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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PICTO New York, for the opening of their new space in Brooklyn, present Jean-Pierre Laffont : Ali vs. Frazier, Fights of the Century. Jean-Pierre sent us the following text : This was the match everyone wanted. It was called the “Fight of the Century” and took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 8th, 1971. Both fighters were undefeated. Frazier had the belt. Ali, after more…
September is a month plenty of photography in Italy. For instance, the 32nd edition of SI FEST, which began on the 8th, will continue over the weekends of 16-17 and 23-24. For this occasion, Savignano sul Rubicone, in Emilia Romagna, comes alive with photographers and enthusiasts of photographic images, to discover exhibitions, projects and talks. New for the 2023 edition is Testimone oculare (Eyewitness), an original project, which lines the…
Two galleries are presenting the work of Cécile Plaisance at the end of September: the Lagrange gallery, in Bordeaux and the Clémentine de Forton gallery in Paris. And in her press kit, we can read: Cécile Plaisance abandoned her career in finance more than 15 years ago to devote herself to her passion: photography. She is known for her lenticular photos of Barbie or models, where she denounces the patriarchal…
Brian Finke celebrates a special anniversary. He tells us about it: “Back when I was in highschool I was the newspaper and yearbook photographer running along the sidelines of the football games and my sisters were cheerleaders. All this lead to my first book, published 20 years ago this month, titled 2,4,6,8: American Cheerleaders & Football Players, (Umbrage Editions, 2003).” – Brian Finke 2023 For several years, Brian Finke, traveled…
Gitterman Gallery presents an exhibition of vintage black and white photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925–1972). This exhibition brings together a selection of rare figurative works, most of which include masks, one of the artist’s most recognizable motifs. Masks have long associations to the surreal and the macabre but Meatyard also employed them to obscure the identities of his subjects. This approach elevated his images from the specific to the…
The Royal Observatory Greenwich announced the winner of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 15. The winners are Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty for their photograph Andromeda, Unexpected that captures a surprising discovery – a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Scientists are now investigating the giant object in a transnational collaboration. It could be the largest such structure nearest to us in the Universe. The…
Nostalgia, nostalgia! His name: André Lejarre. His exhibition was held on the occasion of the Fête de l'Humanité 2023 this last weekend, at its new location, base 217 in Brétigny sur Orge. He has been taking pictures for 50 years; photographing the working world, its struggles, and the daily life in the cities which are his heartfelt subjects. He was one of the co-founders of the “ bar Floréal” and…
Pierre-Elie de Pibrac : It's all about perception. An artistic heir to his grandfather, Paul de Cordon, Pierre Elie de Pibrac's first photo reportages date back to 2007. Although he only picks up his camera to tell a story, his work was soon rewarded with numerous prizes, including Paris Match, Orange and SFR, which allowed him to join the "Vu photo agency". What's special about his work is that he…
in focus Galerie, B. Arnold presents Alvin Booth’s In House Nudes, which is accompanied by Edition Vervais’s publication of the work. In House Nudes began in a barn in the Languedoc region of France where the photographer and his wife began spending time in 1989. The barn had a dirt floor, a roof with a couple of holes, and a stable where 19th century travelers kept their horses. The house…
Dina Goldstein is the star of the Busan Photography Festival in South Korea until October 12th. The exhibition is titled: 10 Commandments. It is accompanied by this text: Its grounding piece, Lincoln, depicts the 16th and most popular President in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. His towering figure barely fits in the otherwise empty school corridor littered with children's clothes, glass shards, bullet shells and blood…
The Galerie Ilan Benattar presents Jérôme Sainte Rose's exhibition entitled Nixipae - Experience Ayahuasca. Saint Rose presents it thus: Through personal connections, I met the artistic leader of the Huni Kuin tribe, known as Iba, who invited me to visit his village and participate in "Ayahuasca", a ritual performed in its original environment. The tribe lives in the village of Chico Curumin, located in Acre, along the Alto do Jordão…
Rhona Bitner’s photographs depict the physical and material domains of music, dance, and the theater, among other subjects. The exhibition Rhona Bitner: Resound marks the artist’s first museum survey. This retrospective features work from seven series of photographs spanning the last three decades including original Cibachrome prints from the 1990s and newly produced prints. The exhibition is curated by Tracy Adler, Johnson-Pote Director of the Wellin Museum of Art at…
Gallery Fifty One Too presents the fourth solo exhibition of Japanese photographer Yamamoto Masao (°1957). In 'Tomosu' the artist shows new work, including a selection of photographs created using the nineteenth century Ambrotype process. The title of the exhibition is Japanese for 'to illuminate, to turn on a small light in the darkness’. ”I photograph small and beautiful things that I encounter in my daily life. I would be happy…
Photographer Henri Dauman died on September 13th in New York. After surviving the Vel d'Hiv roundup during the war in Paris, Henri Dauman undertook a transatlantic journey to the United States, where he emerged as one of the great photographers of his time. He captured the faces of the Bronx, documented civil rights struggles, and immortalized icons such as Andy Warhol, the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley through his…
"I've traveled a lot in my photography life, but to capture an exciting photo, all I really needed to do was step outside the front door, and I did that a lot." Berlin-born Robert Lebeck was one of the great German photojournalists. Hierzulande (In this Country) at f³ – freiraum für fotografie brings together a selection of his reportages from Germany from 1955 to 1983. The synopsis is a photographic…