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On March 6, 2025, the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin will open its new group exhibition, Polaroids, as part of EMOP Berlin 2025. This showcase features works by Helmut Newton alongside numerous other photographers. The Polaroid process revolutionized photography in the 1960s. Those who have used Polaroid cameras often recall the distinctive smell of the developing emulsion and the magic of watching an image materialize instantly. Depending on the camera…

Until April 13, 2025, the Photographers’ Gallery in London is once again showing Daido Moryama. It presents this new exhibition as follow. The Print Sales Gallery at The Photographers’ Gallery is showing a gentler side of the iconic Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama’s work this Spring. Following 2023’s major retrospective at The Photographers’ Gallery, which offered an in-depth exploration into his groundbreaking career, Daido Moriyama: Encounters takes a more intimate approach.…

The Centre d'art contemporain de la Matmut presents an exhibition by Karen Knoor entitled Fables and Other Stories until June 6, 2025. Knorr uses subtle collages of animals, objects and architectural settings to question the authority of museums and heritage. Its visual dialogue, between reality and fiction, invites the reader to explore worlds mixing traditions and illusions, opening the way to a poetic reflection on the authenticity and power of…

Until May 4, 2025, The Reef in Los Angeles is showing Graham Howe with an exhibition entitled: Color Theory and the Fiction of Sight. The exhibition is presented by this text: Graham Howe’s Color Theory and the Fiction of Sight is an exploration of color perception and the nature of photographic representation. Created between 1983 and 1984, this body of work challenges assumptions about color photography, questioning whether it serves…

Photo London invite you to an intimate and exclusive online talk exploring David Bailey, Eighties, the latest TASCHEN book by the legendary photographer David Bailey. Hosted by Desiree Erasmus, this event will feature a conversation with Bailey’s wife and muse, Catherine Bailey, and his trusted assistant, Malak Kabbani. Together, they will share behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of this remarkable book, offering a rare glimpse into the opulent world of…

It’s one of the editorial staff’s favorites. This book by Emmanuel Téclès entitled: Les Fleurs du Chaos and published by Corridor Eléphant. The author presents it this way: “Les fleurs du chaos” is the meeting between the passion for abandoned places and the desire to work with models to bring a personal touch, a meaning, a color, a story… The two items complement each other and stimulate my inspirations. The…

124 journalists and photographers killed in 2024. It is this sad record that David Schonauer put on the front page of his wonderful daily PRO PHOTO DAILY. What We Learned This Week: A Record 124 Journalists Were Killed in 2024 A record 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, according to the  Committee to Protect Journalists--the most in any year since the organization began keeping records in 1992.…

Gabriele D’Agostino : Between Matter & Light Multidisciplinary creator, Gabriele D’Agostino’s work spans design, photography, and the exploration of materials. His approach, at the intersection of architecture and exceptional craftsmanship, reveals a subtle mastery of textures, shapes, and light. As a designer, he shapes objects and spaces where structural rigor blends with a nearly tactile sensitivity, creating pieces that are both powerful and refined. As a photographer, he captures the…

The book is titled: Smoke Filled Mirror. Its author: Keiran Perry. Its publisher: New Dimension and Pendle Press. It is also a very nice story. The book is a transformative documentation of Perry’s two-year immersion with a multicultural circus troupe he first encountered in Morecambe, Lancashire. Stranded due to the pandemic, the performers became a source of fascination and inspiration for Perry, who embedded himself in their world. Through stark,…

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the archive of Italian-born artist Gusmano Cesaretti, a self-taught photographer renowned for capturing significant portraits of Southern California’s Mexican American community, incisive views of Los Angeles urban space, and set images for multiple Hollywood films. Spanning six decades, the Cesaretti collection comprises approximately 238 boxes of photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, artist books, and mixed media works, along with documents,…

Yancey Richardson Gallery is showing Facsimile by Sharon Core until April 12, 2025. The exhibition is accompanied by this text: Through the meticulous recreation of historical still-life paintings, along with more recent artworks rendered through the medium of photography, Sharon’s work explores the tension between reality and its photographic representation. In Facsimile, she expands these themes by subverting her usual process. Rather than reproducing painted still-lifes through photography, she has…

It’s a book about car body scratches. Its title: Cracks and Dents. Its author: Lycien-David Cséry. It is accompanied by a text by Julia Meyer Brehm. We strive to actively erase demerits and detritus: we polish away scratches, iron away wrinkles, and interpret signs of wear as a decrease in value of an object. But inspite of the sleek perfectionism that rules our contemporary ideology we find signs of the…

PDNB Gallery shared with us this portfolio by Delilah Montoya: Women Boxers : The New Warriors is accompanied by the following text. By crossing the ropes and getting into the ring, these professional athletes enter into the bastions of manliness to confront a brutal sport. Many, in fact, are appalled by the violent sport of boxing and believe it should be banned. But these women, determined to box, turn their…

For the eighth consecutive year, SAIF is joining forces with the festival dedicated to women photographers, Les femmes s'exposent, which will be held in Houlgate from June 6 to September 2, 2025, and is launching on this occasion the 2025 call for applications for the Prix SAIF - LES FEMMES S'EXPOSENT. The prize rewards a woman photographer for her artistic work, it highlights her talent and her style. This year…

My soul is an easel, and I am an artist This series of works will be interpreted for everyone in their own way. For me, it was a deep spiritual search, long attempts to express those feelings that could not find a way out. What could be simpler and, at the same time, what could be more difficult – a still life. How do I convey what I feel about trivial things? I took…