Author L'Œil de la Photographie

He speaks the language of comparison and allegory. The scene is fantasy. Space is fantasy. Color is fantasy. The composition is fantasy. Everything is fantasy. But there is no place…

The fashion industry is a multi billion business feeding on its ability to renew itself from one season to the next. Not an easy thing to do. Indeed, variety is…

The New York Public Library presents an exhibition called Photography and ruin The exhibition literally deals with photographs that are purposely "ruined" - in that the photographers willingly manipulates the…

Alex Castro and Camilo Guevara (sons of Fidel and Che); the photographers Ernesto Fernández and Mario García Joya; the writer Miguel Barnet; the musicians Kelvis Ochoa and Roberto Fonseca; the…

The year is 1964. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, abolishing racial segregation in the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. wins the Nobel Peace Prize.…

My grandfather was talented in captivating an audience. I can picture him sitting on a bench, leaning slightly on his cane, his nose full of tobacco snuff. And I…

You can think of this week’s review of photos in the U.S. media as a point of reference: ten images that describe the week that was and who we were.…

Tonight, the established Hamiltons Gallery in London will launch their new exhibition Un Rêve de Mode by renowned fine-art and fashion photographer Cathleen Naundorf. Cathleen Naundorf has developed a…

“If you are writing a story about an artist, you really have to mention that he comes from the single greatest art family in America.” Ariel Levy, New York Magazine…

In the fall of 2011, Steidl published The Protest Box under the aegis of Martin Parr, a collection of exact replicas of five out of print photo books that each…