Jean-Claude Marguerite sends us this portfolio accompanied by this text: At the beginning of the 2000s, I lived a stone's throw from the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. On my first walk, I was struck by the self-importance displayed by the male busts, almost all made on the same model. I then began to photograph the female statuary, in black and white and in 6x6. I moved shortly after, and another…
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Seen on the Corridor Éléphant website this portfolio by Bruno Dumas. He writes : How to explain, or even develop meaning in a speech where just the second is the most important. The instant, so furtive an instinct, challenges our eyes to what must be, perhaps a good image, a beautiful illustration. But this second, just this second when I think I have brushed against the Holy of the Holy…
Éric Alcyon presents the new version of his photographic series Utopia II. This series focuses on the economic crisis of Greek sovereign debt. Born in 1968, Eric Alcyon discovered photography while studying in Quebec, continued at the University of Paris 8-Vincennes, accompanied by commissions and exhibitions, notably at the Mai de la photographie de Reims with a series entitled Hypermarché which shows his interest in the "Thatcher years photographers" such…
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After 10 years of activity as a photographer and 20 spent in the world of images, Céline Andrea has just released her first book. The editor Paul Luro presents it like this! Here is Céline Andrea's very first monographic book, edited and published by Normal Magazine (Editions Incarnatio). It brings together on 184 pages, the most artistic work of the artist, her most personal shots far from the fashion campaigns.…
Thorsten Wulff is an absolute matchmaker. Not sure which year we met exactly, but it’s been a few years down the road already. When it comes to photography, what never fails to impress me are the wide variety of cameras, techniques, and places that Wulff masters in his work. Analogue, digital, darkroom, on location, on site – he does it all. Pair that with his gentle nature, large network, and…
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Passionate about the Modern Masters, with a particular preference for the surrealist movement, the Galerie Jean-François Cazeau - based in Paris in the Marais since 2009 - presents, from May 25 to June 30, 2023, an unprecedented exhibition dedicated to Pierre Jahan (1909 -2003). Entitled La fantaisie surréaliste, it reveals a new facet of the work of the humanist photographer in the immediate post-war period, through a selection of monotypes,…
Kahmann Gallery in Amsterdam presents the exhibition, Unusual : Pushing the Boundaries of Photography. The show features four exceptional artists whose work transcends conventional boundaries of photography, exploring new dimensions and pushing the limits of the medium. With a captivating blend of senior expertise and fresh perspectives, this exhibition promises to challenge perceptions. The 'Unusual' exhibition reflects the Amsterdam Gallery's commitment to presenting art that pushes artistic boundaries. The selected…
Until June 25, La Non-Maison, a place for art and essays in Aix en Provence, is exhibiting Nicolas Comment. The exhibition entitled Invisibilité is presented in this way by the curator, Michèle Cohen. It was important for me to expose this photographic investigation of Nicolas Comment. It paves the way for a cycle of exhibitions and encounters that I will organize later around figures forgotten in the history of art…
LE BAL launches the first edition of La Fabrique du Regard – Le Festival and presents the collective achievements of young people and artists carried out within the framework of the programs of La Fabrique du Regard, the educational and creative center of Le BAL. Exhibition, screenings, workshops, and meetings will punctuate this week devoted to the challenges of image education and the new forms invented by young people and…
A new gallery in the heart of the Marais is now a common thing. But a modest, immediately intimate stall, held by two photographers, opened with the ardor of art or the passion of adventures (it depends), it is rarer. The Galerie des Minimes opens at number 13 of the eponymous street, in the 3rd district. Founded by photographers Félix Cholet and Olga du Saillant, it inaugurates its first chapter…
Gallery owner Thierry Bigaignon belongs to the rare breed of dealers who reflect and shake up the photographic medium. Since its creation in 2016, the gallery has been questioning the image at the intersection of conceptual and abstract art. Its artists, like Fernando Marante, think form, light, space and time. They return to the foundations of the photographic principle, if not even to its invention, while displacing the image from…
The Savannah College of Art and Design presents the exhibition Ellen von Unwerth: This Side of Paradise at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta. Curated by SCAD FASH creative director Rafael Gomes, This Side of Paradise presents more than 50 photographs and fashion films from celebrated photographer Ellen von Unwerth’s vast editorial and artistic repertoire. “The exuberant Ellen von Unwerth shows SCAD students how to plot a…
We received from Robin Siegel this story and photographs of the editor and creator of Nazraeli Press: Chris Pichler. Perched up on a hilltop in Paso Robles, California, Chris Pichler’s aesthetic universe is expanding exponentially. Pichler, founder of Nazraeli Press, is a laid back maverick with a variety of ventures, and in true Californian style, he really goes with the flow. From his headquarters, an unobstructed sky offers unparalleled and…
A new exhibition and a new book, this was the opportunity for Nicole Canet to send us this text: “This new exhibition cum sale in my Gallery “Au Bonheur du Jour” invites you to discover the universe of male subjects and mainly nudes, an abundant and varied iconography, put back into its historical context. Old photographs from the middle of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century, until the…
Harrowdown Hill is a new publication by British photographer John Spinks, featuring landscape photographs made over the period of a year. Spinks re-deploys the conventions of English landscape painting to produce a series of photographs that at first appear to be an atmospheric, often melancholic visual document of the English countryside. Beneath the surface however is a complex story of competing political narratives set against the backdrop of the war…
"La photographie du portefeuille" is the result of a photographic collection carried out by Anne Delrez at the Conserverie, un lieu d'archives (Metz) en 2013. “It has the shape of slightly fleshy buttocks, blunt corners, bits of tobacco sometimes stuck in its center, large scratches, a particular smell, annotations that have become illegible, miles of walking and travelling. This is the photograph from the wallet. The one that, one day,…
Until June 13th, the Parisian gallery Durev exhibits Guy Le Querrec. This is the first time he is showing his color images. On this occasion, Guy Bourreau, the initiator of this exhibition sent us the following text: April 2019 New York, more precisely Brooklyn and its museum in which is organized an exhibition of photographs by Gary Winogrand soberly entitled "Colors": the shock and the wonder of discovering unpublished color…
It's very touching: by way of introduction, the Indian photographer Nilanjan Ray sent a note from Cartier-Bresson dating back at least 30 years. He doesn't need it, his photos are superb. Here is his reportage on the sacred city of Varanasi and his text. JJN The Sacred city of India, Varanasi showcases a lifestyle that can aptly be described as 'desi' or deep-rooted Indian. This religious and conventional city has…
STUDIO WEST presentS Artist Portraits, South London based photographer Brynley Odu Davies’ debut solo exhibition. The show will feature a selection of Brynley’s never-before-exhibited artist studio portraits taken between 2020 and 2023. Featuring over 200 artists, the overall project is a testament to both Brynley's unwavering commitment to platforming young creatives, and the talent of the artist subjects who collectively form the UK’s incredible emerging art scene. The project itself…
"As I was gradually pulled into the scene and told about the pose, it began to make me think of the daily thoughts I have about my son. I have thoughts of love, change, determination, growth and encouragement. I also have concerns regarding his health and safety as it relates to the growing conditions across this nation with African American males. There needs to be immediate attention to stop the…