Author L'Œil de la Photographie

Only while traveling across Egypt, far from Tahrir Square, did I clearly understand the meaning of revolution. Upon exiting the Cairo throughway, miles away from the city center, one plunges…

The only French photographer with an exclusive contract with Life Magazine from 1957 to 1972 and its closure, Pierre Boulat was passionate from a very young age about the image…

As part of a season exploring the theme of the body and its representations, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie revisits Gloria Friedmann’s Autoportrait, série n°1 (1979), which was her…

Sturtevant has bestowed a particular importance to photography throughout her career and perhaps this medium epitomizes best her resistance to the categorization of her work. Rather than creating exact replications,…

Over the years, Martial Cherrier’s body and the image of his body were one and the same. He lived and showed his body in its extremes and its beauty, a…

When photography incorporates the written word, which is the stronger element? Does the scene contradict or confirm the written message? Is the photographer's intent made clearer or obscured by the…