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Éditions du Passage publishes Agence Stock Photo. A history of photojournalism in Quebec, a summary of the history of Quebec over the last 40 years by the greatest Quebec photographers! In 1987, three young photographers decided to found a photography agency. Like major press agencies such as Reuters or AFP, Robert Fréchette, Jean-François LeBlanc and Martin Roy created an independent and collective structure this had never been seen before in…
The Cleveland Photo Fest recently presented Pretty Intimate : Film and Fashion an exhibition of Arlene Pachasa. Working in the offices of Magnum Photos in New York City, Arlene Pachasa had access to the famous and fashionable… Europe, New York, Hollywood. She then photographed the Cannes Film Festival for seven years. Fifty of her portraits and candids of the faces that made the 80s were display at the Cleveland Photo…
The Bibliothèque nationale de France gave its annual award to photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon. Well done Raymond! Well deserved and much better than the academy! Jean-Jacques Naudet www.bnf.fr/en
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The fiVe artists collective of Vienna reveals the visible and the invisible, jostles habits and redraws borders. It presents current themes by pushing them to the extreme or handling them with subtlety: urbanization, climate change, the environment, migrations and the role of women. With Concrete Paradise Barbara Filips develops fantastical dream-like images where the frontiers between reality and function grow nebulous in various fantasized settings. She plays with utopias and…
Post Summer Beach & Sea The photos that make up the Post Summer Beach & Sea series were taken in the fall of 2021, within a few weeks. From September to November, from the last hours of good weather to the first rains, they capture the nostalgia for summer. They freeze the sea and the sky which darken, the beach which is gradually deserted, the deckchairs which are put away,…
Gallery Fifty One announces the representation of Dutch photographer Mark van den Brink (°1965). In his first exhibition at the gallery - ‘The Minox Files’ - van den Brink presents a unique visual diary he created using a small spy camera. Started in the late 1990s, this body of work continues to evolve to this day. In 2021 an eponymous book about this series was published; a beautiful postcard-sized edition…
The Eiger Foundation
48 Jan Smuts Ave, Forest Town, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
from October 3rd, 2024 to October 3rd, 2024
CNAP
189 Rue d'Aubervilliers, 75018 Paris
from September 18th, 2024 to November 12th, 2024
Saint Côme Amphitheatre
5 rue de l'école de Médecine 75006 Paris
from November 9th, 2024 to November 10th, 2024
Galerie Durev
56, Bd de Latour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris
from October 15th, 2024 to October 20th, 2024
Galerie David Guiraud
5, rue du Perche, 75003, Paris, France
from October 4th, 2024 to November 2nd, 2024
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A New Zealander now living in the Catskill Mountains, N.Y., John Eastcott published his first book of photographs at 17 and later earned a degree in photography in London, England. This large format black and white series was made in 1974, prior to meeting his future professional collaborator and life partner Yva Momatiuk in Wyoming. They soon decided to share their photographic credits, proposed their first story idea to National…
A great promoter of African photography, the Eiger Foundation reveals the four finalists for this new edition of its The Eiger African Photobook of the Year Award 2024. Founded in 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland, the Eiger Foundation is dedicated to promoting photography as a significant art form in Africa and around the world. Through a range of initiatives including exhibitions, educational programs, cultural exchanges, as well as awards and scholarships, the…
Until October 26th, 2024, Galerie XII presents an exhibition by Dutch artist Marie Cecile Thijs. A photographer playing with temporality, Marie Cecile Thijs creates images embodying a relationship between past and present that seems unreal, even supernatural. Portraits of people, animals, flowers, objects and food inspired by 17th century painting, each of her subjects is marked by a disturbing stillness. This duality - between old and new, light and darkness,…
Japan / A Love Story celebrates half a century of work by the renowned British-American photographer Michael Kenna, and his enduring relationship with Japan. His in-depth explorations and imagery of Japan since 1987 stand out as perhaps his most distinguished and well-known works. An exceptional exhibition ‘comprised of one hundred prints, all personally printed by Michael Kenna includes both his earliest and most recent images taken in Japan. The exhibition…
