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Julia Gragnon is exhibiting Paolo Pellegrin's Chaos Calme at her Galerie de l'Instant. She sent us these images and her text. I discovered Paolo Pellegrin's work thanks to the Rencontres d'Arles in 2008. It was my first time there, and his exhibition "As I Was Dying" was in the last building of the Ateliers SNCF. What a shock to discover his images, their power, the beauty of his prints, the…

In her latest book published by Workshop Arts, I Still Speak Southern In My Head, Nancy Richards Farese creates collages that incorporate threads, beads, buttons and cloth with family archive images and recent photographs to create a complex visual memoir in which Farese reexamines her childhood growing up in the South in the 60s. Some of the cultural tropes resonating with the Southern experience that she considers and questions include…

The Little Black Gallery announced the US exhibition tour by Jane Hilton of her series Cowboys and Queens. Launching 27 March at FreyBoy Art Salon in Las Vegas and then Los Angeles, next to Tulsa in Oklahoma in September at The Hulett Collection, and then Palo Gallery in New York in the spring of 2026. Cowboys and Queens reflects the new modern-day American Dream. A utopian cocktail that celebrates the freedom…

To celebrate Women History Month, the PDNB Gallery presents this virtual exhibition. The gallery sent us these pictures and these few words. Some are famous, but most are not, all uniquely influential. These women, young and old, are photographed by talented photographers exhibited by Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery. PDNB continues to celebrate 30 great years in Dallas. Let’s honor women, photography and exceptional artists! PDNB Gallery 150 Manufacturing St,…

In Flowers Drink the River, her new book published by Setanta Books, Pia-Paulina Guilmoth reflects on her gender transition through a haunting tale where the power of community meets the sacredness of nature.  Flowers Drink the River was born out of darkness. Unemployed, homeless, forced to return to her parents' house, terrified at the thought of coming out, and trapped in a body she longed to escape, Pia-Paulina Guilmoth went…

Since its beginnings, écho 119 has been committed to bringing the work of Japanese women photographers to the forefront by highlighting their unique and sensitive perspectives. The gallery is unveiling its new space with a solo exhibition of Rinko Kawauchi, which coincides with the publication of her book M/E (Delpire). Rinko Kawauchi captures the evanescence of the day-to-day with a vivid gentleness. Her work, infused with poetry and delicacy, invites…

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Today's edition is dedicated to one of the most important photojournalists of our time. For almost six decades, Stephen Shames has documented the world as an award-winning photojournalist. Through his photography, he uncovers the raw emotions and deeper truths behind both global, political issues and private, personal ones. From chronicling the Black Panther movement in Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, to exposing the silent crisis…

From the essay by Jeffrey Henson Scales: This book is not a survey nor is it structured with a narrative arc. It is more a collage of Shames’ life as a photographer, a mashup of his life’s work. Documentary photography by its very nature is constructed of people, places, and things the artist finds in their camera’s viewfinder. Like the many artists throughout the history of modern art who have…

What is interesting to me is not someone’s starting point but their journey. My journey as a photographer started during the 1960s when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley. I became an artist of the struggle. I got to know the leaders of the anti-Vietnam War and the Black Power movements, including Bobby Seale, cofounder of the Black Panthers, who became a mentor. Seale and…

Pursuing the Dream is a series of photographs about community people helping their neighbors. These 30 community programs help parents do a better job by teaching them skills, providing support, and involving the whole community in raising children. The things these programs do form a coherent family policy--what we ought to be doing to help children reach their potential. Pursuing the Dream uses photographs as “icons for change and hope”…

I have been a photographer for more than five decades. I have traversed five continents, witnessing tragedy and triumph. Although I photographed many diverse subjects and pictured people from countless cultures, there is a thread connecting my pictures. Much of my photography is about children in distress with a focus on identity and family: what tears us apart and binds us together—violence and abuse, but also sensuality, love, hope, and…

The great thing about being a photojournalist is your camera is a ticket to go anywhere. Whether photographing the mundane or the dangerous, I try to convey pure emotion in my pictures, to get behind the scenes, to find a different angle so my pictures reveal what is beneath the surface. Having a distinct vision allows a photographer to be more poetic. While my work fits into the documentary tradition,…

During my career, I was able to get a glimpse into many innovative minds. I was honored to spend a week with Stephen Hawking who suffered from a progressive, ultimatly fatal disease called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. What makes this man incredible is, despite being completely paralyzed, he led an amazingly full life. He traveled abroad, pondered the universe, and enjoyed a warm social life with his wife and…

Photographing is an intense occupation. To get good photographs you must insert yourself into other people’s lives. To do that you need to earn their trust and form a deep relationship with them. My friend, photographer Lydia Panas, says she ends up “in love” with the people she photographs. I feel the same way. I am passionate about the people and scenes I photograph. I do not think my pictures,…