During a brief visit to Beirut in November 2008, my eye was immediately drawn to the diversity of Lebanese taxis. I was surrounded by the “Dream Taxi,” “Speed Taxi,” “Star…
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To have a muse is to appreciate the ebb and flow of energy that exists between the artist and the world. The muse is the one that inspires the creation…
In the summer of 1964, San Francisco was ground zero for a historic culture clash as the site of both the 28th Republican National Convention (the “Goldwater Convention”) and the…
The Bwiti rituals originated in Central Gabon. Several centuries ago It was at once a vision of the universe, a teaching, an organization of society and a therapy. Only admitted…
Jérôme Thirriot always returned to India as if it were his adopted family. Initiated to its culture at the age of twenty while learning to play the traditional tablas…
Jean-Dominique Burton takes pictures because he travels, not the opposite. Humanity is his only subject and the portrait is the only method he uses. It is because he wanted to…
Every year, in the heart of the Southern hemisphere’s winter, Earth is plunged into darkness, face-to-face with the Milky Way, our galaxy. In order to view this staggering panorama in…
There are places that blow your mind: inspired and inspiring places that instill the conviction that here, in this place, men find themselves linked to something that can…
After travelling through Russia, Asia, and Oceania, Frédéric Lemalet was captivated – in the literal sense of the word – by Tibet: captivated by the beauty of its landscapes, and…