"Vacation homes intrigue me. Family homes with closed shutters, closed up for protection during the dead season. If by some coincidence a door is not sealed shut, a chapter opens, intimate and timeless in this imaginary place, the photographic exploration can begin."

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Maia’s working process is an examination of the coincidences between our world and our imagination. Her approach is to create a universe, in its every ethereal detail, in which she plays, and puts into play the scenes that are her photographs.

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"These photographs began as a series for WAD magazine. By trying to respond to the question, “How to combine the idea of levels with fashion?” I came up with a diptych: show a building with its front wall removed, revealing the signs of life inside. I put the resulting color...

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"The images are from a series photographed for InterfaceFlor's 2010 advertising campaign. InterfaceFlor is a global company specializing in designer modular carpeting, advanced floor systems, and fabrics. The 2010 design carpet collection was called "The Memphis Collection," inspir...

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"Maryland, USA, 2011. Empty and rotting buildings dot the landscape of North Avenue, the major street that runs East to West through Baltimore. They are remnants of the subprime mortgage crisis, some now taken over by drug dealers. Many homes are unable to find buyers, even for...

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With a degree from the Gobelins Visual Arts School, Christophe Dugied works regularly for lifestyle magazines. He began working on a personal project about 15 years ago, focusing on night walks in unusual locations: ports, industrial sites, no man’s lands… revealing them ...

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Laurent Chehere, a Parisian traveler born in 1972, formerly worked in advertising, winning awards for his work on campaigns for Sécurité Routière, Audi, Nike and l’Équipe. Always fascinated by photography, his many trips feed his imagination and share with us his vision of th...

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The AGENTS ASSOCIES is a Paris Based professional association of agents representing over 800 French and international photographers, illustrators, and multimedia artists. The association inaugurated on May 31 at Docks en Seine its "Biennale des Créateurs d’Images – Edition 201...

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Lives of Others is Firecracker's first physical exhibition, coming on the heels of 18 months of online showcases. The brainchild of Fiona Rogers, Firecracker is an avenue to present the work of European women photographers at a time when, says Rogers, who also acts...

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Human Rights Watch’s role is to defend and protect human rights around the world, giving a voice to the oppressed while holding oppressors accountable for their crimes. When Libya fell, last year, Peter Bouckaert, the organisation’s emergencies director, was on the ground w...

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