The Board of Trustees of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced that San Francisco-based American photographer Darcy Padilla has been awarded the prestigious 2010 W. Eugene Smith Grant for…
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“When photography reads like a book. From Robert Frank to KarlLagerfeld” is an exhibition organized by the Monnaie de Paris museum through December 19. La Lettre de la…
From the 1960’s through the 1990’s, Henri Bureau was a legend in photojournalism. He covered everything, saw everything, and travelled everywhere. His photos resembled him: both tough and tender.…
Perhaps the most extensive exhibition ever devoted to early calotypes, curated by Sylvie Aubenas and Paul Louis Roubert.An anecdote for experts: Hans Kraus, the world’s most influential trader in…
Marie-Claire Montanari photographs women. Her black&white carefully framed images of headless, anonymous bodies caressed by shadows celebrate the female beauty. But, while her work appears classic the photographer’s approach is…
A member of the 83rd infantry division, Tony Vaccaro landed in Normandy in June, 1944. His regiment entered Brittany and received the order to take Dol-de-Bretagne, Cancale, Saint-Malo, then…
Almost 500 years ago, Lucas Cranach the Elder painted Venus as a full-length female nude. She stands against a black background, clad only in her jewelry. Dutch born photographer, Carla…
The weird solitude, the great silence, the grim desolation, are the very things with which every desert wanderer eventually falls in love. You think that very strange perhaps? Well, the…
With his project , “The Nine Eyes of Google Street View”, Jon Rafman manages to melt together art, anthropology, the real and the virtual worlds as well as photography…
Moscow museum of modern art 17 Ermolaevsky lane 123001 Moscow…