Hollywood Icons is the latest publication from the archive of the John Kobal Foundation and accompanies the exhibition, Hollywood Icons, being toured by Terra Esplendida, which opened on July 15th…
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John Kobal, who died twenty-one years ago this month, was a pre-eminent film historian and collector of Hollywood film photography. The author of over thirty books on film and film…
Simon Crocker was Managing Director and, subsequently Chairman of The Kobal Collection, until he sold his shareholding in 1999. He has been Chairman of the John Kobal Foundation since 1991.…
Kyoko and Didier Brousse from Galerie Camera Obscura informed us of the death of Françoise Nuñez, following an illness with a quick ending. They […]…
Fred Baldwin, photographer and co-founder of the long-running festival FotoFest in Houston, died on December 15, at the age of 92, reports The Art Newspaper. A […]…
Jean Loh told us about the death of Chinese photographer Wang Fuchun, he pays homage to him: “Hello Jean-Jacques, I learn this morning of […]…
Mick Rock passed away last week, Peter Fetterman sent those lines along with this quote and photograph of Lou Reed by Mick Rock. Dear […]…
Afte two documentaries devoted to George Tourdjman and Philippe Abergel, the series Portrait of a Photographer by Philippe Abergel returns. This third opus is dedicated to the Japanese photographer Satoshi…
Lawrence Schwartzwald passed away last week. Through the years we published his work several times. Today, here is a portfolio made of excerpts from […]…
Yesterday, Jean-Paul Belmondo received a national tribute in the Cour des Invalides, today Bébel‘s funeral will take place at the Church of Saint Germain […]…