Before making a fresh start in 2018, a group of photographers from Nantes, united under the name Bellavieza, spent 10 years experimenting work, creation, and daily life collectively. Between energy and exhaustion, Jérôme Blin and Gaëtan Chevrier reflect on a chaotic adventure that ultimately strengthened their desire to promote a shared vision of photography. How did the collective come about in 2008? Jérôme Blin: Along with Benoit Arridiaux (the third…
A favorite from our collaborator Jean Loh. Xu Yong is one of the very few Chinese photographers for whom I have the greatest admiration, for the simple reason that he seems to me to be the only one working on the passing of “time” and on preserving our collective “memory”. In a society that has made official a consistent policy of amnesia, through censorship of history teachings, especially of certain…
Striking, emotionally charged, fine art photographs chronicle the lives of approximately 60 once-abandoned dogs, illuminating each one’s journey from a shelter or rescue organization to a loving, permanent home are featured in a new book. ABANDONED: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs is a decade-long project inspired by Katherine Carver’s own adopted Shetland Sheepdog, Biscuit. He had been abandoned, which set Carver on a quest to examine the lives of…
Luke Oppenheimer : Allowing oneself time. The world of photography is a sharp mirror, an art of the moment where each emotion is captured just before it disappears. Few photographers manage to seize this tension between the ephemeral and the essential like Luke Oppenheimer. A renowned documentary photographer, his lens transcends the mere image to reveal visual stories that are both poignant and captivating, where every detail uncovers a deep…
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, The Little Black Gallery and CHAUSSEE 36 Photography present the exhibition Uncensored by AdeY. AdeY’s art is in the borderland of photography and performance and depicts the naked body in playful formations and in minimalistic rooms and empty landscapes. No one really knows who AdeY is. The British-Swedish artist’s real name, age and place of residence are still unknown. AdeY left a career…
The Galeria Alta in Andorra presents an exhibition of photographs by Ramón Masats, one of the little-known pioneers of Spanish photojournalism. David Campany, the curator of the exhibition, added these few lines: The photographs of Ramón Masats are a profound, complex and elegant account of Spain and its people in cultural and political transition. Gentle, empathetic and possessed of an eye for truly remarkable compositions, he found in photography a…
The title of the portfolio is surprising: RugbyQueen. These images are by a young photographer: Blandine Vives. They are accompanied by this text: The first LGBTQA+ rugby club was founded in Sydney in 2004, marking a crucial milestone in the history of sport and inclusion. Since its inception, one of its distinctive features has been its funding through drag queen shows. During rugby training and matches, nothing differentiates players from…
This is one of the event books this fall. The publication of L’Image à venir. Mémoires d’un collectionneur by Pierre Apraxine, aux Éditions courtes et longues. This is how it is presented: Pierre Apraxine (1934-2023) is one of the greatest collectors of the century. Throughout his life, he embraced the world of art with his absolute eye. Although he is best known for the creation of the Gilman collection, still…
We have just announced the release of Pierre Apraxine's Mémoires d'un collectionneur. On June 26, 2011, we published a tribute to Pierre by Sylvie Aubenas, director of the photo department of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Here it is: Pierre Apraxine is today a reference for photography collectors. His reputation in the field grew towards the end of the 1970’s when, as an advisor to the American industrialist Howard Gilman (1924-1998), he persuaded Gilman…
Puech et Eric Bouvet, Alain Mingam, Frédérique Briard, Mete Zihnioglu, Pascal Kober, Gilles Courtinat, Marc Simon… pay a beautiful tribute to Yan Morvan. JJN. https://www.loeildelinfo.fr/
King of the Streets My photo project is a collection of candid moments from the King of the Streets annual event in the Mission District, San Francisco. The Mission is one of the oldest and most exuberant neighborhoods in San Francisco. This is an evolving neighborhood with Latino roots and a hipster vibe, brilliant artwork, and beautiful architecture. The moments are fleeting, inconsequential, and sometimes appear to be hardly real.…
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