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Archives - August 6, 2020 As part of the Normandie impressionniste festival and the Cerisy conference devoted to color in photography, the MAP draws on its rich collections to trace the history of color photography, from its early technical difficulties to its current dominance. The exhibition takes place at the médiathèque in Saint-Lô, from August 1 to October 15, 2020. Color photography was in its infancy at the end of…

Archives - August 6, 2021 The Fahey/Klein Gallery presents  “Ernest Withers: I’ll Take You There”, an exhibition hosted in conjunction with his recently published book, “The Revolution in Black and White” (CityFiles Press). This exhibition and publication are a record of African American life in the South during the mid-20th century. Withers’s photographs of Beale Street, family life in Memphis, the rise of Rock ‘n’ Roll and R&B, and the…

URBAN Photo Awards announces the finalists for the seventeenth edition of the URBAN Photo Awards. Discover the gallery of our finalists here, selected on the basis of the scores awarded by the jury. The lists are organised by category and in alphabetical order, with no ranking. This year, the URBAN Photo Awards received nearly 20,000 images from around 5,000 photographers worldwide. Only a small group has made it through to…

Regularly, photographer Maud Bernos interviews a woman photographer to discuss her career in photography, her creative processes, her influences, feminism and her commitment as a woman photographer. Discover here the work of Flore Prébay in French.

The Lucie Foundation is inviting applications for four cash grants and various awards to support the work of emerging and established photographers. The winners will take part in a group exhibition. This exhibition will then tour the House of Lucie galleries around the world, including Los Angeles, Athens, Budapest, Ostuni and Samui. Deadline: September 30th, 2026 Apply here

Because it is essential to support creativity and diversity of perspectives, the UPP is organising a free competition, with no set theme, aimed at supporting two professional photographers in the design and realisation of a photographic project. These grants are intended to help the winners bring their projects to fruition and present them at a joint exhibition to be held at the Maison des photographes, the UPP’s headquarters (Paris, 10th…

Editorial RM presents SACA 1504, by Manuel Naranjo Martell: a photobook on an ancestral ritual that forms part of America’s equestrian roots. Developed over nearly a decade around the Saca de las Yeguas — the annual roundup of mares — in Doñana, Huelva, southern Spain, a vast marshland comprising a National Park and Natural Park, and recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, the book is…

A two-day workshop with Christopher Morris, founding member of the VII Photo Agency. For two days only, work side by side with one of the most influential documentary photographers of the last forty years. With four decades spent documenting contemporary history for TIME Magazine and the VII Photo Agency, Christopher Morris will share his approach, his creative process, and give you direct feedback on your own work. Presented exclusively for…

Refine Your Vision. Build Your Voice. Showcase Your Work. ONLY TWO PLACES LEFT The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Photo Course is designed for artists ready to elevate their practice, guiding you from an idea to a fully realised body of work - whether that’s an exhibition, a zine, or a published book. Through mentorship, personalised assignments, and expert guidance, you’ll refine your visual language, strengthen your storytelling, and develop a project…

August has arrived at The Eye of Photography. Send us your photos! Until the end of August, you will find every morning a mix of world photographic news with your photos of the summer. Gary Calderwood opens the month. Anyone can send their summer image, but don’t forget that The Eye of Photography owes its survival essentially to its subscribers. So, if you can, support us and subscribe. Happy Summer…

Published by MW Editions, this new photobook by the lens-based artist Susan kae Grant is a haunting collection of whimsical dreamscapes—(re)constructed from her childhood memories and dream explorations, carried out at home and in a lab. Divided into seven chapters, Night Journey comprises some 90 black-and-white photographs taken—or, the way Grant puts it, made—over the past two and a half decades, starting in 2000. Except for just a handful of…

Dina Goldstein sent us Vancouver Beaches, a photography notebook and part of box set collection PORTRAITS DE VILLE. She presents the series as it as follow: Beaches, mountains and forests, surround Vancouver and frame the glass towers and other usual city dwellings created by humanity. Perhaps this is why Vancouver excels in surveys which judge quality of life. This natural beauty is a constant reminder that we are the ones…

Origini Edizioni publishes Pâle by Gabrielle Duplantier. This is a journey invented by mind, with the images, people, and memories that inhabit it. It is a notebook of deepest fantasies, pâle because they have been faded by time and memory. Origini chases black and old looking style, using materials and colours that aspire to the universal— without place and without time: Gabrielle's eye has no time. Her photographs could have…