L'Oeil de La Lettre

Christie's
The Staff

Thumb_1-philippe-1-jpg

In order to accomplish this story on the members of Christie’s and Sotheby’s photo department, Gilles Decamps had the idea to ask every one of the subjects to pose with their favorite photo in the auction they were heading. Here are the results.

08.04.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Martin Parr, Goutte d'Or
Opening

Thumb_00-jpg

My “poor French” at “La Goutte d’Or”, the excuse offered by MARTIN PARR to help forget the images of the “dealers” in “La Goutte d’Or” neighborhood, that he was not able to bring. As part of the obliged media effect, a Socialist party delegate from the district came to greet the ...

06.04.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Palm Springs II by
Jeff Dunas

Thumb__mg_7750-1-jpg

700 photographers, 932 portfolio reviews, 4 symposiums, 4 parties, 20 seminars, 18 courses, 17 exhibitions, 91 volunteers. In a few numbers, this is a summary of the Palm Springs Photo Festival that has just concluded. Jeff Dunas sends us a few images taken during the last few day...

05.04.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Patrick Tosani
Opening

Thumb_01tosani-jpg

The exhibition, designed like an experiment, generates movement in the exhibition hall through monumental pictures. The artist invites visitors to reincarte the experience shown in certain exposed images where people seem dwarfed by architectural models, in this upheaval of proportions, v...

04.04.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Olivier Culmann
Opening

Thumb_01cullman-jpg

The photographs by the “Tendance Floue collective were all in the launch of the exhibition of the images by Olivier Culmann, Autour, New York 2001-2002 and Watching, displayed in the Pavillon Carré de Baudoin.

01.04.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Art Paris
Opening

Thumb_artparis00-jpg

120 Art Galeries reunited in the Grand Palais is the bet for the second consecutive year by the creator of “Art Basel.” Painting, sculpture, photography, cohabiting joyfully for this event whose popular success and the passion of the professionals ensures it’s permanence.

31.03.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

6Mois
Opening

Thumb_006mois-jpg

For the launch of the magazine 6Mois, the brand new reference in terms of photojournalism, we counted on something that Paris would look towards in terms of “the next great publication” in bookstore magazine publishing. However, there were only a few photographers, no photojournalists, and...

31.03.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Palm Springs by
Jeff Dunas

Thumb_1-jpg

The opening of the Palm Springs Photo Festival was held last Sunday March 27th, around the swimming pool of the Korakia Pensione. 600 people were present, including Amy Arbus, Anthony Bannon, Arno Minkkinen, Chris Pichler & Dunas, David Muench, Doug Menuez, Peter Turnley, Todd Hido...

29.03.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Gérard Rancinan
Opening, Opera Gallery

Thumb_1-jpg

Rancinan is a virtuoso, a megalomaniac monster, a poet, a hypersensitive person! He cultivates the paradox; denouncing the “decadences” of the society of consumption exposing what it does best by way of sumptuous and expensive photographs in an enormous provocation, in reg...

25.03.2011[ read full story ]

L'Oeil de La Lettre

Jean-Christian Bourcart
Opening, Galerie VU'

Thumb_1-jpg

Kailash, which means crystal in Sanskrit, is a sacred mountain of the Himalayas. No attempt of ascent of the mountain is known. It’s only possible to go around it, only to discover one of it sides at a time, perfect metaphor of what we call real”. JC Bourcar...

25.03.2011[ read full story ]

Best of Last week

© Le Journal de la Photographie 2011 | Terms and Conditions