Pierre was a seducer. He went out with some of the most beautiful women of the 1960s and ‘80s. When you mentioned his success with women, his reply was evasive:…
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I met René Burri in Vevey, Switzerland, on the sunny terrace of a lakeside hotel. He told me, in the space of a few minutes, several stories about the good…
Lucien Clergue just passed away. He was a fantastic storyteller, a beautiful human being and a great photographer.…
Lewis Baltz died yesterday, November 22, 1914. It was terrible news to me. He’d just turned 69. This interview may have been his last; it’s certainly the most comprehensive that…
This exceptional interview was the final one given by the late Lewis Baltz. It was conducted by his friend, Jeff Rian. Baltz, a secretive and reserved person, speaks unreservedly here…
Almost 30 years ago a morning in August ,the police of the 16th arrondissement discovered the body of a jogger, he had no identification on him and it took three…
His friends called him "Nounours" (Teddy). Henri Bureau died the day before yesterday. He was an impetuous, flamboyant, big-mouthed bon vivant. But he was above all a great photographer, a…
The famous printer Jean-Yves Brégand died on May 17th, 2014. Ollivier Hersart, a photographer and longtime friend of Jean-Yves Brégand who supported him in the final weeks of his illness, wrote…
The French freelance photographer Camille Lepage was killed on May 13th, 2014 in the Central African Republic. Wilfrid Esteve, journalist and teacher told us some of their last match.…
The American photographer Saul Leiter died on November 26. He was 89 years old. Belatedly recognized as a pioneer of color photography, he began working in color in the 1950s,…