Jean-Claude Marguerite sends us this portfolio accompanied by this text: At the beginning of the 2000s, I lived a stone's throw from the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. On my first walk, I was struck by the self-importance displayed by the male busts, almost all made on the same model. I then began to photograph the female statuary, in black and white and in 6x6. I moved shortly after, and another…
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Seen on the Corridor Éléphant website this portfolio by Bruno Dumas. He writes : How to explain, or even develop meaning in a speech where just the second is the most important. The instant, so furtive an instinct, challenges our eyes to what must be, perhaps a good image, a beautiful illustration. But this second, just this second when I think I have brushed against the Holy of the Holy…
Éric Alcyon presents the new version of his photographic series Utopia II. This series focuses on the economic crisis of Greek sovereign debt. Born in 1968, Eric Alcyon discovered photography while studying in Quebec, continued at the University of Paris 8-Vincennes, accompanied by commissions and exhibitions, notably at the Mai de la photographie de Reims with a series entitled Hypermarché which shows his interest in the "Thatcher years photographers" such…
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After 10 years of activity as a photographer and 20 spent in the world of images, Céline Andrea has just released her first book. The editor Paul Luro presents it like this! Here is Céline Andrea's very first monographic book, edited and published by Normal Magazine (Editions Incarnatio). It brings together on 184 pages, the most artistic work of the artist, her most personal shots far from the fashion campaigns.…
Thorsten Wulff is an absolute matchmaker. Not sure which year we met exactly, but it’s been a few years down the road already. When it comes to photography, what never fails to impress me are the wide variety of cameras, techniques, and places that Wulff masters in his work. Analogue, digital, darkroom, on location, on site – he does it all. Pair that with his gentle nature, large network, and…
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From October 3rd to 9th, Bayeux is hosting the 29th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents. A tribute to the work and commitment of great reporters. It is also an opportunity to meet and discuss with the public. Thomas Dworzak, president of the jury for the 29th edition Caucasus specialist Thomas Dworzak is an internationally renowned war photographer. He has documented a large part of world…
Thomas Lemut : Generosity, poetry & contemplation Thomas Lemut is a special artist. He was born into a family of soldiers and foresters. This double lineage and very early immersed in an artistic universe considerably influenced him. According to him, movement is the best way to approach the cycles of life. If today he creates exceptional furniture, sculpts and photographs, his work, whatever it is, is of an extreme purity…
Gérard Rancinan is probably the greatest contemporary “academic” photographer, but very few people realize that. He is the Jean-Léon Gérôme, the Fernand Cormon, the Bouguereau of the fixed image. Go see his exhibition which is held at the priory of Vivoin until July 22: it is a declaration of love for this movement. 35 years ago, I had the opportunity to produce one of his best reportage: Rois sans Royaume…
For thousands of years, people of all civilizations have been intrigued by the ocean and have pictured it in a diversity of artistic forms. The ocean is the source of life on earth and symbolic of the unbounded spectrum of animate being. The infinite movement of these masses of water also symbolizes stability. Conversely, the oceans may also stand for formlessness and chaos and, in the interpretation of dreams, for…
About thirty photographs are exhibited in the rooms on the ground floor of the museum. With a personal approach to portraiture, Denis Dailleux plays with light and shadow to offer poignant shots. Between colors, flowers and smells, India tells its story and weaves an immediately recognizable iconography. Tribute to the India year of the perfumer Fragonard, the photographic work of Denis Dailleux is of the essence. Made in India, using…
MONDO GALERIA and Dorado Suites Ibiza present an exhibition with 10 original photographs of rock legends through the lens of Mats Bäcker. The exhibition curated by Diego Alonso will be seen from may 11th until the end of the summer 2022. Raw Power by Diego Alonso Imaginary boys, stardusters, rocks on a roll and an iguana. Vinyl printing of tracks. Rock, neoclassical construction based on pillars of Bach to…
French photographic heritage often rhymes with Robert Doisneau, but do you know Lucien Chauffard? Sweet dreamer, passionate about his art, Lucien Chauffard was born in 1906. Gifted for drawing, from the age of 13 he was awarded first prize for the poster of the carnival of Chalon-sur-Saône. Then there are the Beaux Arts in Paris. In turn he will be a poster designer, publicist, photographer, happily mixing humanist photography and…
The 2022 Niépce Gens d’images Award is awarded to Julien Magre. Julien Magre was born in 1973. He graduated from les Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2000. In Paris Photo in 2010, Agnès b. noticed his work during the signing of Caroline, Story number two (Watermarks, 2010). Speaking of this project, which he has been leading for fifteen years now, the photographer calls himself a "spectator of [his] own intimacy":…
Quatre Instants de Nudité / Four Moments of Nudity I have been taking photos with models, mainly female, for a very long time. Why only photos of women? Surely because women are a great source of inspiration for me. Certainly also, for this book, I wanted to idealize everything that makes their differences, their beauty, their sweetness, their emotions, their power of seduction. I also appreciate this exchange, this trust, even this complicity…
Big Bang Big Bang is a tribute photography series honoring forces of nature. Corona pandemic turmoil emphasized and strengthened the modesty and humility commanded by nature on human being. A minor interaction with nature brought on humanity an enormous pandemic turbulence. The series depicts studio installations of imaginative landscape, burdened by chaos and disorder reflecting confusion, capturing the viewer eyes. Big Bang is an enlightening exploratory journey to awareness, modesty…
Camera Work Gallery presents the exhibition “David Yarrow”. With a comprehensive selection of works, some of which have never been shown before, the exhibition provides an insight into the creative work of this photographer. David Yarrow is represented exclusively by Camera Work. It is the artist’s first major exhibition in Germany. The haunting animal portraits of the Scotsman, born in 1966, are unmistakable and an imposing documentation of the captivating…
It's the oldest photographic fair and it's this weekend! Organized by the Photoclub Paris Val-de-Bièvre with the support of the municipality of Bièvres, the 58th International Photo Fair is making a comeback after a cancellation in 2020 and a change of calendar in 2021 due to the health crisis. Once again the program will be varied and very complete. An event that should not be missed by photography enthusiasts, the…
Each year, the municipality of Bièvres invites an artist to exhibit as part of the Fair. After Claudine Doury, Denis Bourges, Olivier Culmann, Isabel Muñoz, Claude and John Batho, Jane Evelyn Atwood, photographer Patrick Tourneboeuf will be the guest of honor of the Fair. Patrick Tourneboeuf will present photos from his Nulle Part, Blow-Up, La Cicatrice and Monumental series. Born in Paris in 1966, co-founding member of the collective of…
The inaugural exhibition of the brand new 110 Galerie, "It is by believing in roses that we make them bloom" from June 3, celebrates the plant and the living. The exhibition, made up of thirty works, brings together the personal work of the visual artist Isabelle Chapuis as well as two series produced in collaboration with the plant visual artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc, seven of which are unpublished. The…
These Days is a gallery you’ve likely never been to in a place you probably never go, the seedy side of downtown Los Angeles. The neighborhood promises little, and the black building with chipped cement staircase doesn’t prepare you for the inviting space that waits upstairs. But in this unlikely setting Stephan and Jodi Zeigler have created a fine space for offbeat art and right now they are showing new…