Exhibition

PDNB Dallas:
Scene of the Crime II

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“Scene of the Crime”: it makes one think of Weegee and other journalists armed with flashbulbs, roaming the city streets at night, chasing calls from the local police radio. The PDNB gallery is offering a more historical look at the subject, providing an overview of the history of...

10.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Qi Hong: La Chine s'expose à Versailles

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The spotlight is currently on China in the French city of Versailles, where photographer Qi Hong (b. 1962 in Lhasa, Tibet) has a solo exhibition organized by the association Art Latitude, which supports cultural exchanges between France and China through exhibitions and other ...

06.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Atlanta:
Emmet Gowin

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With the simplicity of the ordinary, Emmet Gowin has redefined intimacy, to the point that even his topographical and entomological studies reveal his deep affection for the world, regardless of scale. His vision lights up his photographs. You can see its reflection in the eyes...

16.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Magnum Foundation:
La Ruta

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With the aim of providing better support for documentary photography, the Magnum Foundation is seeking to expand beyond the worlds of the press and exhibitions. Two weeks ago, the Magnum Foundation organized, in association with The Open Society Foundation, a weekend of discussions entitl...

06.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Donald Weber:
Interrogations

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Donald Weber first went to Russia to document the traces of the Chernobyl disaster. He finally spent 7 years traveling through cities in Russia and the Ukraine documenting another violent catastrophe: that of corrupt power, which has proven to be a greater danger to the...

07.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Bangkok:
Buddhadasa Bhiku

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Buddhadasa Bhiku was a revolutionary, an ascetic monk (reinterpreting the Buddhist doctrine, inspiring Thai and foreigners social and cultural activities, he founded an important community and center for study in the Surat Thani forest), but he was also a revolutionary visual artist and p...

10.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Tim Hetherington:
Portraits of the blind

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In these photographs, Tim Hetherington takes a look at the eyes of those who cannot see. From 1999 to 2003, the late photographer visited the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Sierra Leone. Most of these sightless children were victims of the civil war, which began in 19...

01.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Paris: Opening of a new gallery

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La(b) Galerie ArtyFact is a new art space located near the Place de Clichy in Paris. This gallery/laboratory was created by three women with an interest in photography in all its forms. Their aim is to exhibit the image in new ways. Every month La(b) Galerie ArtyFact invites a dozen ar...

07.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Angelo Musco:
Cortex System

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The work of Angelo Musco is an ongoing story with each new chapter written in answer to the one that precedes it. The world of Tehom connects with Cortex System. We pass from the underwater world to the world under ground, still fertile and full of life. Cortex channels these abyssal liv...

07.05.2013[ read full story ]

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Beth Yarnelle Edwards:
Suburban Dreams

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For fifteen years San Francisco photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards has been making photographs which tell of her fascination with how we behave in our homes, of the ways we interact with our possessions and each other. Her large-scale color photographs are car...

14.05.2013[ read full story ]

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