In 1936, hired by the Keystone agency, André Kertész left Paris to settle in the United States. The move proved difficult. Apart from a few photographs in Vogue and…
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Amateur photography saw a tremendous rise in popularity during the last third of the 19th century thanks to technical advancements. The work of Amélie Galup (1856-1943) is a significant example.…
From 1947 to the end of the 1960s, Denise Colomb (1902-2004) produced a series of portraits of artists working in their studios. The starting point for this work was a…
A lawyer and amateur photographer growing up in the comforts up the industrial bourgeoisie, René Desclée (1868-1953) had the privilege of being able to indulge in all of his passions.…
In the years following World War II, there were photo exhibition in railways compartment that traveled thru France , free for all to see. The exhibition featured the most beautiful…
By the time that Médéric Mieusement (1840-1905) approached the Minister of Education with a project to photograph France’s historical monuments, he already had a considerable experience photographing architecture. He made…
It is photographs from the series "Whisper". It is a small village in the south of the Pskov region in Russia. During the World War II the German line…
I always wanted to meet my father.The last time I saw him I was three years old. I decided to reflect on this idea using photography. I do not…
I photograph things that seem to have a particular silence around them. The subjects might be considered common objects or ordinary scenes but for me they are completely mysterious and…
This twelve image edit ranges from 2002 through 2012 from an ongoing body of street work called Dear New Yorker. Photography for me is a hunt for truth and meaning,…