Telling the truth in contemporary Iran is not easy but there still exists an abiding will to question the written assumptions, shake the foundations of the regime and knock down the walls and false pretences. Photography in Iran, however, is a complicated business: it becomes, ...

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

Stanley Greene’s celebrated body of work has often taken him to the Caucasus. As the guest of honour of the third Tbilisi Photo Festival, we are especially pleased that the American photo-journalist will be present for the first exhibition of his work on the Caucasus featuring ...

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

What do we know of the Black Sea? It seems to be shrouded in obscurity by its very name but this ancient waterway of civilisations is actually a very colourful place as the remarkable collection of images focusing upon the Black Sea from roughly a dozen photographers will il...

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

This year, the Tbilisi Photo Festival has decided to devote a large space for the exhibition of the Syrian uprising – a unique endeavour, given the government’s almost total blackout on allowing media access. With thousands killed so far, the world needs to bear witness to this un...

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

The third edition of the "Tbilisi Photo Festival" opens tomorrow and last until June 4. Curated by Lionel Charrier and Nestan Nijaradze, the festival will present an eclectic selection of photography from across the world.

28.05.2012[ read full story ]

Léo Delafontaine and Vladimir Vasilev, have travelled all along the mediterranean coast to cover all its social and ecological problems, from precarious housing to pollution, and nautical occupations.

23.05.2012[ read full story ]

Around the world walls create division . The Berlin wall fell, while others, increasingly massive, and ever more absurd have been built since. In Palestine, in Morocco, in Mexico… Walls separate but they are also bear political messages of the current mood. May 68 is distant but ...

23.05.2012[ read full story ]

Jan Banning, Dutch photographer, is the son of Indonesian migrants. Comfort women is an exhibition that is a tribute to the female victims of armed conflicts. It is also a poignant testimony of a difficult period in Indonesian history. During the Second World War, the Jap...

23.05.2012[ read full story ]

Over a period of eight years, about sixty families occupied Salvador de Bahia’s former chocolate factory. All of them were homeless and together they transformed what was left of the old factory into a “home“. When Sebastián Liste discovered this place, he understood its uniqueness. Within ...

23.05.2012[ read full story ]

A Frenchman of Algerian origin, Bruno Boudjelal practices photography as a lifestyle where the questioning of his own identity is endless and confronts us with our own. When his father decided to return to Algeria, he accompanied him and at the same time discovered a country, a family, a violent ...

23.05.2012[ read full story ]