The penal colony of Guiana (South America) opened in 1852. It was closed to metropolitans temporarily due to a high mortality rate in 1869, and reopened in 1887; in the…
Author Michel Philippot
All is well. School bags transformed in bulletproof shields, a building collapses, a report on the survivors of the massacre in Oslo, a U.S. President clowning. This is the month…
I’m running late so I’ll be brief. “No ding, dong,” the slogan of the English who don’t appreciate the millions of pounds spent on the Iron Lady’s funeral. Did she…
It was a good week with a little bit of everything: orangutans might not go extinct, insects are the protein of the future, breasts are set free in defiance of…
I am now going to introduce 28 photographs taken from newspapers in France and abroad. How shall I go about it? Introduction is a strange word. My French dictionary defines…
I love Jerry Berndt. His work is clear and ambiguous like the man . To look at his photographs is to look at their creator. But it’s no cakewalk.…
The last week of winter. The photo production of the last 7 days have nothing to move me, the sad gesture of a dictator as ridiculous as he is dangerous;…
This letter will be as brief as the conclave held to elect the new pope, Francis. He gave himself an ordinary name but he'll always be recognizable thanks to his…
An excellent week for liberal thinking. Its champions were able to pour their venom over the graves of Stéphane Hessel and Hugo Chavez. These two men are hardly fit for…
Writing about the past week and its pictures won’t take me long. One pope left, another pope will soon arrive. Stéphane Hessel died, but I don’t see anyone who can…