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Shomei Tomatsu:
Photographs 1951-2000

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The Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu died last December 14th at the age of 82. 
Until very recently, the Berlin publisher Roland Angst worked with the photographer to produce his latest book, Shomei Tomatsu. Photographs 1951-2000, which was presented for the...

21.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Léon Herschtritt
Photographs

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Every year sees another haul of useless books that served only to destroy trees. At the same time, there are books whose release we would love to celebrate, but which will never see the light of day. That’s the case for the photographs of Léon Herschtritt. You have to be lucky to catch...

17.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Mono: Volume One

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MONO Volume One is the first hardback of a trilogy, showcasing an inspiring collection of contemporary black & white photography.
Its 270 pages feature a broad scope of internationally renowned artists such as Antoine D'Agata, Trent Parke, Anders Petersen and Roger Ballen, alongside a vibrant select...

17.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Bruce Weber:
All-American, Volume 12

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For the past thirty years, the American photographer Bruce Weber has sought to define American glamor. An acute observer, he also has a passion for works directly or indirectly related to photography, all of which have informed his own practice. These “lessons in creativity” hav...

17.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Martin Schoeller:
Portraits of twins

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Long a source of fascination, twins have often been the subject of myths and legends, starting with the ancient figures of Remus and Romulus. Twins can share the exact same DNA, tastes, habits, and have eerily similar life experiences. But in his latest work, the American photog...

16.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Miss Rosen
Book Review #49

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The feminine ideal: she is an industry unto herself, a vision of beauty held above all, as a thing to aspire towards, or to have and to hold. She exists because we need her to be, a vision of power or submission, whatever the frame may be. She is both muse and mistress, demanding our atten...

22.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Chirodeep Chaudhuri
A Village in Bengal

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For twelve years, Chirodeep Chaudhuri has returned each fall to his native village in Bengal to attend the ceremonies celebrating the worship of the Hindi goddess Durga. A Village in Bengal shows daily life in a rural village, from community meetings and religious holidays to...

10.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Jean-Christophe Béchet
Carnets de voyage

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Jean-Christophe Béchet began his travel diaries in 1987. He went to Timbuktu, a city he had dreamed about since childhood because of its name. In 2012, when he decided to return to the bends of the Niger River, northern Mali was at war. Extremist groups were destroying most...

11.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Jonathan Hollingsworth
Left Behind

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Every year since 2001 no less than 150 decomposed or skeletal remains of people crossing into the US from Mexico have been discovered in remote areas of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Pima County Forensic Science Center in Tucson deals with most of them, analyzing and storing their re...

09.01.2013[ read full story ]

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Twenty Master Photographers

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In bookstores since November, this work published by Flammarion covers two centuries of photographic history. From the pioneers and early fashion photographers to the most famous documentary images, nearly everything you would expect to find is there. Organized chronologically, the book o...

08.01.2013[ read full story ]

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