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Miss Rosen
Book Review

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“Art is either plagiarism or revolution,” Marcel DuChamp said. It is possible that there are other categories. Art can be commerce, status, or fame. It can be self-expression or propaganda—it’s often hard to know what it is, that’s why critics get paid. We like to have someone mediate thought...

23.02.2012[ read full story ]

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New York: Bookmarc
The place

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Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy have a passion for books, so much so that in the age of digital reproduction they opened two bookstores, aptly titled Bookmarc in New York and Los Angeles, in 2010. The shops are boutiques in the best sense of the word, highly curated affairs featuring a def...

17.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Francesca Woodman
The roman years

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In 1977 Francesca Woodman arrived in Rome to attend the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) overseas study program at Palazzo Cenci, following a tradition that dated back to the Grand Tour. RISD, located in Providence, is one of the greatest art school in the US. Aaron Siskind was...

14.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Miss Rosen
Book Review

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The great Age of Exploration lead man around the globe, to explore the most remote parts of the earth seeking knowledge of Nature and of Self. Man is only limited by his imagination, and that’s what makes his work spellbinding: the possibility of going places we’ve never dreamed, of seeing th...

10.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Norman Parkinson
A unique eye for beauty

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Photography is a collaborative process – like a dance – and Norman was like Fred Astaire. Iman (from ‘Norman Parkinson – Portraits in Fashion’ by Robert Muir, with a foreword by Iman)

09.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Dune Varela
Paradis perdus

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Impalas, lycaons et autres paysages is the name of Dune Varela’s new book, published by Lutanie. Manon Lutanie, the director of the collection, sat down to speak with the author:
Manon Lutanie : How did you get the idea for this series of photographs ?Du...

31.01.2012[ read full story ]

Book

Miss Rosen
Book Review

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Self publishing. It’s a slippery slope. Technology has made it possible for us to do whatever we want at a price we can afford. But where is the line between book, journal, catalogue, and diary—or does there even need to be one? It’s hard to know, it’s hard to say. A publisher’s imprint conno...

03.02.2012[ read full story ]

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Isabelle Rozenbaum
Les corps culinaires

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Last November 2011, Isabelle Rozembaum among dozens of competitors was awarded the kitchen picture prize for her pictures on street food. Technical perfection along with esthetic originality for her lighting and installation, her work, is now considered ...

26.01.2012[ read full story ]

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Lord Snowdon
by Koto Bolofo

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Lord Snowdon is Koto Bolofo’s photographic portrayal of legendary British photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, known to the world as Lord Snowdon, The infamous Snowdon has photographed many icons of the twentieth century including David Bowie, Miuccia Prada, Karl Lagerfeld and G...

23.01.2012[ read full story ]

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Gilles Caron
Life in a scrapbook

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This year, the Gilles Caron Foundation is publishing two exceptional books for photography enthusiasts, upholding the Foundation’s mission established by the photographer’s family: to keep his work alive, and maintain his notoriety.

24.01.2012[ read full story ]

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