The Rencontres 9PH festival opened last Friday at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Michel Poivert was hosting a roundtable discussion with some of the photographers on display in the…
Author Laurence Cornet
The Vevey photography biennial opened under sunny skies. Strolling through the city’s narrow streets, you could see photographs of all sizes, children swimming the central fountain, an amphibious car giving…
Five years ago at Visa pour l’Image, Stanley Greene and a few of his followers launched Noor. An agency, foundation and artists collective, Noor offers an alternative to photojournalists in…
Coming of age for Swazi girls is tough. In Swaziland, a tiny African nation of one million, the tradition of polygamy and a relaxed attitude toward sexuality have proven to…
There’s something in Josef Koudelka that’s a mixture of humanity and mysticism, of strangeness and familiarity that gives each of his images, particularly the ones of gypsies, a memorial dimension…
The set of illustrated texts compiled by Marvin Heiferman should be read as series testimonies. Each is by turns pertinent, touching, disturbing, poetic and scientific, chosen by theme or at…
When two photo enthusiasts find themselves at the head of historical institutions of photography, they end up organising two awards that will most likely permanently mark the landscape of photo…
Nous évoluons au sein de ce milieu particulier qu'est la photographie et, volontairement ou non, nous travaillons avec un temps qui fige un instant déterminé de notre expérience. En quelque…
PhotoVille began with intensity, installed during a heat wave and opening with a storm. Two climactic extremes that proved, to the warm audience, the conviviality of the first edition of…
Clare Strand’s videos are "Moving Photographs". They are based on the same black-and-white visual universe with studio lighting, serving a similar purpose. At odds with the contemporary landscape that seeks…