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The Beatles by Harry Benson

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Taschen Books is publishing : The Beatles on the road 1965-1966 or the irresistible rise of this rock group from Liverpool. A story in pictures, taken by Harry Benson, an almost accidental guest on this delirious adventure of four boys conquering the world.

16.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Reuters, the best pictures of the year

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Millions of people see the world through the eyes of Reuters photographers every day, a collective vision of events shaped by the split second instant the photographer chose to record. Our World Now 5 draws on this extraordinary resource, encompassing the diversity of stories, t...

23.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Scheltens et Abbenes
Still Lifes

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‘Scheltens & Abbenes: Unfolded’ is the first retrospective exhibition of the photographer couple Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes to be held in a museum. Their oeuvre consists of still lifes featuring virtually every kind of tangible material, from folded shirts and fragile flow...

23.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Ron Jude
Lick Creek Line

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The scene seems to last forever – a caravaggesque rendering of some minor myth, in which the horror and splendor supersede the particulars of the obscure narrative.

30.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Thomas Demand: Sacralization of everyday

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"Existing in a state of continual motion, from the hotel room to the road, the life of the travelling salesman, the commercial traveller, is experienced as a perpetual passenger, punctuated by both the shifting of place and the marking of time.”

17.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Tina Merandon
Political portraits

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These thirty-six portraits of key players in the French political arena were taken as part of a long-term photography project with Le Monde newspaper. With intuition and sensitivity, Tina Merandon zeroes in on the human truth behind these political figures and their deepe...

20.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Southeast Asian undergound music

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Mon nom est John Resborn, je suis un photographe suédois de 31 ans. Avec ma sœur Lena, une journaliste, nous avons travaillé pendant quatre ans pour mettre au point un livre photographique documentaire de 208 pages à propos des personnes qui font vivre les scènes mét...

17.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Cass Bird
In search of identity

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“I don’t think there is anyone working right now in photography who has the same youthful seductive energy, the same mix of spontaneity and aesthetic rigor” New York Times T Magazine, Sally Singer

16.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Eric Johnson: A tribute to my grandmother

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This is an American family. It is a story we do not hear. A story of five generations brought together in honor of the life of its matriarch. Idell Marshall, born on April 14, 1915, died on July 16, 2011. She was 96. For all intents and purposes, she died of ...

16.04.2012[ read full story ]

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Carlo Mollino
A master of eroticism

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Carlo Mollino is known as an architect and furniture designer, he was also a writer, photographer, race-car driver and downhill skier.
He appears to be an universal and multitalented artist, living several different lives in order to be able to meet all the requirements of his...

16.04.2012[ read full story ]

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