Gene Lemuel's ESO Gallery in Los Angeles presents until May 11 the work of Rusty Long, a surfer, journalist, writer and photographer. He writes: From the first step into the water to the initial glide onto a wave, a Smooth Entrance determines so many of the sequential moments. It sets the correct pace. Surfing, like so many other things, is about flowing with the elements present. In the case of…
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Release by Artiere editions of To Be by Lois Conner. She presents it like this: When I was 17, my older sister Susan let me photograph her. I was amazed at how her newly prominent veins and capillaries defined her pregnant body as they raced down her arms and across her abdomen and breasts. I felt I could almost see the growing child through her pale skin. Around the turn…
This is a quite rare occurence. On May 14, Christie’s will present their 21st Century Evening Sale with artworks by artists such as Brice Marden, Georgia O’Keeffe, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Claude Monet. And among these exceptional artists, we will also find Diane Arbus with a magnificent print of the photographer's iconic Identical Twins. This is a rare foray of “classic” Photography in a sale always awaited in the…
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The site Your Daily Photograph proposes this vintage photograph of Saint-Tropez by Robert Doisneau. Title: Saint Tropez Artist: Robert Doisneau Date of image: 1965, printed 1965 Size: 7x9 inches (18x23 cm) Format: silver gelatin Features: notated and artist hand stamp on back Price: $1500 https://www.yourdailyphotograph.com/
One morning last week, there was this email from Tina Trumpp! “What about doing an article with nudes and also landscape photos, in the same way as my general style is (looking like paintings)?” Here is the result! Accompanied by this text from the photographer. “After photographing nudes continuously for 6 years and then successfully publishing my book ‚Shades Of Sensuality‘ with the publisher teNeues in 2021, I wanted to…
Alcatraz Since 2020 I’ve visited Alcatraz - the former prison island in San Francisco Bay – to reflect on pandemic-era themes of isolation, confinement, and social control. Alcatraz is Spanish for a type of bird. We say “free as a bird,” but some birds live in cages. Sometimes they are jailbirds. Alcatraz Island, whose name evokes freedom, has become synonymous not with the bird but with the cage. Although the old penitentiary’s…
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For his first exhibition at the gallery, in camera presents around fifteen prints by American photographer Mark Steinmetz, taken from his various series of photographs taken in the United States. Peter Galassi, the former Chief Curator of Photography at MoMA in New York, writes: I once sat on a jury in a minor criminal trial. The trial itself was unremarkable, but I’ll never forget two elements of the judge’s instructions…
Arnaud Adida from A.galerie sent us this portfolio of Albert Watson with these few words: Albert Watson is one of the greatest photographers in the world. His fashion work or black & white portrait have made him one of the dinosaurs of photography. His color photographs are a little less known but just as powerful. Here are some examples. For my part, I have always found that the mastery of…
French artist François Rouan, known for his braided canvases, presents for his latest exhibition at Galerie Templon is latest “photographic-tableaux”, a group of forty previously unseen pieces created since 2020. Rouan has been spending over 40 years working on deconstructing the notion of the painting using a new process which became his signature: pictorial braiding. In the late 1980s, he started using photography, a medium he has constantly explored and…
Chaussee 36 Photo Foundation presents the exhibition of Maisie Cousins. The curated selection of works from 2017 to 2024 showcases Cousins' photographic explorations of nature and sexuality. Featuring work in extremely large format, as well as smaller, more intimate pieces, the exhibition presents the breadth of Cousins' distinctive visual language, in which the artist creates humorously ambiguous and vibrantly colourful close-ups of fruit, skin, bugs and other everyday objects. Both…
Projecting L.A. 2024 marks the return of the larger-than-life photography event documenting street life throughout Los Angeles. Projecting L.A. 2024 is a public screening projected 80-feet wide and three stories high above an expansive outdoor venue in the heart of L.A.’s historic Chinatown. The screening includes work from a range of photographers following a juried process as well as featured guests, including actor, musician and photographer Jeff Bridges, Pulitzer Prize…
Until yesterday, Art Brussels, one of Europe's leading contemporary art fairs was happening. Now in its 40th year, Art Brussels intends to live up to its reputation as a major platform for contemporary art. Since its creation in 1968, Art Brussels has led the way in presenting established artists, encouraging emerging talent and facilitating dynamic exchanges between artists, collectors, gallery owners and art lovers. (images 1-6) With general director Nele…
Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerpen: Marie Cloquet & Marc De Blieck Marc De Blieck (BE 1958, lives & works in Warburg Germany) ) (images 1-3) Marc De Blieck started out as a painter, but soon turned to photography. The public appreciated his painting, to De Blieck's frustration, mainly for the skill with which it was made, while he wanted to divert attention away from his technical prowess to a form of…
Hopstreet, Brussel, Deurle, Belgium: Julie Cockburn, Noé Sendas, Sara Imloul. Julie Cockburn (°1966, UK, lives & works in Suffolk, UK) ( images 1-3) Julie Cockburn works with found images and objects, transforming them into new works of art. Using her own personal visual language, Cockburn embelishes carefully sourced second-hand photographs with embroidery, collage, screen printing and painting to produce her ongoing series of portraits and landscapes. Having trained as a…
Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach : Lita Albuquerque, Renaud Auguste-Dormeui, Ken Ohara, Thomas Devaux Lita Albuquerque (Us 1946) (images 1-3) In a set of 5 photo-drawings of her installation at the Pyramids in Giza in 1996, Lita Albuquerque layers graphs, symbols, honeycomb structures and a replica of the map of the stars she created in situ for her Sol Star desert performance for the Cairo Biennial, where she represented the United…
The DUREV gallery space presents, in association with Jazz Magazine, “Jazz To Remember”, a selection of the most beautiful photographs from the archives of the magazine which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Pascal Anquetil writes. “There is no love, there are only proofs of love” wrote the poet Pierre Reverdy. We can paraphrase this adage by saying: “There is no jazz, there are only proofs of jazz”, those…
Amidst significant environmental shifts and global warming, a group of South Florida artists residing in a “red zone” offer their unique perspectives, mainly lens based work, on ecology encompassing environmental, mental, and social dimensions through "Environmental Futures III: South Florida Women Artists." Curated by Aldeide Delgado, the exhibition channels Felix Guattari’s "ecosophical" perspective, which converges diverse expressions. Delgado applies Guattari’s notion that an ecosophical perspective not only addresses common objectives…
The Photography Show presented by AIPAD started on Thursday with Vince Aletti receiving the 2024 AIPAD Award. Vince sent us these words: There was a lot to enjoy at this year's AIPAD fair, starting with the fact that it was back at the Park Avenue Armory. A personal high point: receiving the AIPAD Award from the gracious and brilliant Brian Clamp on opening night. But it's the unpredictable moments that make…
Fairytales in the Forest I'm lucky enough to live in a privileged spot next to the forest. The undergrowth behind my house is truly enchanting in spring! White and purple carpets of anemones, wild garlic and wild hyacinths plunge us into another world, and enchant us with their scents and colors. I love to soak up this magical atmosphere as the sun sets over the horizon. These timeless moments allow…
Quotidiano animale I photographed these animals in their natural habitat, wild and domestic animals, to represent their ordinary beauty by detaching myself from the sweetened and fairytale vision with which we were used to looking at them and telling them. Each image derives from a chance encounter, which occurred almost stumbling in their minimal presence. Day after day I learned to recognize their habits. I admired the tenacity and the…
Beauty of the moment I love privacy. In this series of photographs I wanted to show female beauty at the moment of immersion in oneself. A feeling of silence, knowledge of your inner self.