There is a lot to be said about Greece these days. It has, in the last year or so, taken the biggest blow from the financial collapse generated in the US and its politics are fragile. But Greece is much more than a country battling for its economical survival and its place in the common ...

11.05.2012[ read full story ]

It is no wonder that the greeks, as they were creating the foundations of civilization, put sports competition in such a high prominent place. It has every element of the human life : success, drama, effort, failure, victory, group interaction, solitude, social interaction, involvemen...

20.04.2012[ read full story ]

Created by PixWays, a dedicated website for photographic press agencies, PixDay is a professional exchange inviting image producers and professional buyers. This year, it will take place on Thursday, April 5, from 9:30 am to 9pm at the Forum de Grenelle in Paris.

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

In February 2006, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik traveled to East Africa on behalf of Newsweek magazine to work on a story about HIV/AIDS. While there, he met Margaret, a Rwandan survivor who was brutally raped during the genocide, became pregnant, and contracted HIV. This hor...

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

On March 27, Frédéric Mitterrand, French Culture and Communication Minister, launched the AraGo web portal, that had been previously announced during a press conference in Arles on July 4, 2010. 
The name AraGo, the Minister reminded the audience, was selected in homage and, tha...

13.04.2012[ read full story ]

4 Great stories come from Zuma Press this week. From Tanzania to Haiti via the USA and Syria, the photographers of Zuma bring us an amazing array of great photojournalism.

22.03.2012[ read full story ]

Tahmineh Monzavi, a young 23-year-old photographer living in Iran, was arrested in Teheran: the charges against her were unclear. , Her photographic work was critical of contemporary Iranian society (drugs, women in general and homeless women), it seems that is evidence enough for th...

06.03.2012[ read full story ]

The hand of man” is the theme of the “Vendôme Photographic Promenades” scheduled this summer (starting June 22) in this typically French provincial city.

07.03.2012[ read full story ]

France in the 1970’s, Georges Pompidou was President. With the aftermath of the “May 1968” events still prevalent, extremist movements remained active. When a young man died, 200,000 people marched behind his coffin.

05.03.2012[ read full story ]

What do you do when all the images offered on the market start looking more and more like each other ? In a space dominated by a few major international stock photo agencies who produce images at factory pace under the barking orders of creative directors armed with numbered filled e...

01.03.2012[ read full story ]