Paths My paths are a starting point. They are a collection of the fascination I feel when I discover them... Paths hide a thousand possibilities; they can open up a new path or close another. Paths get lost or they find each other again. There are those who no longer offer a way out, those who are a birth, those who destroy themselves, and those who discover a new heaven.…
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Julien Magre, 2022 Niepce Prize, exhibits a set of images entitled Silence at the Le Réverbere gallery in Lyon. It is accompanied by this very pretty text. Below, topsy-turvy a life of images A white sheet Your fists clenched when you dance Your breasts Sicily Your black eyes Bodies Hands Your breaths Of the earth Of the night Of the wind Of the fire Of Silence so as not to…
David Hurn’s On Instagram published by Reel Art Press is a diaristic compendium of Hurn's digital missives, spanning his momentous 60-year career. Magnum's David Hurn (born 1934) is one of Britain's most influential documentary photographers, noted for his portrayal of ordinary people in their everyday lives. In 2016, Hurn started an Instagram account to share photography tidbits: technical tips, book recommendations, exhibitions and work that he found interesting. His engagement…
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Josef Dapra is an Austrian photographer born in 1922. Starting from the idea that "The world is all that is going on" dear to Wittgenstein, he doubled reality as it is with his portraits of the women of his country. When knowledge is inscribed on the matrix of reality, the artist adds an extra bit of soul to it. He gives each portrait a special emotion. Suggestion creates a particular…
Leonardo Glauso, 1989, born and grew up in Florence is a professional photographer specialized in artistic nude and fashion photography. He has a degree in graphic design at Libera Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence. He also studied photography at Scuola Internazionale di Fotografia in Florence. Between 2014 and 2017 he lived in Milan where he collaborated as Fashion Photographer for agency and fashion's magazines. He always travel in the…
Color for Color. No psycho-babble title, the subject is the color. I am a Rochester Institute of Technology BFA graduate and was fortunate to have studied with Minor White and Ansel Adams. Pete Turner was a big early influence with his great use of color and sense of design. I was always interested in color photography, but was frustrated with the printed results. Digital photography made it possible to get results that match expectations.…
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Tate presents the Tate Photography Series, a new publishing programme providing an introduction to some of the most important and exciting photographers at work today. Four titles will be published each year, all connected through a common theme. The first four books, on Liz Johnson Artur, Sheba Chhachhi, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Sabelo Mlangeni explore community and solidarity in distinct ways. Liz Johnson Artur presents images from her series Time Don’t…
Christer wouldn’t probably have been that much without Paris. It was like a great love that he returned to all the time. – Joakim Strömholm The best day is a day of thirst. An evening at the Pigalle funfair in the winter of 1955, and life just couldn’t get any better for this little guy who is standing firm on the wooden floor closest to the stage, absolutely mesmerised by…
Migrants crossing the Darien Gap, by Federico Ríos Finalist of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo This year, an unprecedented 200,000 people have crossed the rugged jungle between South and Central America known as the Darien Gap, almost twenty times the average of a few years ago. For decades, the Darien Gap was considered so dangerous that few dared to cross…
Red Black White, de Nazik Armenakyan Finalist of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo. "Red Black White," is a project about several women's destinies that have changed dramatically due to the diagnosis of HIV, often acquired in marriage. Women living with HIV in Armenia are ordinary citizens coming from traditional families. Due to poor socioeconomic conditions, many Armenian men spend a…
The Bucha massacre, by Santi Palacios / Revista 5W Finalist of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo. The town of Bucha, very close to Kyiv, will go down in history as one of the symbols of the atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces in the invasion of Ukraine. As the days went by, after the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from this town,…
Screw You Cancer, by Sáshenka Gutiérrez Special mention from the Jury of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo. The series tells the story of Sandra Monroy, a 36-year-old breast cancer survivor. She lost her breasts to the disease, which was detected in early 2021. After the diagnosis, doctors explained to Sandra that a double mastectomy was necessary because, although the cancer…
Where oblivion may not dwell, by María Clauss Winner of the 26th edition of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award of Médicos del Mundo. Memory is an exercise of reconstruction of the past in the present moment, photography is a "medium" to recover it. Each portrait of a repressed person is kept as a treasure in the hands of their families, each place that has power in itself for…
Théo Le Foll : Knowing how to deliver your truth At only 22 years old, Théo Le Foll, self-taught and passionate about photography, has already signed several advertising campaigns, including the most recent one for Paco Rabanne's perfume "Fame". It was during a "five o'clock tea" in the showroom of a fashionable Parisian decorator that I met this young man. His angelic face and his self-confidence tinged with naivety (compared…
Holden Luntz Gallery presents new acquisitions by Will McBride. McBride is a photographer of reportage, art photography and book illustration. He is also known as a painter and sculptor. He has had a 50 year independent career. McBride grew up in Chicago, attended the Art Institute of Chicago then the University of Vermont and finally graduated from Syracuse University College of Fine Art in 1953. He was a private student of…
Vivienne Westwood. London. March. 1994. On her own, she summed up in what is somewhat stupidly called “Swinging London” a certain elegance close to the so-called “rock” scene. But she was much more than that. Queen of urban culture, with her companion Malcom McLaren she had opened a shop, the “Paradise Garage”, which became the bridgehead of the “punk” attitude, very fashionable insolence in Great Britain in the 70s. In short,…
For The Eye of Photography, photographic books are as important as an exhibition or a portfolio. They make the history and the actuality of the medium. Our correspondent Zoé Isle de Beauchaine has a tirelessly curious and knowledgeable look at the latest publications. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône, Sylvain Besson, director of the museum since 2008, has published an original history…
Naohiro Harada’s (b. 1982, Japanese) series is an attempt to explore the origin of the eccentricity of Japanese visual culture through the usage of traditional methods by composing a fictional documentary for the audienceless 2020 Olympics, which was postponed due to the restrictions of the pandemic. During this phantasmal time, Harada decided to convert the strange experience into a series of contemporary Mitate-e, i.e. a genre term within Japanese art that…
Rodney Smith was a prominent fashion and portrait photographer based in New York. His whimsical work invited comparison to that of surrealist painters like Rene Magritte. Long acclaimed for his iconic black and white images that combine portraiture and landscape, Smith created enchanted worlds full of subtle contradictions and surprises. Smith’s un-retouched, dream-like images are matched in quality by his prints’ craft and physical beauty. Rodney Smith cared deeply about…
Traveling throughout the United States, David Graham captures the colorful and sometimes surreal in the American landscape. He seeks out subjects that celebrate our singular freedom of expression, whether in colorful roadside attractions, idiosyncratic sculptures, or everyday people who revel in impersonating famous characters. Chronicling the American scene with this unique sensibility, Graham celebrates the creativity and dreams of the common man. Mayfair, Philadelphia, PA, was made in the neighborhood where Graham’s…
Presented by Spirit St Barts in collaboration with UNICEF Gala St Barts and Gallery 211 int., this exhibition presents one of a kind photos of Basquiat by Christopher Makos. Basquiat, aka King Pleasure, doesn’t need any introduction, he is best known for his primitive style and his collaboration with pop artist Andy Warhol. Often spotted besides Keith Haring and Andy Warhol, Basquiat would show up to Mr. Chow decked out…