Losing the North Diptychs I was born in northern France, where I lived from childhood until I was 19, in a small working-class town between slag heaps and glassworks. Sixteen years later, when my daughter was born, I returned with my camera to capture the faces of those who had never really known me as I was. My country, my family, our otherness. I look at them today with tenderness,…
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Our beautiful Camargue, a treasure on borrowed time? (Here is an overview of my work with 15 photographs. Full report 60 photographs). "How beautiful is my Camargue". I've said this phrase so many times since my earliest childhood. As a native of the magnificent Gard department, my parents introduced me to it at a very early age. This land of the Petite Camargue is very dear to my heart... I…
Shipyards For a long time, I thought about how I could tackle this subject, which was close to my heart, but which I found so difficult to tackle in a rational and, if possible, original photographic study. In memory of all those thousands of workers involved in shipbuilding for several generations, who had lost their tools of the trade, with the direct consequence of losing their jobs to shipyard workers…
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Denier Being a woman is what distinguishes a woman, in every time and place. Her womanhood, her empathic beauty, not synonymous with perfection but beauty as a unicum, a harmony with the world that comes from an inner balance and is reflected in her aesthetic side. In this photographic series of mine entitled "Denier", a metaphor for the heaviness of the stocking -a veil that nevertheless does not suffocate but…
With whom Arthur Elgort has not worked with, might be easier to answer than with whom he actually has, because the gifted photographer probably has shot for all renowned magazines. He has created portraits of famous models and fashion icons which stand out through their unconventional and refreshing style. Those portrayed—such as Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, or Christy Turlington—appear carefree and at ease. One can tell that Arthur Elgort brings…
For his second exhibition at the in camera gallery, the Catalan photographer Txema Salvans guides us, as usual, through a candid journey far from any artifice. Industrial areas, cargo ports, power stations and evanescent seaside resorts, the series “My Kingdom” documents with humor and light tenderness the gloomy summer adventures of the Spaniards. “I photograph my own culture, people and landscapes. I have to feel a physical connection with the…
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29 Arts In Progress gallery presents the works of photographer Gabriele Micalizzi, for the first time in Milan. The exhibition, called “A Kind of Beauty”, curated by Tiziana Castelluzzo, brings together the finest photographs, ranging from black and white prints to gelatin silver prints and colour, painstakingly selected from negatives preserved in the artist’s archive. On display are the most significant shots depicting some of the venues of the biggest…
In collaboration with Atelier K84, Koster Fine Art Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Dutch Fine Art photographer Astrid Verhoef. For the first time, the gallery will showcase a large overview of her award-winning series 'Human//Nature' with surrealist black-and-white photographs on locations in the Netherlands, Spain, and the USA. The exhibition takes place at Atelier K84, an inspiring art space in the heart of Amsterdam. Astrid Verhoef, being a true…
Galerie Liza Fetissova presents a solo exhibition by Ilan Weiss, “I'll call you back”. The gallery presents it as follow. Today we chase happiness. We practice yoga, we run, we meditate, we read, we learn things, we travel. We fill up. And often if not always we stay connected, hang on our (damn) phone. Ilan Weiss suggests that we put it down and open our senses. Look, listen, feel. "…
The first show dedicated to unrepresented artists who experiment with images, supported by a community of collectors. Building on the success of its first edition, the unRepresented by a ppr oc he show returns from April 5 to 7, 2024, at the Molière in Paris. In cohesion with the essence of the a ppr oc he show, this new model selects and exhibits artists outside of established, emerging or confirmed…
From the negative to the illustrated book, from the contact sheet to the exhibition print, the Denise Colomb donation kept at the Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie bears witness to the work, built between the happenstance and curiosities, of a woman photographer. The Denise Colomb donation to the State (1991) was supplemented in 2001 with 1500 prints, several hundred color slides and 2300 negatives taken since 1991. The…
In the Now at the Brooklyn Museum unites nearly fifty women artists who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself. The first museum survey of photography-based works by women artists born or based in Europe, this exhibition interrogates the continent’s legacies of nationalism and patriarchal power structures—which continue to shape everyday life, particularly for women. In the Now highlights the expansive nature of…
The Eye of Photography opens the second chapter of its new section, Cartes Blanches, with the support of MPB. Each month, a French photographer will show an unpublished series while experimenting with equipment borrowed from the global platform for buying, selling and trading used photo and video equipment safely. Following Laurent Poleo-Garnier and his series "Double Agents," photographer Julia Gat captures the end of winter by the seaside in Marseille…
The German photographer with an eloquent artistic identity presents a selection of portraits taken between 2015 and 2021 at the Galerie im Tempelhof in Berlin. A small space for works born from high-profile performances in which the artist cheerfully plays with social injunctions. A succession of juxtaposed portraits of women, wearing neither clothes nor makeup, against a neutral background, as if to lay bare their emotions. How would you instinctively…
Koto Bolofo joins the in camera gallery. Koto Bolofo was born in 1959 in Lesotho, South Africa. In 1963, his family was forced to flee the oppression of the apartheid political system and settled in London. Self-taught, Koto Bolofo perfected his art and stood out for his ability to present authentic beauty and surprising compositions. His lack of academic training allowed him to create his own narrative. Bolofo naturally crosses…
The photographs in this collaborative photobook were made with a variety of cameras by two parents and one child in, around, and near their home from early 2020 through the end of 2021. IN is an experimental artist book comprised of photographs made by two parents and their child edited down from thousands of images made from the start of the pandemic lockdown at the outset of March 2020 through…
The Rencontres de la jeune photographie internationale take place at the Villa Pérochon, Niort, from April 5th to May 25th, 2024. They are presented as follows: We have been exploring emerging photography for 30 years by inviting, every year, young international artists from all photographic and cultural artistic horizons to a creative residency. Keeping the spirit of the Meetings of Young International Photography, we launched, during the summer of 2023,…
The Brooklyn Museum presents Nona Faustine: White Shoes, the first exhibition of the artist’s complete photographic series. Nona Faustine: White Shoes centers the arresting and monumental series by artist Nona Faustine (born Brooklyn, New York, 1977), which confronts the lasting—and often underrecognized—legacies of enslavement in New York City. The presentation marks the artist’s first solo museum exhibition as well as the first complete installation of Faustine’s photographic project. A collection…
A Central London residence entirely dedicated to exhibiting the forgotten photographic archive of 1960s photographer William John Kennedy (b.1930 - d.2021), who documented bohemian New York life and many of its most fascinating characters opens to visit from April 2nd. Based in the heart of London, the Warhol Kennedy Residence is home to a largely unseen archive documenting two true giants of late 20th Century art, the genuinely iconic Andy…
Kehrer Verlag is releasing the book American Bedroom by Barbara Peacock. For seven years, American photographer Barbara Peacock crisscrossed the United States photographing people in the spaces they defined as their bedrooms. The bedroom is an inherently personal space where humans are perhaps at their most vulnerable. Whether a room in a house, a camper, or an outdoor space, Peacock presents a body of work that invites the viewer to…
On the occasion of Art Paris, which will take place from April 4th to 7th at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Galerie XII is dedicating its booth to Sophie Zénon, who joined them at the end of 2023. Our correspondent Zoé Isle de Beauchaine met the French artist at her studio, where her diverse practice involves several skills to explore how a plant can bear witness to history. You are…