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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Galerie XII Paris presents the work of Danish artist Susanne Wellm who combines photography with weaving. Gabriel Bauret writes this text. The history of photography, since its invention, is that of a conquest to gain more details, to master the restitution of lights and colors, to the point of giving an ever more realistic representation of the world. And as in a pendulum swing, artists have conversely worked to find…
This is one of the most poignant portfolios we have received. It is signed Antoine Lecharny. Thanks to Renate Gallois Monbrun at the origin of this submission! Sous terre, Buchach, Ukraine, January 2022 Under the earth, under the trees, under the pavement of the sidewalks, ruins of synagogues and graves full of bones. What we see on the surface replaces what we can no longer see. A city returned to…
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…
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…
Joseph Beuys is regarded worldwide as one of the 20th century’s most important and influential artists. But where exactly did he find his artistic roots? What were the sources of his strength? In January 1978, photographer Gerd Ludwig impressively captured Joseph Beuys as he revisited his past in the town of Kleve and its Lower Rhine surroundings, the very places where it all began for him. In 2021, Frank Mehring…
Les Douches la Galerie presents Made in USA : Vivian Maier (1926-2009) | Sabine Weiss (1924-2021). One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in 1924. The other one, Vivian Maier, was born in 1926. Both chose the street as their field of action and had a deep empathy for the passers-by they photographed. One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in Switzerland but became a naturalized French citizen. The other, Vivian Maier,…
This second exhibition was selected in the KG+ category. “Who are We?” it includes three main categories of portraits which require active participation from visitors. One for Two for One by Thierry Maindrault The ensemble presented continues the photographic work on the psychological and biological decals in ancient couples. The photographs represent a reconstruction of chimeras in the lineages of imaginary representations from the dawn of time. These are of…
With her series "Latenza" shown at the Bigaignon Gallery, Vittoria Gerardi traces back to the source of images in an abstract and mysterious symphony, fundamentally full of life. [video_embed_hd url="https://vimeo.com/921104226"] In 2017, Vittoria Gerardi exhibited for the first time at the Bigaignon Gallery. The Italian artist, born in 1996, showed landscapes bordering on abstraction, created during a three-week journey in the Desert Valley (United States). The artist presented…
Éditions Contrejour is publishing Gladys' monograph. Gladys began her career as a photographer at the end of the 1970s and signed her photographs with her first name only. Her first black and white images explore a world where childhood memories, imaginary landscapes and poetic stories coexist. In 1987, Gladys benefited from the Villa Médicis scholarship outside the walls and went to Japan for a residency. The Mamonakou series continues work…
Jef Van den Bossche presents his book On a soif. As a child, my father used to take me to small pubs all across Belgium. In 2001 he wrote a book about the last so-called volkscafés, or people’s pubs in the province of Antwerp. Nearly two decades later I returned the favor and dragged my father on a quest for Belgium’s last remaining volkscafés. Although no strict definition applies to…
L'Officiel Belgique announces that photographers from Studio Harcourt are arriving at TheMerode and offering a private shooting worthy of the biggest stars to Brussels photophiles. Notice to amateurs! From April 19 to 21, 2024, the Brussels private club TheMerode welcomes the talents of the prestigious Studio Harcourt. The opportunity for enthusiasts, members of the circle or not, to have their portrait taken by those who immortalized the greatest, enhanced by…
The Michael Hoppen Gallery in London presents Okashi, an exhibition bringing together a kaleidoscope of works and objects on the visual identity of an eclectic Japan still little known to the public. The concept of okashi is part of the history of Japanese aesthetics and corresponds to the beauty, even the happiness that comes from encountering strange and unexpected things. The exhibition brings together photographs, textiles, theater posters, erotic prints…
Julia Gragnon presents an exhibition in her Galerie de l’Instant entitled Corps et Âme. She wrote this text: I was as close as possible to Dance, even before I was born! Indeed, my mother Tessa Beaumont, star dancer, danced until more than 5 months of pregnancy... her male partners could no longer carry us! So I spent my childhood surrounded by tutus and slippers, in the smell of rosin, the…
Reza exhibits as part of L’Iran en révolutions 1979-2024 at the Cosmopolis in Nantes. Reza's photos bear witness to the wave of hope aroused by the Islamic revolution, a hope quickly dashed by the repression which fell on the Iranian population, in particular on women, forced to wear the black chador like others wear grief. The exhibition also covers the outbreak of the war against Iraq, the hostage taking at…