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The “Covid” years were terrible for photographers. But they allowed some to take a break from their frantic race to find and take on increasingly poorly paid assignments. Emanuele Scorcelletti  immersed himself, during this period of uncertainty, in  very personal research work. He left for the Marches, this region of Italy facing the Adriatic, his family cradle. It is in the heart of the stronghold of Mario Giacomelli, Giuseppe Cavalli…

The Berlin gallery exhibits a wide selection of photographs by the diverse and committed German artist, most of which were produced in recent years. Shapes, textures, subjects... Varied images that play with the materiality of the world around us, inviting us to observe differently, more deeply. The immaculate skin of a naked body, piles of stacked leaves, a New York cityscape, a portrait of Jodie Foster, a sculpture of Brussels…

Published by MACK Books, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s I carry Her photo with Me is a deeply personal artist’s book combining photographs with handwritten notes and family snapshots, assembled in a facsimile of the artist’s original scrapbook. Initiated by Sobekwa’s efforts to piece together the life of his late sister Ziyanda, the book places the experiences of Sobekwa’s family within a broader interrogation of contemporary South Africa in the long shadow of…

From June 19 to November 17, 2024, Le Bal presents a remarkable figure in the history of Japanese photography, yet little known in France: Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012). For the first time in Europe, the exhibition, organized in close collaboration with the Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center at the Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, brings together 169 rare prints, most of which are vintage and made by Ishimoto himself. The exhibition focuses…

Every month, L’Œil de la Photographie focuses on a photography collective through the words of Benjamin Rullier. Moving away from the solitary artist figure, some photographers choose to come together. Collaborative projects, bridges between practices, economic realities: a founding or active member presents their collective, its specificities, and its challenges. Join the group! In June, Quentin Bassetti opens the doors to the Collectif Nouveau Document, founded in 2019. From Paris,…

The Galerie Christophe Person announces its group exhibition: “Au pays des Hommes intègres”. The works of photographer Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo will be exhibited alongside those of 6 other artists from Burkina Faso. Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo presents "Théâtre Populaire", a photographic documentary work which highlights the frescoes of a mythical place in Ouagadougou. Created by Thomas Sankara, the Théâtre Populaire was a  venue and a place for cultural creation, open to…

This exhibition Paradise ǀ Paradise layered by Thomas Sayers Ellis is on view at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa, Florida from June 18 until August 4, 2024. The exhibition is curated and produced by Saint Petersburg Month of Photography (SPMOP). Marieke van der Krabben, executive director and curator Saint Petersburg Month of Photography, writes : Writer, poet, bandleader, and photographer Thomas Sayers Ellis has been living in…

As part of the Brassaï estate, the photographer's family with the Photography Department of the Millon study offers the possibility "for everyone" to acquire at auction one or more prints made by the author in the years 1970/1975. Prints on baryta paper, mostly signed and numbered: - “A family choice” with a selection of 160 photographs from the 1930s. - Proofs printed by Brassaï himself in the 70s. - Prints…

On the occasion of the publication of Photo Poche 178 dedicated to Bernard Plossu, his gallery Camera Obscura is presenting an exhibition and Didier Brousse, its director, sent us this text: This exhibition is a subjective journey through a major work that spans around sixty years. Le voyage Mexicain, published in 1979, caused a new wave in the French photographic landscape. A style was born that inspired an entire generation.…

After receiving a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and then working as both a model and personal trainer, Luke Smalley (1955–2009) became fascinated with the archetype of the athletic American male, and sought to explore its more playful side. His compositions were inspired by early 20th-century fitness manuals and high school yearbooks. In his second monograph published by Twin Palms Publishers, Exercise at Home, Smalley returns to his…

Bruno Tartarin presents an exhibition by Martial Lorcet in his new Parisian gallery. It is accompanied by this text. These works show hybrid beings, young girls at the same time carnal women and artifices, placed in environments made mysterious by photographic play. They allow us to become familiar with the questioning of plasticity and the erotic charge of female bodies which is at the heart of Martial Lorcet's work. The…

Editions Obcd Visuel announce the publication of the monograph dedicated to Marc H. Peverelli, advertising photographer based in Lyon, and who is part of this generation of photographers approached in the 1970s by the Polaroid firm to seize the instant medium and to enter the artistic sphere. Marc H. Peverelli has worked with all formats from Polapan 135 to the large 20x24" chamber in Arles, or in Cannes, including the…

One little-known part of the holdings of the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation is the extensive collection of photographs by Alfred Ehrhardt (1901–1984), who was active as an artist, church musician, art teacher, and maker of “Kulturfilme” (scientific, educational documentaries). Ehrhardt took up the camera in 1933 after being dismissed from his teaching post at the state art school in Hamburg, as the newly installed Nazi government’s cultural policies came…

Photographs occupy a special place in modern memorialisation practices – they are meant to capture the fragility of a moment and preserve it in as recognisable a way as possible. Some artists, however, deliberately choose more abstract forms of memorialisation instead. In 2015–16, Geraldine Frisch photographed an abandoned factory shortly before its demolition. The place had absorbed the memories of its past, and the walls spoke of its history. Through…

For PHotoESPAÑA 2024, LOEWE and LOEWE Foundation present at Leica Gallery Madrid an exhibition showcasing the wide-reaching impact of Surrealism on photography, marking the centenary of André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto published in 1924. In the wake of World War I and against the backdrop of Freudian psychoanalysis, Surrealism looked to the unconscious world of dreams and inner desires, embracing the creative possibilities of the human psyche. This exhibition illustrates how photography provided a…