Gene Lemuel's ESO Gallery in Los Angeles presents until May 11 the work of Rusty Long, a surfer, journalist, writer and photographer. He writes: From the first step into the water to the initial glide onto a wave, a Smooth Entrance determines so many of the sequential moments. It sets the correct pace. Surfing, like so many other things, is about flowing with the elements present. In the case of…
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Release by Artiere editions of To Be by Lois Conner. She presents it like this: When I was 17, my older sister Susan let me photograph her. I was amazed at how her newly prominent veins and capillaries defined her pregnant body as they raced down her arms and across her abdomen and breasts. I felt I could almost see the growing child through her pale skin. Around the turn…
This is a quite rare occurence. On May 14, Christie’s will present their 21st Century Evening Sale with artworks by artists such as Brice Marden, Georgia O’Keeffe, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Claude Monet. And among these exceptional artists, we will also find Diane Arbus with a magnificent print of the photographer's iconic Identical Twins. This is a rare foray of “classic” Photography in a sale always awaited in the…
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The site Your Daily Photograph proposes this vintage photograph of Saint-Tropez by Robert Doisneau. Title: Saint Tropez Artist: Robert Doisneau Date of image: 1965, printed 1965 Size: 7x9 inches (18x23 cm) Format: silver gelatin Features: notated and artist hand stamp on back Price: $1500 https://www.yourdailyphotograph.com/
One morning last week, there was this email from Tina Trumpp! “What about doing an article with nudes and also landscape photos, in the same way as my general style is (looking like paintings)?” Here is the result! Accompanied by this text from the photographer. “After photographing nudes continuously for 6 years and then successfully publishing my book ‚Shades Of Sensuality‘ with the publisher teNeues in 2021, I wanted to…
Alcatraz Since 2020 I’ve visited Alcatraz - the former prison island in San Francisco Bay – to reflect on pandemic-era themes of isolation, confinement, and social control. Alcatraz is Spanish for a type of bird. We say “free as a bird,” but some birds live in cages. Sometimes they are jailbirds. Alcatraz Island, whose name evokes freedom, has become synonymous not with the bird but with the cage. Although the old penitentiary’s…
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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.…
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. Sheba Chhachhi is a photographer, women's rights activist and an…
The BnF presents, in collaboration with the International College of Photography, Gens d'Images, photographie.com and Picto Foundation, a selection of prints from the winners of its partner awards, the Niépce Prize, the Nadar Prize, the Talent Exchange and the print award, in an exhibition intended as an annual meeting of photography enthusiasts. La Photographie à tout prix Until March 12, 2023 BnF I François-Mitterrand Allée Julien Cain Paris 13 ème…
Peter Fetterman's greeting card: this photo and these few words by Robert Doisneau. "People like my photos because they see in them what they would see if they stopped rushing about and took the time to enjoy the city.” – Robert Doisneau Peter Fetterman Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave, Gallery A1 Santa Monica, CA 90404-4031 www.peterfetterman.com
HackelBury Fine Art exhibits Art + Books, exploring the art book in all its’ many guises. The exhibition celebrates the art/artists’ book as a form of collaboration - between art and text and between artists, writers, galleries and publishers. For many years, HackelBury has worked with artists to produce art books. Their publishing arm, Imprint, has seen five books produced in collaboration with numerous artists which often document important work…
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…