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The newly acquired Ernest Marquez Collection of photographs records Santa Monica’s transformation from rustic hamlet to international symbol of the California good life, with prints from the 1870s to the…

Without much public attention, a remarkable thing is happening. As libraries around the world digitize their photographic collections they lose the funding to store their physical archives.  Only a handful…

In 1914, Oskar Barnack, an employee at the Wetzlar optical factory in Germany, built the first Leica. The Leitz was the first small format camera, using 35mm film to produce a…

Singapore definitely wants   to become the center of contempory art in Asia, openly in competition with Hong Kong. Today nobody can deny that Singapore is  the capital of art…

Historically, the museum in Chalon is the first major French public institution devoted to photography. It is supported mainly by the city. The contributions of patrons goes far beyond territorial…

The Prix Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière is supported by the “Art et Diversité” foundation created by Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière with the company FIMALAC. The prize began in 2007 and…

A seminar was held last week in France on the subject of patronage and photography: Mécène ou producteur? Accompagner la photographie (Patron or Producer? Supporting Photography). It was led by Daniel…

This award was created in 2009 to support photojournalism. It is a grant that goes towards the completion of a work that requires a minimum of 5 months spent somewhere…

BMW France has long been involved with photography, especially Paris Photo, but it was a marketing approach based on the ties between its customers and collectors. However, local dealers are…

The ties between the Jeu de Paume and Neuflize-Vie go back to the time of the Centre National de la Photographie, and were reinforced when the latter combined with the…