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Nan Goldin, ”Iconoclastes”

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“Chez Higgins”, the talented publisher of portfolios, sold at Artcurial Gallery on the Champs-Elysées, organized an evening celebrating the forthcoming opening of the “Iconoclastes” Gallery at Rue Danièle Casanova in Paris.
The guest of honor Nan Goldin, was in fa...

18.03.2011[ read full story ]

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Pictet Prize 2011
Prizegiving Evening

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For the 3rd edition of the Pictet Prize, Kofi Annan, former Nobel Peace Prize awarded the amount of 100,000 Swiss francs to Mark Epstain, for his series titled: “American Power.”

18.03.2011[ read full story ]

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Virtuosos at Pleyel Hall
Opening

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It’s a galant homage that Gidon Kremer, one of the greatest contemporary violin soloists, is offering this evening to his wife Alexandra for the opening of his exhibition “Live Music.” The Pleyel Hall, the Parisian temple of “grand” music, presents photographic prints that had o...

11.03.2011[ read full story ]

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Agathe Gaillard
Opening

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An opening at Agatha Gaillard’s place is always the occasion to find unique personalities from the worlds of the Arts and culture, honoring the “premieres” in the Parisian art galleries. The icons by Jean-Philippe Charbonnier displayed on the walls of his gallery remind us that photograph...

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Léon Herschritt
at Seine 51

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In 2006, Leon Herschritt celebrated 50 years in photography. To him we owe such iconic portraits of Jean-Paul Sartre, the General De Gaulle, Salvador Dali, Catherine Deneuve, as well as many other images of photojournalism crafted by this humanist author. Gallery 51, run by Sylvie P...

11.02.2011[ read full story ]

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Lev Ilirov at
Serge Aboukrat Gallery

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Born in Russia in 1979, Lev Ilirov followed his mother who had chosen to emigrate to Israel as many other Russians did during the 1990’s.
Scenes from everyday life taken from a personal diary create the history of an amiably weaved existence. Mikaela Zyss obtained carte b...

11.02.2011[ read full story ]

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HSBC
Soirée de remise des prix

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The Gotha reunions on the world of photography, on the occasion of the 16th edition of the HSBC Photography Prize – one of the first “out of the ordinary” sponsors that has believed in and backed photography in its evolution and coronation. The prize is a “must” that celebrates a...

11.02.2011[ read full story ]

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M.E.P.
Opening

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Wow! What emotion on the top floor of the MEP : pictures by Henri Huet, Larry Burrows, and Nick Ut. I ran into Hervé Merliac with whom i shared some unforgettable moments during the war in Lebanon. We talked about another legend of that time, Catherine Leroy, who died in 2007. He spoke to Horst F...

09.02.2011[ read full story ]

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Opening: Tendance
Floue turns 20

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When I was 20, photographers dreamt of working for Gamma, following in the footsteps of Gilles Caron, Raymond Depardon or Michel Laurent. Almost 40 years later, i would say that young photographer’s now dream of working for « Tendance Floue » with their original and diverse appr...

07.02.2011[ read full story ]

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Galerie VU': Opening' Vanessa Winship

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She seems thin and fragile, but her potraits forceful and demonstrate a perfect mastery of her photographic tools. The three series presented at the VU gallery : Georgia, Sweet nothing, and Latvia show anonymous portraits of people living in Georgia, Estonia, and Turkey. To r...

07.02.2011[ read full story ]

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