Le Carré d’Art presents Mouna Saboni’s exhibition entitled Disappearance, a project carried out along route 65 in Jordan, the central point of the “Diagonal of Thirst” which extends from Tangier to China. A project on the disappearance of water, a major crisis of our century that the world will have to confront. Cradle of humanity, marked by History and the great monotheistic religions, a territory which has kept traces of…
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This is one of the most surprising portfolios received this week. It is titled: The Last Request and is the work of Rankin. [video_embed_hd url="https://vimeo.com/937569277"] This text accompanies it: "The Last Request" is a poignant film /photo campaign brought to life by British photographer Rankin, celebrating the legacy of the now late Paola, a courageous individual who confronted the reality of…
Until April 27, the Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco is exhibiting Éric Antoine. The exhibition entitled Abodes is presented as follows: The show’s titular series Abodes speaks to how inextricably linked Antoine’s work is to his home and memories. Different configurations of numbered boxes represent the artist’s past residences, which begin and end in the secluded forest of France’s Alsace region. Within the expansive wooded landscape, Antoine developed his…
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CAMERA WORK gallery presents an exhibition of Patrick Demarchelier, until September 14th, 2019. The exhibition offers a comprehensive view into the oeuvre of the artist with a selection of 30 works. These include major works as well as – in the main part of the exhibition – numerous new and never before exhibited works that he has been created the last couple years. Patrick Demarchelier is considered as one of…
Deborah Bell Photographs presents Elaine Mayes: Haight-Ashbury Portraits 1967-1968, an exhibition of vintage prints of portraits the photographer made in the now-legendary San Francisco neighborhood called Haight-Ashbury. Celebrating the recent publication by Damiani of the book by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore, Elaine Mayes: Haight Ashbury Portraits 1967-1968, the exhibition opens November 17 and will be on view through March 4, 2023. This is the first monograph of…
“Paris by night” intensifies the city. On March 1, 1978, Fabrice Emaer inaugurated Le Palace with a memorable performance by singer Grace Jones, directed by photographer and director Jean-Paul Goude. The former music hall, now open to the diversity of sexualities and backgrounds, became a hotspot for Parisian nightlife. Perhaps out of nostalgia for those festive nights of the 1970s and 1980s, Nuit Blanche has been offering, since October 5,…
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We celebrate the photographer's inimitable wit through his wry observations on life, relationships and, of course, dogs. A dog is a man’s best friend “Dogs have more to do than children. For one thing, they are forced to lead a life that is really schizoid. Every minute, they have to live on two planes at once, juggling the dog world against the human world. And they’re always on call. Their…
A major retrospective of Elliott Erwitt’s work takes place at the Villa Bassi Rathgeb Museum in Abano Terme in northern Italy until June 11, 2023. 154 vintage photographs, spanning sixty years of Erwitt’s practice, will be on view. Elliott Erwitt is known for his witticisms. They leap out of the page when reading his photobooks. Often dry, sometimes biting, his musings on daily life sparkle with a wicked irreverence. A…
Everybody is equal, even celebrities “Taking pictures of celebrities is exactly like taking pictures of non-celebrities. Compose the photograph properly, try to evoke something special or unique given the available possibilities. Above all do not be intimidated. Remember that even the most exalted celebrities brush their teeth at night before going to bed.” - Elliott Erwitt’s Personal Best (2006)
Sex on the beach “The beach is a better pickup spot than any cocktail party. There’s always a lot of pawing going on. And you get the product properly displayed.” - Elliott Erwitt - On the Beach (1991) The recipe for success “If you’ve got no responsibility and don’t have to generate a certain amount of cash each month, and can live on a shoestring, and are ambitious enough, then…
Between the sexes “We all find new dimensions of love between the sexes. The sober, profound, long-lasting possibilities for love: affection and loyalty and friendship, not confused by urgent passion. This isn’t a second-best, thirdhand kind of love. It is, for some relationships, the right love for the season.” - Elliott Erwitt - Between the Sexes (1994) Love hurts “1st Truth: It is painful to be separated from the people…
The alchemy of a photograph “When photography is good, it’s pretty interesting, and when it is very good, it is irrational and even magical… nothing to do with the photographer’s conscious will or desire. When the photograph happens, it comes easily, as a gift that should not be questioned or analyzed.” - Elliott Erwitt’s Personal Best (2006) "I rely on a hunch, a little luck, and some cunning" - Elliott…
Elliott Erwitt, the American documentary photographer who has had a substantial impact on contemporary photography, is best known for the offbeat humor in his pictures. With a humanist approach to photography, his best-known images present the viewer candid and often playful scenes. The Early Years Elliott Erwitt was born in Paris in 1928, and spent his childhood in Milan, before moving to the US in 1942. His earliest interest in…
Ways of seeing “To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” - Elliott Erwitt - Museum Watching (1999) The endless fascination of museums “People seem to be attracted to items in museums with which they have a special affinity.…
Back in 2020, the Holden Luntz Gallery shared the documentary At Home with Elliott Erwitt. Produced and directed in 2013 by Jackie Holland, it was first shown at the Point Conference in May 2013, in London. [video_embed_hd url="https://vimeo.com/62358161"] In this video, Elliott Erwitt's goes back on the influential career. Shot in New York, the photographer discusses joining the Magnum agency, meeting Edward Steichen, Robert Capa, and Roy Stryker. While the…
Bene Taschen Gallery presents the new solo exhibition Flesh Life: Sex in Mexico City by Joseph Rodriguez. In Flesh Life, Rodriguez documents life in Mexico City in 1997, including the district of La Merced, which has one of the highest crime rates in the city. These black and white works depict residents who, on the one hand, have deep roots in the Catholic faith and, on the other hand, often…
Fotografia Europea 2023, the international festival whose focal centre is Reggio Emilia, is in its 18th edition and spreads images throughout the city, as tradition. There are more than twenty exhibitions on the official circuit, to which the Partner’s exhibitions and the ones of the Circuito Off must be added. The opening is on April 28 (though inaugural days go on until May 1st). The projects, selected by the festival’s…
The exhibition “Picturing Xanadu: A Vision in a Dream” presented by Holden Luntz Gallery features the works of Karen Knorr, Joyce Tenneson, Andre Lichtenberg and Kimiko Yoshida. Each artist creates dream-like photographs based on desires, memories and joys that draw upon photography’s power to create alternative worlds emanating from their rich imaginations. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem Kubla Khan, composed in 1797, provides the inspiration for the exhibition. The inspiration…
The Galerie Signatures welcomes the ANI Visas for their 18th edition and the ANI-PixTrakk Award. The National Association of Iconographers exhibits the “Viva Khawa” project by Hervé Lequeux, winner of the ANI-PixTrakk Award. Hervé Lequeux, documentary photographer, is interested in politico-social issues specific to Arab countries, and in particular their conflicts and revolts, as well as the migration issue. In this sense, his black and white photographic work plunges us…
“If Man is not to live by bread alone, what is better worth doing well than the planting of trees.” – Frederick Law Olmsted Fundamental to renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted's vision in his park designs was the key role of time. He had the ability to see a plot of land for what it was in the raw undeveloped state, as well as to visualize how his designs…
Isolated in the confinement of her Los Angeles home during the covid lockdown, Indian-born American artist Rohina Hoffman takes us on a metaphorical journey connecting her roots to food through the rituals of daily meals. Embrace combines two deeply personal photographic series. In Gratitude is an homage to food and family. Created during the early days of the pandemic, it is a series of portraits of Rohina and her family…