Michel Birot was born in Aurillac, France. After studying in Toulouse, he joined the photo lab at the Agence Delpire in Paris in 1975, working with some of the country’s…
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Without a doubt one of the most important Canadian photographers of the 20th century, Guy Borremans died on December 29. Known not only as a photographer, but also as a…
Michelle Vignes had a burning passion for social documentary photography and used it not only to create important bodies of work but to support other emerging and established photographers through…
"Southern France, noon, August 15th. I went to a friend's house to swim. Fortunately I had my camera around my neck. I first saw the shadow, and I realized that…
Today is dedicated to the memory of Martine Franck. It's an hommage, a farewell, composed of testimonies from people who knew her. These are the memories and anecdotes that we'll…
Martine Franck has passed away. The news is all the more horrible because it was expected. Martine had been ill for a long while, but with her extraordinary reserve and…
Chris Marker just passed away. This cineast was although a talented photographer. We published him for the 2011 edition of the Arles Festival. The text by Jonas Cuénin, it is…
Argentine photographer Horacio Coppola, of the 20th century Bauhaus movement, died Monday in his home town of Buenos Aires. He was 105. As early as 1930, one of his…
Bonni Benrubi passed away. She lost her battle against a cancer that started three years ago. Next week we will talk again of her surprising gallery as a tribute to…
Despite his many famous portraits, the death on november 8th of British photographer Cornel Lucas at the age of 92 received little attention. In the 1950s and 60s, he welcomed…