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powerHouse Books announced the release of Larry Fink : Hands On / A Passionate Life of Looking, a 424-page encapsulation of Larry Fink’s photos accompanied by essays from Lucy Sante, Stephen Shore, Graydon and Ash Carter, Yolanda Cuomo, and publisher Daniel Power. Larry Fink: Hands On / A Passionate Life of Looking offers an unprecedented overview of Fink’s career and his profound influence in the Lisette Model world (under whom…

This is one of the most astonishing exhibitions of the Brussels Photography Festival. It is called Flora Incognita, it is presented by photographer Vincent Fournier at the Spazio Nobile Gallery. He sent us this text. Flora incognita - Potential Astrobotany Herbarium Between surrealism and scientific speculation, the Flora Incognita project imagines what our terrestrial flora could look like if it grew on other planets. Inspired by the singularity of recently…

In this prolific exhibition, Tate Britain explores a pivotal era in British history and its photographic scene: the 1980s. The 1980s were an explosive decade for Britain, marked by profound social, economic, and political changes amidst the rise of neoliberalism. Although Margaret Thatcher, with her blue suits and severe helmet of blonde hair, is scarcely represented in the exhibition—she appears in only two of the roughly 350 images — Thatcherism…

Release by Prisme Editions of Brutalism in Belgium by Pierrick de Stexhe, an editorial project highlighting the main brutalist buildings in Belgium, erected between the 1950s-1980s. These Belgian architectural realisations are at a crucial crossroads in their existence: threatened with demolition, transformed or simply abandoned. The work lists more than 50 constructions, located in Brussels, Liège, Namur, Antwerp, Ghent, Louvain-la-Neuve, Leuven, Turnhout, Charleroi, Mons, Hasselt, Dilbeek, Harelbeke and Oostende, whose…

Galerie Regard Sud opens today with an exhibition by Sandra Städeli entitled Natura Profunda. It is presented as follows. It was in the nocturnal tranquility of winter that the trees were seized by the light, awakened from their sleep. It was in the daytime torpor of summer that the flowers were enveloped in darkness, asleep in their awakening. Natura Profunda, two series exploring Nature as a reflection of our own…

Carole Naggar sent us this excerpt from her preface for the book EUROPA by Dominique Souse published by Mare & Martin. Europa is not Europe. It is not a geographical appellation, but it is history, memory, and space and time, space-time where the dotted lines of the borders are, too often, scars; in which the angel of history still wanders with broken wings, ever since he was driven away from…

The Musée de Pont-Aven presents Ecran Total, an exhibition by Corinne Vionnet, a Swiss artist, who has been exploring our relationship to screens and images in the context of tourism for 20 years, by reusing images from the Internet. Her most emblematic series, Photo Opportunities, initiated in 2005, questions the standardization of tourist views, particularly through repeated pictures of emblematic places, such as the Tower of Pisa. By superimposing these…

I met Aino during the opening of her show at the project room of the Helmut Newton Foundation and was very curious to learn more about her inspiration for the series "Hotel Bogota," her ways of preparing such a long-term project, and the way she works in general. It's therefore all the more a pleasure to share our deep and thorough conversation with all of you today. Enjoy the read!  …

The exhibition of photographs by German filmmaker Wim Wenders that will be on view through March 15, 2025 at the Howard Greenberg Gallery. Written Once showcases images made in the 1970s and 1980s when Wenders was researching locations for his films in the American West or traveling the country for film events. A key element of the exhibition is text written by Wenders accompanying a number of the photographs. Wenders’…

The Kreuzberg district gallery presents a retrospective of Dutch photographer and video artist Rineke Dijkstra. Large-scale works and video installations document the periods of life when identity is shaped, spanning more than three decades. Rigor is what is immediately apparent in Rineke Dijkstra's portraits when we observe them, one after the other, crossing time, together. A frontal approach and finely worked compositions link the eight series presented together. One of…

Les Douches la Galerie presents Voyages en Italie, a new exhibition dedicated to Hervé Guibert. Through portraits of his friends, his loves, and still lifes of intimate objects, taken between 1979 and 1990, the exhibition illustrates how Italy has occupied a central place in the writer-photographer's career, both as a source of aesthetic inspiration and as a territory of creation. A text by Gérard Lefort presents the exhibition. For several…

"Manikins" is the title of Tina Cosmai's series that is on display until February 21, 2025 in the space dedicated to contemporary photography Lab 1930, Milan. It is presented as follows: The 7 images on display illustrate how the era is over when Leonardo's Vitruvian Man was inscribed in a perfect circle and was the measure of all things, or when Caspar David Friedrich's traveler from behind communicated a sense…

Bercy Village invites its visitors to discover “Paris Sauvage”, a unique exhibition dedicated to Parisian wildlife. Created by photographer Nicolas Davy, this selection of 30 photos immerses city dwellers in the lives of the animals that discreetly inhabit the capital and its surroundings. “I would like to warmly thank the Bercy Village teams for their trust and the opportunity they gave me to present the “ wild Paris ” exhibition…

This is the most unusual collection of poems we have received. It is called Les Territoires du Bord. It is signed: Ephraïm Jouy. It is illustrated with photos by Antoine d’Agata. It is accompanied by these words. To survey the Territories at the Edge is to explore the margins, the borders, the thresholds of the spaces of metamorphosis, the transition zones where identities are reinvented, where movements take shape or…

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 : Voice 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