Corridor Eléphant editions publish Dialogue, the first book by Julien Drogoul. He presents it like this: “Dialogue”, a book resulting from an eponymous project covering ten years of street photography, is intended to be a collection of fictional and ephemeral stories. When they are not purely contemplative, their tones sometimes humanist or poetic; often humorous, will certainly give an idea of the great photographers who have shaped my outlook over…
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Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Ulisse by Marc Ohrem-Leclef. He presents it like this. In Ulisse, I work with found letters and photographs, vernacular images, as well as original photographs from my archive and recent images made in ongoing collaborations in Sicily and New York. In dialogue, these visuals –dating from the 1940s to today– explore themes of belonging and memory through three, seemingly unconnected, histories of migration. Marc Ohrem-Leclef…
You are a European photographer over 60 years old, you wish to highlight a unique artistic and photographic journey developed over several decades, you have until April 29, 2024 to submit your application for the Prix Viviane Esders. Composition of the 2024 Jury The jury, made up of personalities linked to the world of art and culture, accompanies Viviane Esders to designate the five nominated photographers and among them the…
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Whatever you do, don’t tell Katrien de Blauwer that she makes collages: “Let's say I’m a photographer without a camera. For me, cutting is comparable to clicking on the shutter release”. She snips, glues, assembles, infringes, colors and handles photographs from the old magazines she collects. Close to photomontage or film editing, her works conceal an intense narrative charge. They are linked to memory and personal history, but, paradoxically, as…
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 : Moves 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
We learned of the passing of Sabine Weiss at the age of 97 through her Parisian gallery, Les Douches La Galerie. Today’s edition of The Eye of Photography is dedicated to this great humanist photographer. Françoise Denoyelle sent us the following text. Sabine Weiss so present – by Françoise Denoyelle In the early 1980s, when fall came, Photo Month also came in full swing. Jean-Luc Monterosso concocted real marathons…
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To coincide with Milan fashion week, Giorgio Armani inaugurated Magnum Photos - Colors, Places, Faces at Armani/Silos, a composite and multifaceted narrative that reflects a unique mix of art, journalism and storytelling through a kaleidoscope of different visions. Curated by Giorgio Armani in collaboration with Magnum Photos, the exhibition offers an eclectic perspective as perceived by ten international photographers and their respective understanding of photography. Some of these artists are…
“Photography for me is improvisational, it is creating something new in the moment, creativity that is disciplined, emerging in real time. A great photograph breathes, it is alive, has body, emotion, and it is timeless.”– Herb Robinson Music, Jazz in particular, has been an important influence on legendary photographer Herb Robinson’s working style. I wanted to get to know Robinson better as an artist before embarking on this journey through…
‘How do you paint a picture of timelessness?’ reads Barbara Cole’s artist statement. ‘How do you capture the feeling of being weightless in an image?’ Barbara Cole, born in 1953 in Canada has always adopted the belief that opportunities of photography are endless. Her raw, hands on approach to the medium plays with the notions of time, place and identity. Her artistic portfolio, whether still lives, underwater subjects or the…
Bonhams offers an exceptional collection of contemporary photography by African artists in their upcoming sale in New York on July 27th, 2022. Among the highlights : An iconic work by Malian artist Seydou Keïta, titled Bamako, is exemplary of his style and has been exhibited at the Guggenheim in New York and Grand Palais in Paris. It presents two women dressed in matching m'boubous patterned with ostriches and arranged with…
Art director and Saudi photographer born in Germany, Rayan Nawawi is now based in Jeddah. After graduating from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco, Ryan Nawawi quickly opened his creative studio. It is around the theme "Summer of white" that the photographer collaborates with Nike x Vice. His support: the famous Air Max 97. In his series "Satellite Culture" that he imagines with the artistic director Ali Cha'aban, Ryan…
Anastasia Samoylova's Breakfast With series, in which photo books are splayed open and the iconic images therein mingle with the first meal of the day, read as affectionate homages to the greats of twentieth century photography. These playful pictures also inspire reflection on what it means to be nourished; we drink in artistic inspiration with our eyes and the effects are not unlike a strong cup of morning coffee. Samoylova's…
New Queer Photography is dedicated to all queer people who suffer for their way of life, fight for it, or simply celebrate it. Julia Gunther takes us on a lesbian beauty pageant in a South African township in her series "Rainbow Girls", Bradley Secker portrays LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers from the Middle East in "SEXugees", Shahria Sharmin documents the lives of "Hijras", who have been tolerated as transgender and intersex people…
Photographer Bettina Gorn has been dancing for many years. In her photography takes, she captures and develops moments while emphasizing their constant transformations. Like her models Gorn is in the movement of her own ritual. Despite appearances there is nothing chaotic about it. Everything always remains determined. So much so that the eye is caught by the selected move. And suddenly the viewer inevitably gets involved with the images in…
The Château de Tours presents the exhibition Noces de Pigment / Pigment Bride by Sandra Daveau. She describes her work in these words: Embryonic views, wombs, cocoons, female nests, human drop, ash lift. My brush-women evolve in circular shapes creating living paintings whose only trace is photography. Sprinkled, sown from above with various layers of flour, ashes, coal, clay and pigments, they then take on a pictorial color. Their femininity is…
Marshall Gallery presents an exhibition of works by German artist and designer Robert G. Achtel. This is Achtel’s second presentation with the gallery and the first full display of his suite of nine works from The City of Namara, including the debut of three new pieces from the multi-year project. The City of Namara by Robert G. Achtel presents an American city that exists somewhere between reality and fiction through nine…
Improvised refreshments, infirmary, rest day, airline or karting driver, accordion players... find the other side of the Tour de France . Discover the selection of the Roger-Viollet Agency. Agence Roger-Viollet 6, rue de Seine 75006 Paris www.roger-viollet.fr
I watch as evidence mounts that the concept of value for a photograph is changing. First, it was the billion a day picture explosion of phone cameras, and the internet, then NFTs, and now this story in L’Oeil of June 10th: Jean-Marie Perier’s Yesterday and Today. In it, he writes “I offer an exhibition of 41 photos of my “60s” pictures free of rights to be placed on the walls…
Hamiltons Gallery presents Richard Learoyd & Irving Penn: Flowers. This unprecedented exhibition brings together exquisite examples of still life, photographs of flowers by two masters of the subject. Hamiltons Gallery’s association with Irving Penn and later his Foundation spanned three decades; and for the first time, the gallery unites the work of Penn who was one of the most renowned photographers of his time – alongside that of contemporary, British…
On the occasion of the Rencontres d'Arles, the Fisheye gallery presents Delphine Diallo's new series, Golden Age, produced in collaboration with WhiteWall. Mixing photographs and collages, the exhibition is an invitation into the universe of this protean artist. The Golden Age series originated with a proposal: the wish of a great lover of African art to create a work from his own collection. Among the 3,000 artifacts that make up…
Initiated at the end of the 1970s, at a time when artistic photography was almost exclusively a matter of black and white, the “Photocolore” series is particularly revealing of the practice of John Batho, an artist born in 1939. Very early, from 1963 , the choice of color seems obvious to him. In the photographs he takes of his close environment, he isolates everyday objects on a colored background to…