During the Vietnam War, Marines would place an ace of spades, the ‘death card,’ on the bodies of slain Vietcong soldiers in an effort to scare any survivors… These Polaroids,…
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Magnum Photos is the legendary photo agency responsible in part for breaking barriers in photography, which, until the end of World War II, was separated into editorial, commercial and artistic divisions.…
For the latest issue of De l’air, magazine director Stéphane Brasca published the work of 25 photographers obsessed with rear ends. At a time when ‘belfies’ (butt + selfie) are everywhere you…
There are many reasons why the National Museum of Singapore should be proud to show the latest impressive work of Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, Genesis, already introduced by L’Oeil de la Photographie.…
For years, Steve Schapiro was a photographer for LIFE magazine. Francis Ford Coppola noticed Schapiro’s work in 1972 and invited him to take pictures on the set of The Godfather, then continued with The Godfather II,…
To coincide with the exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, the work of Françoise Huguier is also being exhibited at the Polka gallery with Étrange Beautés. Françoise Huguier’s world is dense. She draws…
This week on the web: interviews with Elliott Erwitt, Annie Leibowitz and Wolfgang Tillmans; tributes to Marylin Monroe, Maya Angelou and Robert Capa; portfolios about the body and being in…
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…
Opened in June 2011, the Galerie Schwab Beaubourg is a 170 square-meter space steps from the Centre Pompidou. Photography is being exhibited in the gallery for the first time. The…