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Bubbles of Magic It all started with a photograph I discovered on social networks: a unique bokeh, like soap bubbles, and a watercolor finish that won me over at first sight. I fell in love with the Trioplan 100mm f2.8 lens from Meyer Optik Görlitz. After two years of hesitation, I finally ordered it. It took me another month of patience and uncertainty, as it was not confirmed that it…
A Violin at the |End of the World ''A Violin at the End of the World'' is a photographic travelogue shot during Pope Francis' travels to the South Pacific of September 2024. I had the chance to accompany the papal convoy during his journey. ''A Violin...' is obtained by systematically following Francis but consistently turning the camera 180 degrees away from him, to try and capture what he saw in…
Solitary Tides: The Pier Fishermen of San Diego In the predawn silence, when the sky shivers in the first light, "Solitary Tides" captures the lone fishermen on the San Diego piers. This collection of images delves into the quietude of fishermen casting lines into the Pacific's depths, seeking not just bait fish but also solace in the sea's vastness. Each image is a study in isolation, with the cold, early…
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Dondi Dondi is an old Bengali ritual. On this occasion people perform Dondi on the street while worshiping Goddess Sitala for their children good health, prosperity and well being. Bengali women especially perform Dondi after their Holy bath from the river. Here we can see some interesting stories between shadow and people on the streets of Kolkata, India. Dibakar Roy [email protected] Dibakar Roy’s (@dbkr.roy) profile on Instagram • 1,106 posts
Renée Jacobs : A free woman A former American lawyer specializing in civil rights and constitutional litigation, Renée Jacobs is now well known for her nude photographs of women - her favorite subject - and is thus fulfilling a childhood dream. Atypical in her approach, her reconversion quickly earned her the International Photography Award (IPA) in 2008. While working as a photojournalist for The New York Times and the Philadelphia…
Informed by her parallel paths as an artist and a photographer, Brigitte Niedermair’s work for Dior dynamically surpasses the conventions of fashion photography. This volume explores the remarkable relationship between Dior and Niedermair’s aesthetic, resulting in photographs that radiate a strong sense of unconventional femininity. The first section is devoted to this collaboration in recent years, followed by a portfolio of exclusive images of historical and iconic Christian Dior creations. Captured…
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There is an exhibition in Milan that allows you to follow, step by step, idea by idea, the dialogue and collaboration between two creatives for antonomasia: Aldo Fallai and Giorgio Armani. Nearly fifty years of uninterrupted artistic dialogue between them have produced iconic images and insights into an aesthetic that has permeated the collective imagination and revolutionised the standards of the time. Aldo Fallai per Giorgio Armani, 1977-2021 is on…
The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography founded in 1976, will celebrate its 49th anniversary with a spectacular Annual Benefit Auction on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 4 p.m. — at the Moore College of Art & Design, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. The auction will offer a significant array of photographs from the 19th century to the present. Once again The Photo Review will offer its END THIS AUCTION feature. Bid the high estimate…
While his “badminton player” remains visible at the MUCEM until Monday, December 9th at the heart of the “Paradis naturistes” exhibition, Espace CRICO welcomes the Swiss artist Michael von Graffenried and his itinerant space ESPACE MVG until November 3rd with “Nu au Paradis”. A unique opportunity to rediscover exceptional work on naturism. For more than 10 years, between 1987 and 2001, Michael von Graffenried immersed himself in the daily life…
The 6th Festival of Surrealist and Creative Photography which took place at the Villa Aurélienne in Fréjus awarded the prize for surrealist artist of the year, presented by Olivier Damon (president of the Festival) to Aurélia Cheret. This is how the photographer presented herself: I started film photography as a teenager through my passions for music and dance. During my studies in art history, I decided to make it my…
The two German artists, Alexander Rosenkranz and Florian Merdes, present a multimedia exploration of Tempelhofer Feld, the largest public space in the world. Located in the heart of Berlin, this former airport, built under the Nazi regime and later becoming a symbol of liberation, has since been transformed into an urban park. The photographers made this the subject of their artistic interpretation through tilted horizons and textures, creating unconventional visions.…
The World A Wave is the theme for the second edition of Bristol Photo Festival, the international biennial of contemporary photography, which just open in autumn. The Festival programme focuses upon a world in constant motion; where the social, political and environmental conditions of shared life are always changing and becoming otherwise. We will publish en November three of their exhibitions : Ritual Inhabitual, Bandia Ribeira & Herbert Shergold. www.bristolphotofestival.org
The nicest announcement of the week. Not only does Présence(s) Photographie not ask you to pay registration fees, but if you are selected, they will accommodate you and reimburse your expenses ! You are a photographer, amateur or professional and want to reach the public with your work: prepare a series of photos or a 2 to 4 minute slideshow and participate, in Drôme provençale, to the Présence(s) photography festival.…
Jacques Henri Lartigue's L’épreuve de la couleur sheds light on a little-known part of the famous photographer's work: his fascination with stereoscopic Autochrome – one of the first color photography processes just introduced. The 90 preserved plates, produced from 1912 to 1928 then in 1946, are presented here for the first time in their entirety and in their original format. This process constitutes a formidable tool for exploration and renews…
The Biarritz Media Library offers us a retrospective of 30 years of images, linking the American photographer to the Basque Country. American teaching photographer, and member of the VU agency since 1993, Anne Rearick has developed documentary work close to her contemporaries, through a humanist perspective. It was on the occasion of the publication of the book Gure Bazterrak – Our landscapes – that the city of Biarritz decided to…
For the first time, the work of Jean Pierre Devals appeared a few years ago in Phot'Aubrac. We had published some of his documentary photographs of Sub-Saharan regions, among those of his fellow photographers with a documentary tendency. It is in a completely different register that images of Jean Pierre are hung in a very original gallery in Aveyron. The “Le Chant du Pain” gallery was the boutique of a…
Véronique Sablery with time by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Véronique Sablery transfigures here the desperate silences and muted voices in such a place. “Etats Dames” is a meeting with ladies. Not just any ones. And not just anywhere. Founded around 1060 by Mathilde of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and wife of William the Conqueror, the Abbaye aux Dames housed Benedictine nuns before becoming a barracks, a Hôtel-Dieu, a hospice then, restored, the…
Film can “reveal” some very nice surprises to us, witness these images from a virgin Kodak Plus x pan 125 ASA film that has expired since October 1974, which I decided to finally use this morning. This film, 620 small axis made at that time in France, I had to first of course in absolute darkness, rewind it on a 120 large axis reel in order to be able to…
Agence France-Presse (AFP) opened its first gallery dedicated to photography on September 12, with a unique exhibition dedicated to the liberation of Paris, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The Galerie AFP, located within the famous press agency, at 9 place de la Bourse, will present free exhibitions three times a year, with the aim of offering the public museum-quality events. With Paris 1944, une semaine en août,…
Ihiro Hamayi is the director of the T3 Photo Festival, who organizes the first photographic fair devoted to Asian photography this year. Dear Ihiro, tell us more about you and how you created the T3 Photo Festival Tokyo. To begin with, I wanted to be an artist myself, just like many curators. But I realized during university in San Diego (US) it wasn’t my path. I came back to Tokyo,…
Jeong Eun Kim is the artistic director of the first edition of T3 Photo Fair Asia. We discussed with her curating a fair and the promising years to come for this new fair dedicated to Asian photography. Dear Jeong Eun Kim, tell us more about yourself and how you’ve became the T3 Photo Fair Asia director. I started my career as a chief editor of the magazine IANN in…
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