The multidisciplinary artist Paolo Ventura uses photography to document a fictional reality of his own making. He meticulously constructs miniature cities, streets, buildings and interiors populated with small men and women. From…
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Presented in Rome at the Gagosian Gallery last Spring, Scopophilia was the renowned photographer's first major exhibition in Rome. The Greek term Scopophilia literally means "love of looking," but also refers…
His meeting with Jean-Paul Goude would prove decisive. Jean-Paul came to New York to work as an art director forEsquire. Very soon he wanted to take his own photographs but…
American photographer Mary Ellen Mark has been taking pictures for more than 50 years. In May the Stills Gallery in Sydney hosted her first solo exhibition in Australia featuring a number of…
I first met Bob in 1995 when I was a celebrity publicist and he was photographing one of my clients Tamara Beckwith (now my partner in The Little Black Gallery). …
Benedict J. Fernandez’s life has followed a path where many fear to tread, combining his interest of social change with his natural ability to document the world around him. As…
On November 24, 2013, approximately 100,000 civilians joined together in Kiev’s Independence Square (locally known as Maidan), to protest against the Ukrainian government’s decision to reject a proposed political and…
Irving Penn is the photographer who impressed me the most. He was the biggest perfectionist, the most intransigent photographer I ever met. I met him several times. The first was in…
Marie-Claire Montanari photographs women. Her black&white carefully framed images of headless, anonymous bodies caressed by shadows celebrate the female beauty. But, while her work can appear classic the photographer’s approach is…
Magnum photographer Bruno Barbey is of particular interest to the history of the United Arab Emirates as he was one of the photographers responsible for the recording of the ceremony of independence…