Antichambres is the result of a month stay in Poland, where I visited 16 welcome centers for asylum seekers, as well as two detention centers. I worked in collaboration with the philosopher Christiane Vollaire, who interviewed more than one hundred Chechen refug...

05.03.2013[ read full story ]

If You Knew Me You Would Care is a collection of personal stories and portraits that come together to tell a powerful tale not only of survival, but also of life regained and the strength of the human spirit. Published by powerHouse Books New York, the stories i...

04.03.2013[ read full story ]

These photographs were taken through the window of an MTA bus, making its rounds in one of New York City’s more expansive boroughs. Attracted by the prospects of confronting the complexity of the United States, which was about to be reshaped by a historic election, we ...

01.03.2013[ read full story ]

Following the exhibition Gilles Caron. Le conflit intérieur, which opened in early February and will continue until May 12, 2013, the catalog bearing the same title is now available. Like the exhibition, this important book takes its structure from a study by Michel Poivert, whic...

01.03.2013[ read full story ]

The book opens with a photograph of a crashed glider sticking vertically out of a field, with about fifty people looking agape behind the two long wings that hold the plane in this dramatic position. It continues with an incessant parade of twisted metal, upside down vehicles, life...

28.02.2013[ read full story ]

Gotham City is an extraordinary journey in New York City by italian photographer Luca Campigotto. The photographs are collected in the recent book published by Damiani. Like the fictional American city appearing in comic books, Gotham City has a visi...

01.03.2013[ read full story ]

With the help of digital simulations and massive telescopes peering into the depths of space, the future of our universe has never been more present, at least in our imagination. But for the astronomer, as we are reminded by Patricio Guzman, director of the masterly documentary...

01.03.2013[ read full story ]

My last interview with Australian photographer Carla Coulson was in 2009, the catalyst then, her book ‘Paris Tango’. This time we are talking about her third solo book, ‘Chasing A Dream’, a beautifully padded and bound edition spanning the past decade.

28.02.2013[ read full story ]

Nothing is left to chance in Arno Gisinger’s Topoï. The book is not merely illustrative or informative. It is not just an inventory or a chronological catalog. Rather, Topoï deciphers and reveals the foundations of the photographer’s work, thanks to a team wh...

28.02.2013[ read full story ]

After having achieved phenomenal success with his first book ‘Wrong’, Asger Carlsen has now pushed the question of photographic truth even further with his second book ‘Hester’, which has recently been released by Morel Books. To find out more about ‘Hester’ and Asger...

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