Author L'Œil de la Photographie

After September 11, the notion of the “hero” began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of…

The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced a donation of 25 photographs by acclaimed 20th century photographer Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984). A gift of Carol Vernon and her husband Robert…

The French magazine Photo devoted its latest issue to Mario Testino, a world of fashion photography . This special edition is the most recent in a long line of tributes…

“Art can only be erotic” said Picasso. If it’s true for drawing and painting, why not for photography? Isn’t the photographer above all the one who shows us reality, unveils it, denudes…

All the new media, including the press, are art forms which have the power of imposing, like poetry, their own assumption,” Marshall McLuhan observed. We live in a time when…

"The people are floundering and always have been, he said. They are so frequently taking care of other people that they forget to take care of themselves. That is…

A tour of the world and a view of who we were this week, in ten images from the U.S. media: A photojournalist puts down his camera to write about…

Time flies when you’re having fun. The last of the four big fashion weeks came to a conclusion in Paris last week, and for many of us the craziness is…

On Thursday, March 8th there was an event at the 25CPW Gallery in New York that celebrated photography and the power of photography to inform and motivate people. The…