“No” Elizabeth Avedon answered abruptly when I asked her to write an article about Antonio Lopez’s upcoming book by Twin Palms publishers. “Why?” I asked, taken aback. Because the book,…
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The Lady Dior series projects a sense of ambiguity and pending calamity. The images are framed in such a way that the viewer can only glimpse at the subjects in…
Wang Qingsong is an internationally renowned Chinese artist and the poster child of “Gaudy Art.” His photographs depict reenactments of famous paintings, through which he explores the past to understand…
Romy Schneider shared a special relationship with the Gamma photo agency, notably with the photographers Juan Carlo Botti and Jean-Pierre Bonotte. A full 90% of the photographs currently on display…
In the decade between 1955 and 1965 a coterie of discerning Hollywood hipsters appropriated the incomparable Ivy League clothing of America’s East coast elite. These West Coast actors elevated the…
Discovered at Rencontres d’Arles 2011, Fernando Montiel Klint’s photographs combine the absurd and the essential, the high and the low. These images emanate from the imaginary world of dreams and…
I wanted to express that the nudity of a woman is not limited to fulfilling men’s erotic desires. She is worthy of respect. A naked woman can possess her own…
Earth’s atmosphere is steadily warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. While experts discuss the possible consequences and politicians are apparently powerless to do anything about it, untold numbers of people…
For the past week, you might have noticed an increase in articles on advertisements and commercial photography. Séverine Morel has joined the editorial board at La Lettre. Now an independent…
Georges Hugnet: The Love Life of the Spumifers, is an exhibition of hand-painted photographic girlie postcards by the eminent Surrealist artist, poet, bookbinding designer and critic. These bizarre, lusciously painted…