PhotographyIn Memoriam

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,…

In 1996, I was particularly touched by a portrait of the actress Karine Silla in ELLE magazine. The photograph had been taken by Kate Barry, a name I had never…

When Baudoin Lebon asked me to organize an exhibition on the Bauret family, we considered bringing the works together around the theme of the studio. The idea, for me, was…

I saw Phil at his 95th birthday party a few months ago.  I didn’t go over right away, I was doing a story for L’oeil and I wanted to get…

Lucien Clergue's funeral was held in Arles on Friday, November 21st, 2014. The ceremony was held at St. Trophime church, Place de la République. The following pictures have been taken…

American photographer, David Armstrong, died in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 26, 2014 from complications related to liver cancer. Armstrong (b. 1954) was an American artist and core member of…

Alfred Wertheimer, a German-American photographer, died last Sunday at the age of 84. He is best known for his intimate black-and-white photographs of Elvis Presley in 1956, just before The…

Didier “Obsis” Grandsart passed away last week.  A great friend has gone, but he leaves such good memories behind that he doesn’t seem far away. He was an actor and extra, vintage…

It was only last year that I discovered the work of Dominique Darbois through Karl Joseph, artistic director of the Rencontres Photographiques de Guyane, which exhibited her photographs of the Wayana people,…