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Frédéric Soltan
Whispers of the world

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Whether it takes the form of temporary graffiti or gigantic murals, painting on walls is a spontaneous and ancient mode of self-expression. They reflect all the cries and murmurs of our world. From Philadelphia to Johannesburg, from Santiago to Jerusalem, from Mumbai to Gdans...

24.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Miss Rosen
Book Review #37

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Brooklyn is country. It is the country of the greatest city in the world. It is the place where New York’s energy stops for a breath and exhales itself back into the Universe. It is the place where all the vibrations of Manhattan resonate at their own frequency. It is a place that is at on...

21.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Daido Moriyama
Labyrinth

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It’s rare for a photographer to share his or her contact sheets, even though they are a precious document for researchers, and a source of reassurance for other photographers. Magnum Photos was bold enough to publish a large collection of their contact sheets a while back, but this approach ...

26.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Glitterati Incorporated
by Miss Rosen

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Glitterati Incorporated is the brainchild of Marta Hallett, who has left her distinctive imprint on illustrated and art book publishing since she began her illustrious career in 1973. After serving the industry on the corporate side for nearly thirty years with positions at the...

24.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Berlin
Zoé Beausire

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The Swiss photographer Zoé Beausire is 25 years old and lives in Berlin. Kominek Books is publishing her first book, Rosette, Mauricette et Roby, and exhibiting her work at the Kominek gallery. Rosette, Mauricette et Roby was Beausire’s graduation project, produced in 2009-2010 with her grandpa...

20.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Sergei Mikhailovich
Nostalgia

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In 1909, Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863–1944) set out on a journey to capture all of Russia in color on behalf of Czar Nicholas II. One of the early pioneers of color photography, Prokudin-Gorskii systematically documented the vast empire wit...

19.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Marc Riboud by Bertrand Eveno

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Marc Riboud speaks to his friend Bertrand Eveno in this beautiful little French-language book published by Delpire. Everyone knows this incredible photographer—at least, they think they know him. This book shows us a man brimming with humor. If I were rich, I would send a copy to every y...

17.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Salah Benacer
Inclose

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Salah Benacer, an independent photojournalist, has released his first book, Inclose. The work takes the form of a photographic essay presenting three reports on the theme of confinement. These images of daily life focus on relationships with space and time imposed by the condit...

19.09.2012[ read full story ]

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David Drebin
Beautiful Disasters

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In his newest photographs from the series entitled "Beautiful Distasters", David Drebin develops saucy-seductive stories around the voyages of his desirable protagonists. Inapproachable, unattainable and likewise irresistible, the women in these photographs ...

19.09.2012[ read full story ]

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Thierry Boccon-Gibod: Michel Berger

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Twenty years after the death of the French pop icon Michel Berger, a new French-language book is being released in honor to his life and work. It brings together hundreds of classic and unreleased photographs of Berger, featuring remembrances from his wife, the singer France Gall. ...

19.09.2012[ read full story ]

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