Following her critically-acclaimed solo show at Flowers Gallery in London in 2023, Janelle Lynch: Endless Forms Most Beautiful, a new show of works from the same series opens at Exhibition The Barn in Bridgehampton, New York in collaboration with Frampton Co. The exhibition presents cyanotypes and large-format black and white photographs that Lynch created in Amagansett, New York during 2022-2023, exploring the intricate connections between life’s forms and the afterlife. Janelle Lynch utilizes…
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The Griffin Museum of Photography presents the exhibition Traces of Existence, featuring photographs by artists Alejandro Cartegena, Muriel Hasbun, Ilena Doble Hernandez, Rodrigo Valenzuela, and Alejandro Morales. The exhibition speaks to ideas of migration, history, reminiscence, family, and existence through experimental photography, such as collage, visual juxtapositions, and physical manipulations. Though distinguished stylistically, the artists' exploration of their identity and homeland unite them conceptually. In her series Pulse: New Cultural…
At Christie’s in New York, a record was set yesterday for André Kertész after a print of his photograph Satiric Dancer (1926) hammered for $450,000, or $567,000 with fees; that was just above its pre-sale estimate of $500,000–$700,000. The day before, Diane Arbus Identical twins, (Cathleen and Colleen), Roselle, New Jersey, 1966 sold for $1,197,000 with fees, and Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, Actress, New York City, 1957 sold for $880,000…
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Thierry Maindrault's Monthly Chronicle The doors of Paris Photo, vintage 2022, have just closed. With my accreditation: “press” in hand, I was able to access the so-called VIP day on Wednesday. Incidentally, it should be noted that the “Very Very VIPs” had already been invited the day before by a very great American international bank, which was - this year - the leader of the sponsors for this shining event.…
On the occasion of the Rencontres d'Arles, the Fisheye gallery presents Delphine Diallo's new series, Golden Age, produced in collaboration with WhiteWall. Mixing photographs and collages, the exhibition is an invitation into the universe of this protean artist. The Golden Age series originated with a proposal: the wish of a great lover of African art to create a work from his own collection. Among the 3,000 artifacts that make up…
An icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important figures in the world of physical culture; bodybuilders Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, and Brian Idol are just a few of…
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Photo Elysée pays tribute to Deborah Turbeville, an American photographer recognised in the 1970s for her fashion photographs. But Turbeville is much more than that; it is a work on photography and its materiality. In collaboration with the MUUS collection, Photo Elysée allows us to discover a true female artist, to be seen until February 25, 2024. It's challenging to classify Deborah Turbeville's (1932-2013) work because her oeuvre is rich…
The Galerie des Minimes presents the poetic Kyoto of Japanese photographer Kai Fusayoshi. There are still lesser-known Japanese photographic figures in France, despite the fascination with Japanese culture, recent discoveries through exhibitions and publications on this photography territory, and the dedication of committed curators and historians. Kai Fusayoshi can be considered a rare bird, one whose work remains to be explored with the joy of discoveries to come. Described as…
Suitcase Joe is an anonymous street photographer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his decade-long work documenting life on Skid Row, culminating in his first photo book, Sidewalk Champions, published by Burn Barrel Press. For his Sophomore book, Grey Flowers, he focuses on other Los Angeles neighborhoods, chronicling raw, gritty underworld scenery. For Suitcase Joe, it’s often with the overlooked and misunderstood that he finds beauty through…
Andy Romanoff has been The Eye of Photography’s Los Angeles correspondent since its first days of publication. He has written about museums, galleries, festivals, and artists, always bringing his idiosyncratic viewpoint to bear. But for all we knew about him it turns out there was much we had never suspected. Now he has revealed much in a memoir called Stories I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You. Starting today we are…
The most unusual email of the week: Hello to the whole team of the Eye of Photography! Let me introduce you to Sandra Kobanovitch, a talented and unclassifiable photographer whose work you can see on the website www.kobanovitch.com She specializes in original photographic portraits and “scenes”, with a singular artistic direction, often imbued with darkness, following her tragic life journey. I would be truly honored to see an article about…
L’Inaperçu presents The One Person Photobook, a selection of photobooks by Clément Chéroux. The One Person Photobook November 11, 2023 – February 10, 2024 L’Inaperçu 65 rue Beaubourg 75003 Paris www.linapercu.fr
DC Moore Gallery in New York presents the exhibition Magritte + Warhol by Duane Michals. Photographer Duane Michals turns his eye on the legendary artists René Magritte and Andy Warhol in this exhibition of early portraits. Known for his surreal sequences and witty storytelling across media, Michals’s portraits of other artists turn the tables upon his subjects by adopting elements of their characteristic visual styles. Among the many artists photographed…
Heap-O-Livin: The Photography of Lora Webb Nichols is curated by Nicole Jean Hill. This exhibition considers the female gaze and role of photography in creating intimacy. Wyoming homesteader Lora Webb Nichols (1883–1962) created and collected over 24,000 negatives during her lifetime in the mining town of Encampment. The images chronicle the domestic, social, and economic realities of the frontier, with a focus on the role of pioneer women of the…
The Galerie Orbis pictus exhibits the work of the Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida, the greatest living Japanese photographer. An emblematic specialist in self-portraiture, freed from the rules and codes of the profession, Kimiko always takes a fresh look at our society without forgetting her ancestral traditions. The artist presents to us today works elaborated with prestigious artisans, living national treasures, suppliers to the imperial court, to provide us with lacquered…
The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) will present In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now, a major exhibition builds upon the work of Native artists, scholars, and knowledge-sharers to trace the intersecting histories of photography and First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Native American cultures, from the Rio Grande to the Arctic Circle. Developed in partnership with a curatorial council comprised primarily of Native advisors, In Our Hands centers the work of Native photographers…
Some children are raised in squares, others in photography fairs. This is the case of Christophe Lunn, the son of the legendary Harry Lunn. Here are some images he took of his playmates during the last Paris Photo. Thank you Christophe! Jean-Jacques Naudet My Paris Photo diary 2023 My father Harry H. Lunn preferred to be referred to as a "dealer" rather than a « collector ». He did not purchase photographs…
The sale of Lothar Schirmer's Glamour Collection in Paris was a success. With humor, Lothar sent me this email: The auction went quite well. It made a substantial turnover and I shall receive in return 23 images that remained unsold. So I can start a new collection! Lothar. Christie's Paris presented the online sale Photographies & Lothar Schirmer's Glamour Collection, featuring over 153 prints by major 20th and 21st…
Didier de Faÿs died on Saturday the 11th of November. He was one of the pioneers of virtual photographic magazines. In 1996, he created the first of them with Jean-François Bauret and Yan Morvan: Photographie.com He was also the creator with Ericka Weidmann of the Bourse du Talent.
The Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation presents a major exhibition celebrating the life and work of the legendary German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton (1920-2004) that will open tomorrow in A Coruña, Spain. Helmut Newton - Fact & Fiction runs from 18 November 2023 – 1 May 2024. The exhibition is the third presented by the Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation and follows successful exhibitions devoted to Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel.…
Tariq Zaidi’s book allows us to embark on an intriguing journey that challenges misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding this often-misunderstood country and its people. In January 2020, North Korea officially closed its borders. But even before that date, photographing the enigmatic landscapes of North Korea posed immense challenges due to the regime's strict control and prohibition of unauthorized photography. However, from a vast archive of images captured painstakingly over two years,…