After September 11, the notion of the “hero” began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of…
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The J. Paul Getty Museum today announced a donation of 25 photographs by acclaimed 20th century photographer Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984). A gift of Carol Vernon and her husband Robert…
The French magazine Photo devoted its latest issue to Mario Testino, a world of fashion photography . This special edition is the most recent in a long line of tributes…
The Galerie Hors-Champs will exhibit the work of two photographers in a show dedicated to the writer Georges Bataille. Philippe Bréson offers his “conception of eroticism, where the woman is…
Arnold Newman is the man of the hour at the C/O Berlin with the exhibition Masterclass, a retrospective boasting 200 vintage black-and-white photographs. It includes a large number of portraits,…
Stephen Perloff is the founder and editor of The Photo Review and the editor of The Photograph Collector. He is also photographer. Here is his text:…
“Art can only be erotic” said Picasso. If it’s true for drawing and painting, why not for photography? Isn’t the photographer above all the one who shows us reality, unveils it, denudes…
William Eggleston: a dedicated auction at Christie's New York on March 12th: The latest in their series of single-artist sales presents to the market stunning prints by the American master…
All the new media, including the press, are art forms which have the power of imposing, like poetry, their own assumption,” Marshall McLuhan observed. We live in a time when…
"The people are floundering and always have been, he said. They are so frequently taking care of other people that they forget to take care of themselves. That is…