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Lena Aliper was born in 1985 of mostly Ukrainian and German blood and grew up in a constructivist neighborhood of Moscow. The turbulence of the post-Perestroika capital blended in perfectly with an almost classical education Lena received in high school. Her formative years saw her reading first The Iliad and Divine Comedy at the age of 12 in the days of political and economic instability followed by reading Jack Kerouac well hidden under the…

Adaptation, made up of nearly 200 photographs from Anastasia Samoylova’s six major works, is a wonderfully pleasurable book to turn the pages of and look at its pictures. Her photos are commonly taken to emanate from an eco-documentary perspective but this is a limiting way of appreciating their worth. In Floridas (2022), overlapping with her earlier FloodZone series by focusing on the U.S’s southeasternmost state, there is no concern with…

Marshall Gallery presents an exhibition of works spanning nearly two decades by California artist Chris McCaw as an official part of PST ART: Art and Science Collide organized by The Getty Museum. The show Marking Time comprises nearly forty works ranging from monumental to intimately scaled pieces resulting from McCaw’s unique “sunburn” photographic process, previously unseen solarized landscapes, and color polaroid experiments. Brand new multi- panel exposures join unseen early…

The Hulett Collection presents Richard Sharum’s newest series Spina Americana. In reaction to the gaining momentum of a fractious American identity, and what it means for our future as a nation going forward, ‘Spina Americana’ (American Spine) attempts to understand a critical and often misunderstood area of the United States, in a time of political division not seen here since the 1850s. Richard Sharum decided to focus his attention on…

The Eye of Photography presents on a monthly basis features from The Agents Club such as their Insta News, Master Series or Profiles. This is a selection of their portfolio : Best Covers Summer 24 The Agents Club, founded in 2018 by Alexandre and Wanda Orlowski, is a unique mobile platform showcasing the most sought-after photography agencies worldwide and the exceptional image-makers they represent. This feature was first published by The Agents Club. www.theagentsclub.com

This is the 38th dialogue of the Collezione Ettore Molinario. Here are two extraordinary interpreters of Italian photography, Giorgio Sommer and Fratelli Alinari. And here is a book that guided me into the bowels of the Earth and made me discover the beauty of the most extreme Grand Tour. Ettore Molinario   My first dive was into the pages of Journey to the Center of the Earth. Initiatory reading at…

Magnum Photos publishes What is “America?” with Thames & Hudson. The book seeks to unpack the myth and mystery of the United States as seen through the Magnum archive. https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/what-is-america/?utm_source=Audience&utm_campaign=f90fccaf0f-Field_Notes_051024&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_237144cbf5-f90fccaf0f-7159064&mc_cid=f90fccaf0f&mc_eid=ebdb1d61ed

Patrizia Burra : Arouse curiosity. At the heart of contemporary visual art, Patrizia Burra stands out with an innovative approach that transforms photography into a unique and captivating form of art. Her works go far beyond mere images; they are powerful visual narratives that capture the soul of her subjects with remarkable precision and sensitivity. By merging painting and portraiture, the artist creates works that reveal deep aspects of beauty…

Henri Kartmann is a photographer and visual artist. He lives in Haute Provence. He is one of the founders of the “Nuits Photographies de Pierrevert”. He exhibits as part of the “Chamber 07” festival in Aubenas. He attached this text to his images. The troubled times we are experiencing are transforming our outlook. Even the familiar sights of my immediate surroundings seem strange and disturbing. How can we find a…

Until December 28, the Centre d'Exposition Le Bleu du Ciel presents “Inner World” by Ebru Ceylan. Ebru Ceylan is a figure on the Turkish and international artistic scene. A graduate in photography and cinema from Marmara University, she later obtained a master's degree in photography from Mimar Sinan University. For me, traveling and photographing in Anatolia is a question of existence. An inner journey in which I search for parts…

The Ragusa Foto Festival, now in its 12th edition, continues to offer interesting photography with fifteen exhibitions by authors of the stature of Ferdinando Scianna or Antonio Biasiucci, who, together with Mimmo Paladino, reinterprets the ancient game of tombola, and various projects, including that carried out by Mario Cresci during his artistic residency in the Sicilian city, which gave rise to the exhibition Limen, soglia di passaggio. The international event…

The jury of this 32nd edition of the Roger Pic Award chose the series Sweats and Tremors by Corentin Fohlen / Divergence. He thus joins the prestigious winners of the Roger Pic Award awarded by Scam. Violence in Haiti has a long history; that of the colonial past, of this little piece of island which enriched European empires through its human, geological and geographical exploitation. It is also the story…

The Photography Sales Gallery at the Centre for British Photography presents vintage works by John Deakin until the 18th of October. Here is the text coming with the pictures : The photographs offered here were unknown and believed lost until their recent rediscovery and include previously unrecorded works as well as more familiar pictures. Taken together these familiar and unfamiliar images provide an insight into one of the most acclaimed…

The October issue of The Photograph Collector is out. Thanks Stephen Perloff. https://photoreview.org/publications/the-photograph-collector/ http://www.photoreview.org

Homo Animalis The skulls in this bestiary, placed on human bodies, suggest that we belong to the animal kingdom. In these compositions, sometimes reinterpretations of works by masters like Artemisia Gentilschi, Caravage or Rubens, the characters seem to be present, sensitive, existing, sometimes even posing for the photographer or remaining frozen like a model in front of a painter. This metaphor accentuates the boundary that has thickened between us and…