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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Jean-Marie Donat collects photographs of artificial Christmas trees, those featuring the Coca-Cola logo or representing televisions. This initial observation leads us to two conclusions. Jean-Marie Donat has an exceptional collection which is true. Jean-Marie Donat has mental health problems which deserves to be nuanced. Four decades of collecting photographs that today are considered vernacular have forged this collection. The market value of these images is as heterogeneous as their origins.…
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 informed look at the latest releases. About the belly button by Ieva Stankutė has a special place among recent photographic publications on motherhood. An artist's book more than a photographic one, blending photographs,…
The territories of the Grand Est in France through the lens of five photographers In early 2016, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine merged to create the Grand Est Region. Aware of the historic turning point in which all Alsatians, Champardennais and Lorrainers were engaged, the brand new Regional Collectivity then decided to launch a photographic mission. This unprecedented initiative set itself the objective of representing a territory at a given moment,…
This infantry corps created in 1857 is made up of soldiers from the French colonies in Africa. They were sent as "scouts" and found themselves on the front line, as in the two world wars. Discover the selection of the Roger-Viollet Agency. Agence Roger-Viollet 6, rue de Seine 75006 Paris www.roger-viollet.fr
Govinda Gallery presented Kaleidoscope Eyes: A Day in the Life of Sgt. Pepper in 2008, featuring Henry Grossman’s rarely-seen photographs of The Beatles during the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band, arguably the most iconic and influential album of all time. This is the first exhibition of Henry Grossman’s remarkable photographs of The Beatles. Taken during a single night’s session–as the band recorded “Lucy In The Sky With…
Jean-Gabriel Barthélemy's exhibition: "Notre-Dame, Versailles, la Cité des 4000. Secret de notre patrimoine", will be open to the public from January 7th. The opening will take place on January 19th, 2023 from 6 p.m. The exhibition runs until May 2023. This exhibition brings together his work on Notre-Dame de Paris, before and after the fire and during its reconstruction, on the Cité des 4000 in La Courneuve, considered then, in…
Misr is the romanized Arabic name for Egypt. Between 1992 and 2013, Denis Dailleux passionately discovered, loved and photographed this country where he lived for fifteen years. Several books and exhibitions have punctuated these Egyptian years, successively revealing the stages of a work that is nothing more than a part of the photographer's life. Today appears Misr, a compendium on this period, magnificently published by Le bec en l’air. To…
PDNB Gallery an exhibition by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. in celebration of his recent Lifetime Achievement award given by the Art League, Houston. A small installation of his photographs from the Third and Fourth Wards of Houston will be featured. Earlie has been documenting the African American community since the 1970’s when he was studying art at Texas Southern University. His mentors were the muralist John Biggers and Professor Thomas Freeman. Besides Houston,…
Across the UK, town centres are undergoing a major transformation. Over the past decade, empty storefronts have become an increasingly familiar sight as businesses disappear from our high streets, leaving an atmosphere of uncertainty in their wake. In 2021 alone, more than 17,000 stores shut down nationwide – the combined result of the growth of out-of-town retail, the rise of megastores and more recently a shift towards online shopping, all…
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. Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen - Born in Finland, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen studied in London and then moved to North East England in the 1960s. She has been based in Newcastle ever since, deeply rooted in the local community. Focusing on two of her photographic series, this book captures…
After two years of online activities, adapted in response to Covid-19, the Angkor Photo Festival is able to reopen their home. This edition seeks to be a refueling point for the community, providing an intimate, non-competitive space for the sharing of lens-based work and professional development. 18th Edition of the Angkor Photo Festival 6 – 15 January, 2023 Siem Reap, Cambodia www.angkor-photo.com
“While evolving my use of aerial perspective, in these recent photographs I am surveying two very distinct aspects of the landscape; that of the earth as something intact, undisturbed yet implicitly vulnerable… and that of the earth as opened up by the systematic extraction of resources… The vastness and beauty of the wilderness in these countries was something of a revelation and also provided a contrapuntal balance to a lengthy…
Until January 21, Galerie XII presents an exhibition by Christopher Thomas entitled Exquise Nostalgie. He presents it like this: “This series is about emotions, sad times, happy days and all the in-between. It's about joy and fear, melancholy and warmth, it's about gain and loss, it's about the beginning and the end of life. He talks about the passage of time and all that changes - around us and within…
High and Dry, an exhibition of new photographs by Victoria Sambunaris, documents the inexorable evidence of human activity on the desert landscape from the literal to the geological. Seven new large-scale photographs traversing the intersection of the natural open terrain and the interventions shaped by climate change, resource depletion, and environmental degradation are presented. Inspired by the intrepid 19th-century photographers whose work helped to define understanding of the region, Sambunaris embarks upon…
Published to coincide with Jack Pierson’s recent tenth solo show with Regen Projects, the full-color book surveys thirty-five years of his artistic practice, including photographs, collages and his famous word sculptures. This monograph details works made in the 1980s to present day, definitively outlining his practice overall and the themes he often investigates: experiments with fantasy and self-imaging while toying with spectatorship in a way his contemporaries have never accomplished.…