To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Fnac and 5 Agence Vu’ photographers invited visitors to have their pictures taken in temporary studios at the Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Bordeaux Fnac stores. 
Here is a selection of pictures taken by Bertrand Desprez at the Fn...

08.06.2012[ read full story ]

Quentin Bajac, chief curator of photography at the Pompidou Center in Paris, is appointed next chief curator of photography at MoMA. He succeeds Peter Galassi, who retired from that job in 2011 after 30-years. Quentin Bajac began his career at the Musée d’Orsay in...

05.06.2012[ read full story ]

On June 5, 2012, the official portrait of François Hollande, the recently elected president of France, will be unveiled. The photograph was taken by Raymond Depardon. 
For the past few weeks, the Paris photo world was abuzz: would Raymond Depardon take the official portrait?

05.06.2012[ read full story ]

In 2012, to celebrate Mother's Day (in France), the international retail chain Fnac has asked photographers from the renowned Agence VU' to set up shop in the temporary Fnac Studio. The instructions are simple: on June 1st and 2nd, families can come have their pictures taken at one o...

31.05.2012[ read full story ]

This image of Samuel Bollendorff will be visible on the streets of Paris on May 29th. Inimaginable is an association that provides support and financing for photography projects that concern human rights and discrimination. Too many reports today are never published du...

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

We have received this letter from Hubert Henrotte : "As many errors are currently being communicated about the creation of the Gamma Agency, even in yesterday’s issue of La Lettre (article evoking the book about Gilles Caron), I wanted to provide the facts as they were revealed i...

25.05.2012[ read full story ]

Her name is Juliette. She was born on the morning of May 9 to La Lettre contributor Sophie Hedtmann. According to our horoscope, Juliette was born under the sign of Bettina Rheims (Steven Meisel ascendant), which promises a bright future in photography.

18.05.2012[ read full story ]

After appearing in the December 6, 2011, issue of La Lettre devoted to The Silicon Valley, Doug Menuez exhibited his images this March at the Moscow Biennial, organized by Olga Sviblova. Today he is presenting them in China as part of the 9th China Photographic Art Festival. His wo...

24.05.2012[ read full story ]

On Tuesday May 15th 2012, the Aday.org (www.aday.org) initiative will invite the entire world to participate in the largest and most comprehensive photographic documentation of a single day in human history. Whether an amateur with a mobile phone camera or a professional phot...

14.05.2012[ read full story ]

The Board of Trustees of the International Center of Photography announced today that it has selected Mark Robbins, Dean of the School of Architecture and Senior Advisor on Architecture and Urban Initiatives at Syracuse University, to be the next Executive Director of the New York in...

04.05.2012[ read full story ]