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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…

Many people discovered her at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2022. Mika Sperling was one of the winners of the Louis Roederer Foundation Discovery Prize, selected by photography historian Taous Dahmani. Her series Je n'ai rien fait de mal won the Public Prize. It is now being published by Actes Sud. ‘Ever since my first-born baby could walk, I've had a strong feeling of discomfort when I see her in the…

From November 8th 2024 to February 8th 2025, the Municipal Archives of Lyon are hosting a retrospective dedicated to Gilles Aymard, an architect turned photographer. This exhibition explores the intersection of two intertwined disciplines. In an interview given for his retrospective “Seeing Architecture Live” at the Municipal Archives of Lyon, Gilles Aymard shares his deep connection to Lyon, his hometown, as well as his passion for architecture and photography. Viewing…

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…

Brning North I lived in Beijing for more than a decade, but I didn't really know it, and photography became an opportunity for me to explore the metropolis. Exploration means adventure, from a safe place to an unknown field, and such movement is not only in the physical space, but also in the spiritual and emotional evolution. I keep roaming in the city, Capture the connection between people and cities…

The Conference of Birds What began as a bit a diversion has turned into a revelation. Photographing sparrows in flight in the wild has revealed a world of unimagined marvels and complexity. I think of them as bird portraits. They are photographed with natural light and no post-production arranging. The birds appear exactly as they did in the camera viewfinder. The series has expanded to hundreds of images. Each day…

South Of The Humber - Trent Falls to Fitties Beach For the past few months I've been working on a photo documentary based on the south side of the Humber estuary. The images were taken between May and September 2024 and are a mix of landscape and portrait styles with a forensic approach to artefacts (from a private collection) found along the bank. The images form a narrative that combines…

Weak signal When I watch the news on TV here in Tunisia, very often the internet connection is cut or of poor quality. A message appears on the screen "Weak signal"! This weak signal from the internet transmission causes the image to be truncated, pixels appear and disappear partially or entirely and the information is thus truncated in turn. Hence the idea of ​​taking with my phone camera this series…

“In 1997, a man walked through my studio doors in Chicago and changed my career,” says American photographer Sandro Miller. That man was actor John Malkovich. “John has given me the freedom to create and to use my knowledge as a photographer to explore and push boundaries both in stills and motion.” This creative playground is revealed in Malkovich: Then Came John, the latest book to feature Sandro’s “muse.” Yet,…