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Lada, because I'm worth it... In November 2020, Armenia is emerging from the 44-day war with Azerbaijan. The atmosphere could not be better. As photographers of Armenian origin, it seemed obvious to us that my father, my son and I should go to Armenia to bring back images of the situation and the heritage threatened by the consequences of the war. When you set off on a mission like that,…
Low Countries Walking around the Netherlands, particularly in The Hague, Leiden and Delft, the evolution of sunlight on many surfaces. This was long before I came to live in Paris, France. The subtle action of sunshine imbued these scenes with mystery, and the world with a new beauty, the play of shadows on rock, flesh or water, among other things, reflecting the miracle of existence. These are just some of…
Back to nature The attribution at the end of 2023 of a research grant by Adagp enabled me to produce the series of photographs I am submitting to you. It is entitled Retour à la nature. In the 80s and 90s, I mainly photographed tulips with a Polaroid SX70. For Retour à la nature, I photographed all the flowers with my smarphone, which gave me great spontaneity in the shots…
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Archives 2014 In 1966, While doing a story on Andy Warhol for Life Magazine, Steve Schapiro photographed Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, in a dilapidated Hollywood Hills castle where they were staying waiting to get paid for the Exploding Plastic Inevitable gig they had just played. Steve also photographed the Velvet at Scepter Studios in New York where they recorded with Nico for their first album. Photographs are exhibited at Ono Arte Contemporanea in Bologna…
After working as a director, I started to take an interest in photography and writing. Essentially for the freedom and autonomy that these professions can offer us. Today, I devote all my time to it. Going to meet others, animals, discover the architecture of big cities, nature have become my daily life. I exhibit all over Europe and settle where adventure calls me. My starting point is in Paris. For…
The free webphotomagazine OPENEYE celebrates its 5th anniversary. Inspired by the possibilities offered by new technologies, four enthusiasts decided in 2017 to renew the photographic press by creating the OPENEYE webphotomagazine, "Today's view of photography". This bimonthly is halfway between the digital mook and the online photo book. Free, it presents over 250 pages a panorama of current photography, and offers a space for expression to young talents. Each issue…
Planches Contact Festival
Les Franciscaines, 145b Av. de la République, 14800 Deauville
from January 28th, 2025 to February 28th, 2025
PhotoBrussels
Brussels, Belgium
from January 23rd, 2025 to February 23rd, 2025
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Peter Galassi, photography historian and exhibition curator, presents Sunday on the Banks of the Seine (1938) by Henri Cartier-Bresson. [embed]https://youtu.be/C4nNdFV_3Fg?si=4zGriO8JIijGUrYZ[/embed] Each capsule of “Une image, des images” is an opportunity for a specialist to retrace the history of a singular image: a way of discovering, through their eyes, the archives preserved by the Henri Cartier Foundation. Bresson and the photographic work of its two founders. This program is carried out…
Anchored in Magnum’s commitment of championing the free press, Magnum Chronicles is an annual publication dedicated to covering the important stories of our time. Each volume spotlights pressing global issues through a combination of new commissions and thoughtfully curated archival material by Magnum photographers. As each edition is assembled by photographers they offer audiences unfiltered, personal insights into events shaping tomorrow’s history. Magnum Chronicles transcends the traditional magazine format as…
The Antoine de Galbert Foundation acquires the exceptional collection of amateur and anonymous photographs from Marion & Philippe Jacquier, founders of the Lumière des Roses gallery. This set of nearly 10,000 silver prints of family, scientific, historical, documentary, erotic photos – will soon be donated to a major museum. Founders of the Lumière des Roses gallery in 2005, Marion & Philippe Jacquier made themselves known by exploring the immense field…
Bigaignon announced that, as part of their curatorial series, the next curation of the gallery bookstore will be entrusted to Ralph Gibson. Starting on Saturday, February 1, 2025, you are invited you to explore an intimate selection of books that have shaped his creative journey over the past 60 years. The American master’s selection showcases his deep passions for literature, music, poetry, and typography, alongside his rich sources of inspiration…
The Ronan Guillou Scholarship is launched as part of the Civis Maritimus program which proposes to explore the relationship between Man and the Sea to shake up essential issues facing the Ocean. This grant program is intended for photographers from Europe and the southern shores of the Mediterranean, with a project associating man and the marine world. €4,000 will be allocated to the winner to carry out a project between…
A cultural festival, supporting contemporary photography, amateur practices and image education, Pluie d'Images–CAPAB (Collectif Armoricain de Photographes Auteurs Brestois) is a cultural and educational association which aims to promote and develop the photographic medium in all its dimensions and all its expressions. The Pluie d’Images Festival is an event committed to supporting creation. It supports authors in terms of programming, distribution, artist residency, production assistance to present the work of…
It’s the poorest of all the photo competitions, 2 prizes of 100 euros but also one of the nicest. You have until February 16 to participate. As part of the “Cultural Week in Vocance”, the LaboCance Association is co-organizing with the Carrefour des Arts de Lalouvesc a free photo competition, open to all photographers, excluding members of the jury and their families. Competition theme: TODAY’S PROFESSIONS IN THE VOCANCE The…
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! …
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