Jean-Claude Marguerite sends us this portfolio accompanied by this text: At the beginning of the 2000s, I lived a stone's throw from the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. On my first walk, I was struck by the self-importance displayed by the male busts, almost all made on the same model. I then began to photograph the female statuary, in black and white and in 6x6. I moved shortly after, and another…
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Seen on the Corridor Éléphant website this portfolio by Bruno Dumas. He writes : How to explain, or even develop meaning in a speech where just the second is the most important. The instant, so furtive an instinct, challenges our eyes to what must be, perhaps a good image, a beautiful illustration. But this second, just this second when I think I have brushed against the Holy of the Holy…
Éric Alcyon presents the new version of his photographic series Utopia II. This series focuses on the economic crisis of Greek sovereign debt. Born in 1968, Eric Alcyon discovered photography while studying in Quebec, continued at the University of Paris 8-Vincennes, accompanied by commissions and exhibitions, notably at the Mai de la photographie de Reims with a series entitled Hypermarché which shows his interest in the "Thatcher years photographers" such…
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After 10 years of activity as a photographer and 20 spent in the world of images, Céline Andrea has just released her first book. The editor Paul Luro presents it like this! Here is Céline Andrea's very first monographic book, edited and published by Normal Magazine (Editions Incarnatio). It brings together on 184 pages, the most artistic work of the artist, her most personal shots far from the fashion campaigns.…
Thorsten Wulff is an absolute matchmaker. Not sure which year we met exactly, but it’s been a few years down the road already. When it comes to photography, what never fails to impress me are the wide variety of cameras, techniques, and places that Wulff masters in his work. Analogue, digital, darkroom, on location, on site – he does it all. Pair that with his gentle nature, large network, and…
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For the first time in France, Les Franciscaines presents the entire collection of photographs by Irving Penn from the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. A major author of 20th century photography, Irving Penn produced from the end of the 1940s a work that marked the world of fashion. With 109 works, the exhibition also explores his incredible gallery of portraits, nudes, and a lesser-known part of his work,…
The CAMERA WORK Virtual Gallery presents the fourth part of the exhibition cycle »Beauty of Women«. With 45 works by more than 20 artists from the years 1949–2018. Beauty is not only defined by ideal images, as Martin Schoeller shows perfection beyond social norms in his series »Female Bodybuilders«. A tableau of four large-format works by the ar\st is part of the exhibition, which also devotes an entire room to…
The exhibition Amexica: Marie Baronnet is the second part of a two-part research entitled “What happens to us here, in the face”, according to Théodore Monod’s expression. The exhibition Photographing voodoo: Catherine De Clippel is the first part. On the border separating the United States and Mexico stands a barrier, a sinister wall known to all. On her own, she embodies all the walls and refusals of the other. In…
Neal Slavin has a passion: Portugal. He has dedicated a film to it. Here's how he presents it: The photographs above are a fifty year love affair with the Portuguese people. It begins in 1968 when I lived in Lisbon, the city of light, caught in the shadows of the Fascist dictatorship of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, friend to few and enemy to the masses. He ruled Portugal for an…
His name is Mark Cohen. He is an amazing character and photographer. Every 10 years, he returns and leaves shortly after. He sent us these images and this text. JJN I keep making pictures, black and white, 35mm, looking, and walking around. I like to take pictures. I don’t have a theory. Each good negative is a surprise. In time a series of this new work will form and I’ll…
“Society’s treatment of plants is a mirror image of itself,” botanist artist Lois Weinberger* liked to say. His work is an invitation to consider differently those who are called vagabonds or invasives, and who are described as "crazy" or "bad" that is to say without value or presenting a defect. Denigrated and belittled, these plants are often doomed: uprooting or chemical disappearance. The Weeds! brings together recent works which, involving…
The “open call” as with every year has no theme constrictions or entry fee and applicants just need to submit 10 images, a description of the project and a short biography, by April 16th. The images submitted must not have been published on or offline before. This global open call is entitled Unpublished Photo. It is aimed at young and emerging new photographers, between the ages of 18 and 30…
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht, the Netherlands, presents a retrospective of British celebrity photographer Terry O'Neill (1938-2019) until 10 September 2023. The exhibition Famous shows more than 125 portraits of international music legends, movie stars and fashion icons, particularly from the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to exclusive colourised editions, the focus is on classic black and white portraits. Terry O'Neill is one of the most iconic, influential and…
GILBERT GARCIN: DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND STAGE DESIGNER Gilbert Garcin is one of the rare polymaths who is a director, photographer, and stage designer. He orchestrates each step of his craft. His black and white, cleverly staged images are a highly intellectual and skillful blend of humor and gravity, questioning the transient nature of human condition and existence. Belonging to the surrealist genre, his work has been associated with the likes…
PDNB Gallery celebrates the diverse talents that live in our great state of Texas. This exhibition will highlight a rich pool of artists in the group show, Deep in the Art of Texas. The photographs range from landscape, portraiture, and documentary to abstract and conceptual. The dates span from the 1940’s to present. There is no theme in common with these Texas artists, each has their own style and vision,…
The projects of the five young photographers, finalists of the current edition of The MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work, now in its seventh edition, are on show at MAST, in Bologna until May 1st 2023. The projects by the five young finalists of the current edition of The MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work, now in its seventh edition, are on show at MAST, in Bologna until…
From March 3rd to May 21st 2023, ECAL presents Under Your Smell at Photo Elysée. In collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier, Bachelor of Photography students propose their interpretation of the brand's fragrances through an immersive exhibition celebrating gender diversity and new definitions of beauty. The exhibition Under Your Smell takes possession of Photo Elysée. The event is headed by a number of eminent contributors, including Creative Director at Jean Paul Gaultier, Florence Tétier; photographer,…
Sylvie Castioni's solo exhibition celebrates the liberation of the body. Through her photographic practice rooted in the enhancement of women, Sylvie Castioni gives voice to their sensuality and power. With several emblematic figures of French cinema as models, such as Léa Seydoux or Emmanuelle Béart, the photographer creates their portraits, through which the self-confidence that her muses experience next to her shines through. Statement by Nikita Dmitriev, curator. In…
Founder, at UNIL, of the first school of scientific police in the world in 1909, the criminal lawyer, Rodolphe Archibald Reiss (1875-1929) put his mastery of chemistry and photography at the service of his science, developing shooting photography techniques that are still used today. In collaboration with the UNIL's School of Criminal Sciences, the Swiss Camera Museum in Vevey is devoting an exhibition detailing his photographic methods applied to crime…
Essay # 7 LIBERATION by Robert Hirsch This essay examines the role photography has played in shaping a public Holocaust narrative following the arrival of Soviet and Allied forces at the Nazi work and death camps. This piece also scrutinizes the complex emotional, physical, and political challenges the liberated prisoners confronted and how their liberators attempted to assist them in salvaging their devastated lives at the start of the Post…