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We're not serious when we're twenty, that's the title of the exhibition that Julia Gragnon presents in her gallery to celebrate its 20th anniversary. She wrote this very pretty text on this occasion! At the end of October 2004, an adventure began for me, the outcome of which was then completely unknown to me... After finding the name of the Gallery in a dream, I had to begin my first…

Until march 9th 2025, the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation presents the exhibition “Look at Us. 25 Years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse”. The collection of contemporary photography was established in 1999. The exhibition presents more than 120 photographs by 22 international artists: Sabiha Çimen, Lynne Cohen, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mitch Epstein, Lucas Foglia, Samuel Fosso, Paul Graham, Marvel Harris, Candida Höfer, Lebohang Kganye, Hsu-Pin Lee, Helen Levitt, Dana Lixenberg, Daniel Jack…

On the occasion of his first major retrospective at the Lyon Municipal Archives from November 8th, 2024, to February 8th, 2025, we met Gilles Aymard, both an architectural photographer and a photographer of architecture.   Could you tell us about your background? Do you come from architecture or photography? As a child, I loved drawing, particularly humorous sketches, and my inspiration came from Jean-Jacques Sempé. My parents subscribed to a…

For the first time in Germany, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art hosted the works of Pia Arke (1958-2007), an important figure in Inuit-Danish art. While Denmark kept Greenland under colonial rule for more than two centuries, shaping Western perceptions of the island and its inhabitants through an exotic lens, this artist's work is deeply imbued by this dual heritage. Photographs, collages, writings and installations explore the tensions of a…

The Perfect Imperfect: The Wedding Photographs of John Dolan redefines the genre. For over 35 years, Dolan has chronicled the ritual of marriage in all its chaos. Following Dolan’s 2021 exploration of the wedding, this expanded edition published by Damiani Books features more than 35 new photographs, with images of Gwyneth Paltrow, AnnaSophia Robb, and a poignant portfolio of the White House wedding of Naomi Biden. Stunning locations include those…

The book has a nice title: Écosse fantastique : L’appel de Merlin (The call of Merlin). The photographer: Dimitri de Larocque Latour. The book is presented as follows: “Men still hear his call, says the legend, but they can neither understand nor interpret it”, states one of the great dreamers of humanity, Carl Gustav Jung, about Merlin – who symbolized for him the unconscious. Photographer Dimitri de Larocque Latour set…

What is common between a photographer who tries to capture ghosts, an experimenter who tries to record his thoughts by placing a sensitive plate on his forehead, a fairground operator, a magician in a darkroom, happy amateurs, some hunters of reflections and anonymous producers of enigmatic images? Nothing, except their belonging to this vast photographic category still insufficiently studied by historians of the medium: the vernacular. Vernacular photography is most…

Michael James O’Brien : All about perceptions Known for his humanistic approach and ability to capture the beauty within the diversity of human experiences, Michael James O’Brien is also a teacher, curator, poet, and activist. After studying art at Yale University, he collaborated with renowned magazines such as Vogue, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine, while also working with influential designers like John Galliano. His work, both artistic and…

The strong commitments characterizing the links between Fnac and photography - works and artists - have marked French society for decades. From 1966 on, after allowing amateurs to pick up a camera, Fnac transformed its stores into exhibition galleries, further strengthening the democratization of photography. To testify to this very special relationship between Fnac and photography, a 300-page book “Regards. A century of photography, from Brassaï to Martin Parr. Masterpieces…

Elizabeth Waterman has a new book, Candyland releases by London-based Unicorn Publishing Group. Candyland features 24 female adult film stars including Stormy Daniels – who also wrote the book’s foreword – and Kenzie Reeves, who is on the cover, also wrote a piece about her experience at the book’s end. The images were captured mostly outside in Los Angeles during the pandemic. It follows up Waterman’s acclaimed book Moneygame, featuring…

We received this email. The images seduced us. Here they are with their text. Hello! We, Carolina Dutca and Valentin Sidorenko, want to submit our collective photography project. The title, and introduction to the body of work No Man’s Wedding, 13 photographies and 1 fairytale. No Man’s Wedding is a twisted wonderland filled with symbols, rituals and games, which from time immemorial imitated life and death. The avenue we've chosen…

It is one of the Belgian magazines on photography. Its name is Médor. It is presented as follow : Médor is not a dog. It is an independent media, of investigations and stories, centered on Belgium. A magazine of 128-pages which gives a central place to documentary photography. A laboratory of collective practices. A cooperative of more than 1,800 citizens. Since 2015, Médor has been investigating all types of subjects…

Gay Halloween in the Village New York City Halloween in the 1980s, in the gay district of NYC, in particular the village (Greenwich village) was the center of a vibrant, daring and assertive nightlife. Self-expression and exuberant and extravagant costumes went far beyond simple disguise. It was about pushing the limits of hetero-normative society by celebrating diversity and creativity. Halloween was the perfect opportunity to play with identities, a celebration…

Dacha The village of Laitse, located 40 kilometers from Tallinn, witnessed a surge in summer house ("dacha" in Russian) construction during the 1970s when Estonia was part of the Soviet Union. These dachas were originally built as weekend retreats for Tallinn workers and employees, over time, some of these were rebuilt into permanent living places. I started taking photographs at the old summer house in Laitse in 2014, right after…

Peripheral places - Short Stories I love observing the flow of life in peripheral, sometimes anonymous places, outside large urban centres, places of passage or discrete existences. And I photograph, conscious that I am freezing instants of the present as they are already turning into the past. Looking back at photographs, I often wonder what became of those people with whom I briefly coexisted in a certain place and a…