Juan Manuel Echavarria was first a writer before turning to photography in the 1990s in reaction to the guerilla movements in Columbia. Bocas de Ceniza (Mouth of Ashes) is the…
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For Roger Ballen, photography is psychological reflection. Asylum (2004-2010) is the artist’s most recent work. The series mostly consists of scenes of birds in macabre, nightmarish or lewd sketches which…
Raymonde April is known for her inspired photography of her private life which she balances at the confluence of documentary, autobiography and fiction. Loving the ordinary, she has forged a…
After some relaxing summer days, it’s time to get back on our feet and greet the Fall season. Sean and Seng help us out, with one more lazy yet sexy…
The 12th festival of Montreal’s Mois de la Photo opens this Thursday, a non-profit biennial of contemporary photography. Twenty-five artists will be exhibiting their work in fourteen places in the…
In a chaotic evolution made of comings and goings, from Lisbon to Odessa, by way of Tangiers, Marseille or Istanbul, we find ourselves between two (shores), in suspension. The photographs…
In July 2011, for 10 days, the Michèle Chomette gallery became a centre for secret interrogations carried out by the Canadian artist Paulette Phillips, using a lie detector as part…
In 1997, Roger Job made two trips to Turkana in northwestern Kenya. There he met people who live in harmony with nature. In a new journey in 2008, he discovered…