1971, the Epinay congress just occurred, the united left is making progress. From meetings to gatherings to congressional demonstrations, Pascal Lebrun covered François Mitterrand’s career path, his women and men,…
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Born in 1984 in Tehran, Arash Fayez is currently studying Architecture in Soureh University whilst being a professional photographer. About his work, Ramblings of a flâneur, Sohrab Mahdavi says in…
Shortly after the Second World War, Henri Salesse began working as a photographic operator at the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism (MRU). MRU production, similar to the photographic work…
For our Beijing correspondent, Li Hu is a photographic discovery. A survivor of the Third Indochina War and the Cultural Revolution, he retired at the dawn of the 21st…
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is undoubtedly one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. He was inspired by the sculpture of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and translated this…
Erin Trieb is probably one of the most gifted photojournalists of her generation. She has just launched a web documentary project on the veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and she…
It’s hard not to think of Richard Avedon when looking at Li Hu’s Coal Miner and Happiness work. He captures the hard working, soot-covered individuals immersing themselves in a profession…
Émile Savitry (1903-1967), a little known photographer during the “racy days” of Montparnasse, mingled with the international artists and intellectuals that Paris had to offer from 1930 to 1950. …
It is difficult to write or talk about Malick Sidibé. There is the risky stereotypical description of him as one of the greatest African photographers of his generation, or worse,…
Christophe Beauregard was born in 1966 and lives in Paris. Following his studies in Literature, he became interested in photography and tattoo removal, as he states: “As tattoos and body…