Sergey Chilikov is a Russian photographer born in Kilemary, Mari Republic, in 1953. He started photographing in 1973, at a time when the Soviet Union frowned on the notion of…
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For the past five decades, the American photographer Joel Meyerowitz has roamed the world’s streets, countrysides and beaches in search of life in blue, green, yellow and red. In the…
A classic exercise in painting, the portrait also became a vital part of photography. In the 19th century, Nadar portrayed the Parisian bohemians. In the next century, August Sander, with…
Galerie Paris-Beijing presents the work of the French photographer Laurent Chéhère. Employing traditional photography and digital manipulation, his surreal series, Flying Houses, elevates architecture to a new level. The artist takes a variety…
Since its beginnings, photography has recorded the history of the world. Technical developments have allowed photographers to produce more accurate accounts of history, however fleeting it may be. Newspapers used…
In October, the Robert Mann Gallery presented in its new space an exhibition bringing together 25 years of work by the American photographer Richard Misrach. In these carefully composed photographs…
In a painting no one complains that the subject is posed, but everybody complains about what looks posed in a photograph. Except, I’ve found that if I go very close…
Twelve years after their exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Clark et Pougnaud return with a series of photographs inspired by the paintings of Vilhelm Hammershoi, presented in…
As announced in its title, the anniversary exhibition is a celebration. A celebration and a tribute, as much to the institution as to the visual diversity of photography itself. The…
In the history of photography, Aperture is a legend. This publishing house, magazine and gallery space is celebrating its 60th anniversary today, and we have decided to honor its history.…