Exhibition

120 images of August Sander in Nice

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The Théâtre de la Photographie et de l’Image of Nice is exhibiting 120 pictures of August Sander, some of which are vintage prints or later prints made by his son, Gunther, who left behind nearly 10,000 negatives. The exhibition was designed by Gerd Sander, August Sander’s grand...

20.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Yousuf Karsh & Edward Steichen

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The McCord Museum of Montréal presents the exhibition Yousuf Karsh & Edward Steichen – The Art of the Celebrity Portrait, produced by the National Gallery of Canada. The public is invited to explore and enjoy a selection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh and Edward...

20.01.2011[ read full story ]

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David Goldblatt: Fondation HCB

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Delivered by the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, the “HCB prize” is designed to help promote creativity for artists unable to complete their work for lack of financial backing. The prize is attributed every two years and offers €3000. The winner’s work is exposed and a catalog publ...

19.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Five strange family albums at the BAL

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A new photographic space devoted to the "image-document" opened in mid-September, 2010 near Paris’ Place de Clichy: the "BAL", takes its namesake from the location's history as a famous dance hall during the roaring twenties. For its first exhibition series, Director Diane Du...

19.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Dave Mead
Magnificent Specimens

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Magnificent Specimens is a glimpse at photographer Dave Mead’s extensive portrait series, featuring the 2009 World Beard & Mustache Championship contestants: a collection of some of the World’s most elegant, most bizarre and most elaborate beards and mustaches. Photographed ...

19.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Izis would be 100

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The Willy Brandt House in Berlin extended the exhibition « Izis, Paris der Träume » to coincide with the photographer’s 100th birthday. For his 101st birthday, his work might be exhibited in Israel « Izraël Biderman » later to become Israëlis Bidermanas, and finally Izis, the name under which th...

19.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Juergen Teller
Night at the Museum

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Juergen Teller's exhibition Paradis, with Charlotte Rampling and Raquel Zimmermann captured nude at the Louvre next to Mona Lisa is now on display at Johann König gallery in Berlin.

17.01.2011[ read full story ]

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Snow, a seasonal exhibition

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The baudoin lebon gallery is presenting a thematical exhibition of circumstance. All of the photographers present have taken one or several pictures of snowy landscapes.

13.01.2011[ read full story ]

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”The Kennedys 50 Years Ago” by Richard Avedon

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is displaying nine photographs of President John F. Kennedy and his family taken by Richard Avedon for Harpers Bazaar. The photos will be on view until Feb. 28.

12.01.2011[ read full story ]

Exhibition

Elvis Before He Was The King

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Freelance photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor in 1956 to shoot promotional images of a recently signed 21-year-old recording artist, Elvis Presley. Wertheimer’s instincts to “tag along” with the artist after the assignment and the resulting images...

13.01.2011[ read full story ]

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