Chaka Khan most famously sang, “I am every woman” and no artist embodies this quite as brilliantly as Cindy Sherman. She has been remaking herself in the image of others throughout her career, giving a spellbinding performance of gender roles assigned to (mostly) ...

14.12.2012[ read full story ]

Because some photographers believe that photography is made to be seen in books, and because most photography prints are priced too high for mere mortals, an increasing number of photography fans are turning to books. These limited-edition books, beautifully laid out on high-qual...

07.12.2012[ read full story ]

Photography lovers have fond memories of Yvette Troispoux, a small and bubbly woman with a sparkle in her eye and a Leica around her neck, snapping pictures of her photographer friends at gallery openings. She drew immediate sympathy with the way she dresse...

07.12.2012[ read full story ]

Traditionally, blues music is photographed in black-and-white. But the photographs of Magdalena Solé aren’t directly interested in the artists and fans of the musical genre. They let themselves be carried away by the rhythms and melodies. And they’re in color, no les...

06.12.2012[ read full story ]

Since its inception in the late 60s, graffiti has been the most public of public arts, the ultimate statement of self, a mark of existence that enlivens the streets. Since it began with tags, it has since expanded in all manners including beyond its original letterform. As it shifted into...

12.12.2012[ read full story ]

In the late nineties Bryan Adams became curious about making self-portraits for his album covers, and so chose to pick up the camera himself. That serendipitous decision was the beginning of a successful photographic career, parallel to Adams’ impressive achievements as a singe...

07.01.2013[ read full story ]

A short stroll up Bedford Avenue reveals a veritable walking art gallery with flesh as medium. Hipsters sit on the stoops of brownstones or on the benches outside cafes and restaurants showing off their ink. Others whizz by on their fixed gear bicycles flashing heavily detailed designs on...

06.12.2012[ read full story ]

Developed in collaboration with Le Bal (Paris) and Ivorypress (Madrid), which presented the exhibition earlier in 2012, The Latin American Photobook takes viewers through the history of publishing in Latin America. Through a selection of works covering nearly a century of publi...

05.12.2012[ read full story ]

Pieter Hugo’s There’s a place in hell for me & my friends is a series of close-up portraits of the artist and his friends, all of whom call South Africa home. Through a digital process of converting colour images to black and white while m...

05.12.2012[ read full story ]

The rocky coast of Maine is where Briechle found himself driven to make pictures, using the wet-plate collodion process, of the individuals who constitute his stand-in family. “I've been in Maine close to eight years now and there are some people I've photographed for the entire time. A f...

05.12.2012[ read full story ]