Fragility Road Steps of Melancholy I travelled between space and time, between touch and smell, between sight and hearing. Everything was open, closed in my house. The rust-coloured air smells of antiquity. Of an antique that, you feel, belongs to you. Of an antique that speaks to you. That colour speaks to you. Roots present in things appear to you in the flow of views and perspectives. Visions of feeling…
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Being: I am in, I found you I became who I was afraid of becoming. A being with a social form as its only identity. And the worst thing for the one I was is that he did rather well. 40 years ago I was doing photography then for more than 20 years I stopped. I traveled and led a professional career as a sociologist, leaving the photography boxes in…
Skies of Highlands The Scottish Highlands offer an unforgettable experience for those who want to take the time to immerse themselves in them. Many places are renowned for their beauty. But these landscapes would only be a shadow of themselves without the incredible skies that sweep over them. The sky, or rather the skies, are the subjects of this series. The relief is merely a showcase for these masses of…
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The Fahey/Klein Gallery presents Alex Stoddard: INSEX, a solo exhibition of works by emerging artist Alex Stoddard. This exhibition is a celebration of Stoddard’s debut publication and marks the artist’s first cohesive collection of work - and first exhibition at the Fahey/Klein Gallery. The photographs from INSEX explores the parallels between metamorphosis in the natural world and human coming-of-age. Through staged, highly stylized images, Stoddard invites viewers into a colorfully…
The relationship between dance and fashion began in the Renaissance period, where social dancing echoed society's values. Historically, around the 1830s-1840s Romantic era, ballerinas were becoming the epitome of beauty. Ballerinas were idealized and regarded as celebrities. Today fashion models are more so subject to these standards. Around the same time, ballroom dance culture emerged, beginning with the waltz. Social developments of the time were reflected through the movements, but…
LE BAL presents the first exhibition in France dedicated to the Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska, noticed at the last Venice Biennale and winner of the Lewis Baltz Research Fund (2018) initiated by LE BAL. For the past ten years, she has been developing a visual universe at the crossroads of photography and performance, which examines the complex and ambiguous relationships within the family circle. Joanna Piotrowska in conversation (fragments)…
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The fungal kingdom survived the five major mass extinctions. Architects of nature, mushrooms are an integral part of all life. They support essential ecosystems, recycle nutrients, connect plants together over large areas, and help make many basic products of modern life like wine, chocolate, bread, detergents, and penicillin. Nowadays, faced with the urgency of ecological, societal and spiritual crises, mushrooms are being manipulated in order to offer meat substitutes, new…
Michael Kenna recently donated, by notarized agreement signed on November 10, 2022, all of his photographic work to the French State. Françoise Denoyelle wrote him this letter. Dear Michael, It is with immense joy and a certain emotion that I learned of your great and irrevocable decision to bequeath your work, and for that, to choose a country that is not yours. It is a difficult decision to make. Telling…
The Eye of Photography presents on a monthly basis features from The Agents Club such as their Insta News, Master Series or Profiles. This is a selection of their portfolio : Best Covers FW 2022 The Agents Club, founded in 2018 by Alexandre and Wanda Orlowski, is a unique mobile platform showcasing the most sought-after photography agencies worldwide and the exceptional image-makers they represent. This feature was first published by The Agents Club. www.theagents.club
Margery Newman told us of the passing of Tony Vaccaro, 8 days after he celebrated his 100th birthday in New York. Dear Jean Jacques. If you have not already heard, I am heartbroken to share the news that Tony Vaccaro has died at his home in Long Island City, NY -- Tony Vaccaro passed away peacefully on December 28, eight days after celebrating his 100th birthday. He was surrounded by…
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…