [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4enOH8kmvg&t=32s[/embed]   Produced at the invitation of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles in 1984, Les Années Déclic is the story of a jack-of-all-trades photographer in the middle of his career. Raymond Depardon delves into his archives and memories of the years 1957-1977 to offer, in the form of a cinematographic…

Jon Ortner : Visions of Paradise : American Wilderness Jon Ortner lives in the Berkshire Mountains on the border of New York and Massachusetts dividing his time between worldwide journeys of discovery and commercial photography assignments. Jon’s achievements as an artist, scholar, and adventurer are especially reflective of a life committed to passionately exploring the wonders and treasures of the natural world, these are reflected in his most recent international…

The Center for Photography at Woodstock, the photography non-profit CPW celebrated the opening of its renovated headquarters in Kingston, NY, on January 18, 2025. New exhibitions of Mary Ellen Mark, Colleen and Kathleen Kenyon and Keisha Scarville will be on view on view through May 4 at CPW. Housed in a 40,000-square-foot former cigar factory in the city’s arts district, 90 miles north of New York City, the new space…

Haines Gallery presents State Shift, their second solo exhibition with artist Meghann Riepenhoff. Opening in tandem with SF Art Week 2025, this show debuts a poetic, visceral, and personal body of work that expands Riepenhoff’s collaboration with both the cyanotype and the environment. Riepenhoff creates her cyanotypes directly within the landscape, allowing the elements to leave physical inscriptions on paper coated with photographic materials. Marking an important breakthrough in her…

Editorial RM releases the 3rd edition of Small Things In Silence by Masao Yamamoto. Small Things in Silence presents the work of Masao Yamamoto, who brings Japanese traditions into the modern world. Small Things in Silence offers a perspective on twenty years of the Japanese photographer's career. In the words of Yamamoto himself: ‘I try to capture moments that nobody sees and make a photograph of them. When I see…

Joseph Bellows Gallery announced the representation of American photographer Jim Dow. Jim Dow has long been fascinated by the ingenuity and creative spirit found in the built environment. Between 1967 and 1977, his first decade as a young photographer, he drove along old U.S. highways on numerous cross-country road trips, focusing his large format camera on time-worn signage extracted from billboards, diners, gas stations, drive-in theaters, ice cream stands, burger…

The Norton Museum of Art hosts the first solo exhibition by experimental photographer Fabiola Menchelli titled Certain Silence. It is presented as follow. Menchelli's work engages with the materiality of photography, and the works in the exhibition will consider a range of conceptual theories, including visual perception, the relationship between viewer and artwork, the language of abstraction, poetry, and more. Comprising over 20 works, including a selection of previously unseen…

 Kristen Joy Emack : Image as a legacy. Kristen Joy Emack is a photographer whose work explores themes of identity, human connection, and the passage of time. Her long-term project, Cousins, offers an intimate portrait of girlhood through the lives of her daughter and nieces. This deeply personal series celebrates the sacred bonds that unite these young girls, capturing the beauty, complexity, and ever-evolving relationships that shape their journey of…

Le goût de la photographie is an original exhibition: you won't find the work of only an artist or a group of photographers, but the photographs of an art collector, Jérôme Prochiantz. Prochiantz, who prefers to describe himself as a collector rather than a hoarder (the term referring to accumulation, a materialistic aspect that he doesn't identify with), has bequeathed a large part of his photographic collection to the BnF.…