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The Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet presents the exhibition Marc Riboud: Photographs of Vietnam 1966-1976. In October 1967, Marc Riboud photographed American youth protesting in front of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., shouting their revolt against the war. He created "The Girl with the Flower," a world-famous photograph that symbolizes the desire for peace. In 1970, the photographer published "Face of North Vietnam," a reportage that showed Americans for…

MIA Photo Fair, now in its 14th edition, will be held from the 20th to 23rd of March 2025 at Superstudio Più in Milan. The curatorial team of the Italian fair dedicated to photography (this year's full diction is MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas) has selected 77 galleries. In addition, there are 37 exhibitors from the fields of publishing, special projects and institutions, bringing the total number of exhibitors to…

Palazzo Arese Borromeo presents the exhibition Ladri di biciclette - Photographs of Neorealism in Italy’s Rebirth, This exhibition takes visitors on a journey through 88 iconic photographs by 35 photographers, with images sourced from private collections and archives. offering a glimpse into an era when the bicycle was a vital part of daily life. Among the highlights is the Guido Bertero Collection from Turin, the most significant collection of Neorealist…

The Love Hotel exhibition, the result of the second collaboration between Galerie du Jour agnès b. and François Prost, brings together a fascinating collection of photographs of Japanese Love Hotel facades, taken in 2023 during a road trip from Tokyo to the island of Shikoku. This project offers a unique insight into a Japan that is both little-known and evocative. Here, the photographer paints a unique, vernacular portrait of the…

We heard of the passing of Herb Greene. Petter Fetterman writes: It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to our dear friend, Herb Greene. A true visionary behind the lens, Herb was not just a photographer but a chronicler of an era, capturing the soul of a generation that reshaped music, culture, and art. Herb had an uncanny ability to see beyond the surface. His portraits of the…

Crane Kalman Brighton presents the exhibition Shirley Baker : ‘80s Faces. Shirley Baker (1932 – 2014) was a British photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester. She is one of Britain’s most compelling yet underexposed social documentary photographers. Her street photography of working-class inner-city areas, taken from 1960 until 2000, would come to define her humanist vision. Born in Kersal,…

The Joseph Bellows Gallery presents Attention to Detail, an online exhibition by Grant Mudford. Grant Mudford had made his mark in the art world with a distinctive vision, capturing anonymous structures with a profound sense of space, light, texture and form. With a career spanning several decades, Mudford’s work remains a testament to his unique ability to meld the art of photography with the subtle intricacies of design, nature, and…

Yinna Higuera is a Colombian-Ecuadorian documentary photographer and visual artist, psychologist, educator, and cultural manager specialized in exploring identity, memory, and migration, with a focus on documentary photography of gender, territory, and community processes. Her work, both personal and collaborative, addresses social transformation through the image, making stories visible and generating critical reflection on cultural identity and gender equity. Among her most notable projects is 'Escuelas Cerradas,' which documents the…

Danziger Gallery presents the online exhibition Fred McDarrah : One Day at “The Factory”. Fred W. McDarrah (1926-2007) was an American staff photographer for The Village Voice, famous for documenting the social and cultural phenomena of the New York scene in the pivotal decades of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. As the sole staff photographer at The Village Voice McDarrah chronicled the downtown world of New York with unrivalled intimacy and access.…

Galerie Obsession presents Labourage et pâturage an exhibition by Vincent Gouriou. Between Brittany and the Massif Central, Vincent Gouriou met queer farmers. Together, they take the time to get to know each other and allow trust to develop between them. The question of time is fundamental here, since there is no rush. Their bodies are attuned to the living: a long, ancestral time. Through the moments spent together, the artist…

Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr passed away Saturday in Orange at the age of eighty. A key figure in photography, she was known in the world of images as "Madame Photo." It was alongside Lucien Clergue, founder of the Rencontres d'Arles, that she began a career that she would pursue for almost forty years at the Ministry of Culture. She made a significant contribution to the promotion, distribution, and institutional recognition…

The book expands our conception of time in photography, being a radical reexamination of the history of the photographic medium as an interplay of stillness, depth, and motion, from analog to digital to GenAI. This transdisciplinary study of art and binocular vision spans areas of stereo photography, art, philosophy, and the science of perception. It investigates time and space perception going back to the origin of this light-based medium. Among…

Ian Reid's new book puts the spotlight on the Ugandan communities at the heart of saving the mountain gorillas. Dr Samson Weikhe, Director of Programmes at The Gorilla Organization, explains the story of the repentant poachers featured in Positive Tracks: ‘These are men who spent most of their time in the forest poaching animals. They had to change their way of life and switch from poaching to farming. We set…

To mark the publication of the book Being Here (Skeleton Key Press, 2024), Galerie VU' presents a selection from this series by Øyvind Hjelmen, exhibited for the first time in France. Through a scenography that plays on scale and proximity, this exhibition unveils Øyvind Hjelmen's sensitive and introspective world. The spatial arrangement invites meticulous contemplation, where each image is discovered in close proximity, with the delicacy of a memory book.…

CPW announced that Qiana Mestrich is the winner of the 2025 Saltzman Prize. The Saltzman Prize recognizes the extraordinary achievements of an emerging photographer whose recent work has garnered wider visibility and whose distinctive voice contributes fresh perspectives to the ongoing dialogue surrounding photography and visual culture. Qiana Mestrich will receive a $10,000 award, the 2025 CPW Vision Award for Emerging Photographer, and a solo exhibition of her work at…