Vince Aletti, collector, author, curator and winner of this year’s AIPAD Award, lives in a seven-room apartment in New York’s East Village. It’s filled to the brim with his enormous collection, or as he describes it, “a collection of collections”, of magazines, photographs, books, vinyl records, and all manner of ephemera. Still, there’s always room for more. How would you describe yourself as a collector? – As someone who looks…
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In September last year, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of a collection of 209 photographs by the French photographer Eugène Atget. It had been built over 25 years by Dan and Mary Solomon, by carefully adding one masterpiece after another. The couple prefers to keep a low profile in the photography world but are incredibly active as collectors, curators, publishers, and most significantly as generous donors to…
AIPAD presents the 2nd edition of the Monumental exhibition. This special project show- cases large-scale photographic works throughout the public areas of The Park Avenue Armory, providing a unique opportunity for galleries and their artists to display new, challenging and impactful pieces not generally shown at fairs, creating a captivating visual spectacle for visitors. This article originally appeared in the AIPAD Catalogue sponsored by MUUS Collection. The Photography Show…
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On the occasion of the month of photography and on the fringes of "Paris Photo 2022", the Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery presents "I Want Him To Be Ocean" by Christian Mamoun. This exhibition invites itself into the heart of a kind of waiting room before entering the adult world. In the meantime, this Parisian youth are questioning themselves , confronted with "sturm et drang" impulses (the storm and the impulse), which…
Nino Mier Gallery presents Women’s Work, an exhibition of photographs and videos by Finnish artist IIU SUSIRAJA. Susiraja is known for her still and moving image portraits, which capture the artist in her own home or her parents’ home, interacting with items such as housekeeping tools and pantry staples with prurient, deadpan humor. In Women’s Work, which will be on view from February 18 - March 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, Susiraja brings a…
Spanning the years 1976 to 1981, The Beginning brings together the earliest works of acclaimed American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945). Featuring images largely unseen by the public, the exhibition chronicles a period of technical and artistic development that would lay the foundation for the complex and incisive tableaux that ultimately established Barney as a key figure in international photography. While quarantining during the Covid-19 outbreak, Barney began to sort…
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“We were put first into a garden when we lost Eden, and since then we were fated to search and reinvent it again.” There are few things in this world that we humans did not invent. Such is the case with flowers. We try to hold on to their beauty, domesticate and understand them, although there is an intricate intelligence to flowers that we yet ignore. Mounting from the darkness…
Tim Page just died! He is one of the legendary photographers of the Vietnam War! In 2014 we published the following article by Alison Stieven Taylor on the occasion of the release of his “21” box set. Jean-Jacques Naudet In 2010 British-born photojournalist Tim Page was named one of the “100 Most Influential Photographers of All Time,” by Professional Photographer magazine. Page, who is now 70 years old, has…
Yes, only one post on Visa pour l'Image, the Perpignan festival. It is little, really very little especially at a time when photojournalism is weakening day by day for lack of means, audience and enthusiasm. For all who loved; This long descent into indifference is heartbreaking. Look at the archives of the Eye of Photography throughout this month of September which are dedicated to it, they are exceptionally open to…
"In this time of great social reckoning, when more and more people recognize the deep impacts of structural racism, economic injustice, and mass incarceration, Merts’s body of work is both spotlight and lightning rod. His illuminating focus and dedication to making deeply personal and graciously compassionate images—of a creative practice that most people will never see or participate in—provides a window into a particular aspect of the prison experience. "…
The Hulett Collection, a fine art gallery specializing in classic twentieth century and contemporary photographic works, opened the gallery’s first physical space in the historic Cherry Street District of midtown Tulsa. The inaugural exhibition, a visual timeline of photography titled “A Century of Photography: 1920 – 2020,” will showcase more than 40 photographs from early classical works by Dassonville and André Kertész to a selection from mid-century masters like Ansel…
"In this time of great social reckoning, when more and more people recognize the deep impacts of structural racism, economic injustice, and mass incarceration, Merts’s body of work is both spotlight and lightning rod. His illuminating focus and dedication to making deeply personal and graciously compassionate images—of a creative practice that most people will never see or participate in—provides a window into a particular aspect of the prison experience. "…
Born in 1974, I belong to the first generation of Madonna fans, whose debut in 1983 had the effect of a real earthquake: musically of course, but above all because the arrival of this character broke the rules! Half-naked, disheveled, with fluorescent mittens, leather bracelets and crucifixes galore, she was a major cultural shock for millions of kids and teenagers, as well as a source of inspiration and great joy.…
The world of Katia Gehrung captured with its different phases is made of humor and seriousness. Intelligence is always at the rendezvous in what would appear to be exercises in imbecility. And it is no coincidence that Venus comes out of the water or crashes in the middle of roads or fields and other places at her own risk. Nevertheless, onlookers run the same danger where the artist forges his…
The Loewentheil Collection is announcing its first virtual exhibition of selections from the world’s largest and finest collection of early photography of China. “Seizing Shadows: Rare Photographs by late Qing Dynasty Masters,” a virtual exhibition in English and Chinese, is the first exhibition devoted to photographs by the first Chinese photographers. The photographs were taken from the 1860s to 1903. The virtual exhibition is filled with engaging multimedia content that…
Ira Stehmann Fine Art celebrates the summer and its good vibes with an online exclusive exhibition. The depiction of the beach, sea, and sun provoke strong summer feelings. These good vibes and emotions are transported in an uplifting selection of well-known photographs by renowned artists, among them Norman Parkinson, and Jeanloup Sieff as well as by up-and-coming talents such as Albarrán Cabrera. Let the lightness that these photographs breathe have…
Because only the print on the wall can show you what the photographer intended. Seeing the pictures currently on display at Peter Fetterman’s gallery is a revelatory experience. First, because Fetterman is a consummate collector and his holdings represent a lifetime of choosing with a discerning eye. Then because the images reveal themselves to be even more beautiful this way than seeing them on any screen. Most readers of L’oeil…
The exhibition Bande-annonce, The Pigozzi Collection in Cannes proposes a journey through contemporary African creation, one of the most dynamic art scenes in the world. This event also foreshadows the new museum project of the City of Cannes, devoted to contemporary African art and Jean Pigozzi’s world-renowned collection. The Gare maritime of Cannes, a hub for meetings and exchanges and a symbol of travel and new horizons, is the ideal…
It was one of the most original exhibitions of the Gaspesie Festival. It is called A Fragile Landscape. It is signed by Ewa Monika Zebrowski. It is accompanied by her text. Venice continues to seduce me: limpid, operatic, ephemeral. A destination of 118 islands, 177 canals and 400 bridges. suspended between heaven and earth. A city floating in time and space. I always prefer to visit Venice in winter when…
The Bonne Espérance gallery based in Paris is one of the most specialized in contemporary artistic creations and works from Southern Africa. In the field of photography, the gallery is the custodian of a large part of the photographic work of the great German photographer Jurgen Schadeberg. The major part of his activity was in South Africa and was devoted to the important evolution of this society over half a century. His…
Robert Mack, photographer, visual artist, photographed and filmed criminally insane men for his project, Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity. These extremely rare black and white photographs were taken in 1981 and are compassionate yet sobering portraits of insane patients many who have committed murder. The legal courts determined these men to be dangerous to themselves or others, and so they are were sent to a maximum security hospital for…