Author L'Œil de la Photographie

Fascinated by photography since childhood, Jean-François Rauzier entered the École Nationale Louis Lumière in 1976. For thirty years, he explored different artforms, from painting to sculpture. In 2000,…

The weekly visual tour of the world begins far, far, away…on the sun, where a massive solar flare sent a cloud of superheated gas and charged particles hurtling at us.…

Nadav Kander is a photographer who refuses to be limited by genre. Landscapes and cityscapes, portraits, nudes, advertisements: he shoots whatever he feels like shooting, and the result bears the…

John MacDougall, a photojournalist at Agence France-Presse, was awarded the “Rückblende,” one of the most prestigious German photography prizes, for an image taken during a memorial service for three soldiers…

Last week we showed you Abe Frajndlich’s color portraits of photographers. This week we present his black-and-white portraits. What do you do when you see Irving Penn peering back at…

Last November 2011, Isabelle Rozembaum among dozens of competitors was awarded the kitchen picture prize for her pictures on street food. Technical perfection along with esthetic…

War is violent action. 
Weapons. Confusion. Blood. Excitement. 
This is what we are used to look at. 
This is what generally happen. 
But after war? 
Signs of …

Elene Usdin is a walking toolbox. She draws, paints, and for the past nine years, has taken pictures, too. Smiling and considerate, she’s also great company. At 40, this…

Both gentlemen problably never even met during their lives but were familiar with each other's work. They were the icons of pictorialism, both with a strong international reputation. 

Alfred…