I grew up in a housing estate Back then, when I went on vacation, I loved to look at postcards of the places I visited. There was something for everyone, from the most romantic image to the most kitsch or gravelly. I liked to choose carefully which ones to send to friends and grandparents, or to keep for myself as a souvenir. Once the vacations were over, my family and…
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Edinburgh, a metaphysical site In August, in Edinburgh, chance can grant us a dual experience: festivals take place in the centre, creating a very joyful atmosphere (in particular, the fringe festival encourages actors and authors, especially the young, to promote their work in the streets of the centre, while street performers exhibit a few metres away); however, if the sun is shining, a walk in Holyrood Park, climbing up to…
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Archives 2015 There's a new free-spirit movement afoot, and it has more to do with meditation, yoga, fellowship, good vibes, communal celebration, and a search for the divine than it does with the mind-altering substances of its 60s predecessor. In Bliss: Transformational Festivals & the Neo Hippie, Steve Schapiro, a photographer famous for his photographs of the original hippie era in San Francisco and beyond, follows his son on his…
A night at Menergy Friday February 25, 2022. After several months of closure, the Parisian gay party Menergy is finally reopening its doors. Organized every Friday at the end of the month since 2014, it is historically at the Gibus that this iconic evening is held, whose red lights sparkle all night long. Relocated on this evening of reopening at Faust located under the Alexandre III bridge, a world separates…
The selfie is a photographic genre within everyone's reach where the use is to show off oneself in the best possible circumstances. The opposite would be strange. Yet it only shows an apparent truth. The point of this series is to be off beat, where it is impossible to cheat. The women present appear completely naked, without artifice, lying on their sofa. They have a phone in hand that triggers…
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Formerly known as the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi® have officially opened entries for the 2025 edition of this global culinary photography competition. "This name change reflects the prestige, diversity, and global reach of the Awards as we enter our 14th year," said Caroline Kenyon, founder of the competition. These World Food Photography Awards symbolize "the aspiration to establish itself…
The exhibit “Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography" is currently on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City through December 29. This exhibit celebrates a group of photographers on both sides of the Atlantic who fought to establish photography as a fully-fledged fine art -- coequal with painting, sculpture, and print-making -- at the turn of the 20th century. Their leader was Alfred Stieglitz, whose…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #1 Viviane Sassen PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion at FOAM 21 September 2024 – 12 January 2025 (images 1-9) Foam opens during the UNSEEN weekend the first large-scale retrospective of the Dutch fashion photographer and artist Viviane Sassen in the Netherlands. The exhibition PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion, which comprises more than 200 works, reveals over thirty years of her multifaceted career bringing together photography, collage,…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #5 Jeff Cowen & Vincent van Gogh –at van Gogh museum till 13 october (images 1-5) A new small scale presentation of recent work by artist Jeff Cowen (b. 1966 in New York) opens at the Van Gogh Museum. He created these works in the region of Provence in southern France. Vincent van Gogh lived in this area from 1888 to 1890 and was…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #7 .tiff 2024 – Emerging Belgian Photography De Brakke Grond (images 1-10) Until 6 October, .tiff 2024 is on show at the Brakke Grond. This photography exhibition brings together work by a new selection of promising artists, brought together by FOMU - the photography museum Antwerp. Selection .tiff 2024: Romain Cavallin, Elise Dervichian & Lina Wielant, Romane Iskaria, Ksenia Kuleshova, Catherine Lemblé, Nathan Mbouebe,…
In the fringes of UNSEEN 2024 #9 I Have Seen the Future’ Jasper de Beijer at galerie dudokdegroot till 12th October Amsterdam has a rich cultural life, so there are lots of galleries, and not all of them are at UNSEEN. Many of them specialise in photography. There are many in the Jordaan district, for example, around Hazenstaart and Lauriersgracht. There are sites with overviews like this one: https://www.broersma.nl/theedit/de-mooiste-gallerys-van-amsterdam/ (unfortunately…
Good morning ! It's back to school. Photographically: it is plethoric and incredibly rich. Financially: it is difficult for some. This is why we are offering you this unique opportunity for new subscribers. An annual subscription at the discount price of 59 euros with the attached code: OEILSEPT24 Please note: you only have until September 25 to take advantage of it. Jean-Jacques Naudet
HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE Amsterdam 2024 #1 by John Devos Next to UNSEEN there is also Haute Photographie, taking place from September 18-22, 2024, at Studio 3000 in Amsterdam Noord. They chose for a five-day event, featuring an impressive lineup of about 50 (inter)national photographers, is entirely focused on an engaging group exhibition. They are showcasing photography from the past (vintage), the present (contemporary), and the future (emerging talents). This year, Haute…
HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE Amsterdam 2024 #2 by John Devos Paulien Dubelaar (The Netherlands) 1974 (images 1-4) Paulien deals with existential questions, such as: the meaning of life and death, how can we live a significant existence, who are we as humans? Where answers are not readily available, she tries to explore with her images: in greatness and insignificance, in vulnerability and transience, in stillness and motion, in darkness and in light.…
SAGA days at Fondation A Stichting Brussels – a weekend dedicated to photography Visitors to Arles 2024 may remember the fine exhibition ‘When images learn to speak - Conceptualised Documentary Photography’ at La Mécanique Générale of LUMA Arles : It may have escaped your notice, but this was an exhibition built around the Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall collection. The bulky book Saga was then also on sale there for…
This is one of the most unusual exhibitions of the month. Here is the announcement from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta: The High Museum of Art presents Kelli Connell : Pictures for Charis, an exhibition featuring a body of work by Kelli Connell (American, born 1974) that reconsiders the complicated relationship between writer Charis Wilson and photographer Edward Weston from a contemporary queer and feminist perspective. Co-organized by the High,…
Echo Fine Arts presents for the first time in France a solo exhibition by German artist and master printer Jan C Schlegel entitled "Liturgy of Light". From September 20th until November 2nd, 2024, this retrospective exhibition will feature over thirty photographs ranging from Polaroids 809 to platinum iridium via salt print, from the late 2000s until now. From portraits of nomadic tribes people to photomicrography of plancton, Schlegel's creative work…
Daylight Books released The Many Pleasures : Found Art in New York City, a book with photographs by Barton Lewis and an essay by Kathleen Hulser. "Lewis’s photographic journey through New Yorkers’ rip, tear, and mark rebellion affirms the anarchic energy of urban street art. From witty excavation to gob-smacking overwriting, The Many Pleasures invites us to engage with urban poetics and decode the city’s soul." — Kathleen Hulser Since…
Good morning ! It's back to school. Photographically: it is plethoric and incredibly rich. Financially: it is difficult for some. This is why we are offering you this unique opportunity. An annual subscription at the discount price of 59 euros with the attached code: OEILSEPT24 Please note: you only have until September 25 to take advantage of it. Jean-Jacques Naudet
Today's edition is dedicated to UNSEEN 2024 in Amsterdam. As every year, our correspondent John Devos organized this edition and is the author of all its content. UNSEEN 2024 Introduction - An attempt to capture diversity (images 1-8) ‘I met my love by the gasworks wall’ is the first line of an iconic song from Dirty Old Town. Written by Ewan McColl in 1949, it has been widely performed by…