In 1932, at age 24, Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) acquired a Leica camera—now legendary thanks to him—which became an extension of his eye. At the same time, he took his first…
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With Métamorphoses, Anton F. offers an interpretation of our relationship to man and, consequently, to life. In a time when the cult of appearances and standardization prevail, what space remains…
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Presented by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson every other year, the HCB Award is a prize of 35,000 Euros intended for photographers who have already completed a significant body of work…
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Having just returned from the funeral of Christian Maillard, I'm incapable of saying anything about current events. Christian was a man who mattered in the photo world. His honesty, his…
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To mark the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Reuters Pictures service, L'Instant-Paris Match publish 30 pictures from a three part retrospective edited by Alexia Singh, Editor-In-Charge of the Wider…
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Bearing no captions or other information, Emilia Stefani’s series La Mue (“Moulting”) tells each viewer a different story. The approach here differs greatly from her earlier Polaroids. Has she gone…
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In the ground-breaking book, Orgasm: Photographs and Interviews published by Daylight Books, Linda Troeller, an award-winning New York based photographer, and author and ethnographer Marion Schneider, collaborate to discuss and…
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NOW FACES shows the works of 32 photographers and artists who had a decisive impact on the renewal of the photographic portrait in Europe over the last 25 years. On…
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In her latest series, ‘Rococo’, Australian fine art photographer Alexia Sinclair has gone back to the 18th Century, and the Court of Versailles with the protagonist, the flamboyant Madame de Pompadour. Alexia…
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In ancient times, a terrible wind blew across the vast steppe connecting Europe to the Far East. The Greek poets called it the Boreal, and believed it lived in a…
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