The 27th edition of The International Fashion and Photography Festival opened in Hyères on April 27. Curated by Michel Mallard and Raphaëlle Stopin, the Festival is presenting works by 10 photographers competing for the Photography Grand Prize, and boasts several exhibitio...

08.05.2012[ read full story ]

Bérénice Angrémy is undoubtedly one of the most emblematic figures of the contemporary art scene in Beijing. After having studied the Chinese language and traditional Chinese art in France, Bérénice left for Taiwan then settled in Beijing where she created several impo...

27.04.2012[ read full story ]

April 21, 2012, it is gray and warm in this capital city art district. Spring has arrived in Beijing and pollen is floating in the air like snow. It is in this calm seasonal atmosphere that preparations are under way for the burgeoning Coachangdi PhotoSpring, a unique local...

27.04.2012[ read full story ]

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark is married to film director Martin Bell. The couple resides in Manhattan, New York. They are both coming to Nordic Light, the festival that they’ve heard so much about. Together they’ve been working on a project which is being released in...

26.04.2012[ read full story ]

Peter Gerdehag has filmed and photographed nature in Sweden for over 40 years. He is drawn to things of rarity that are worthy of preservation, things of eye-catching beauty. In an age where people complain of life’s bustle and where our focus on money and economics is greater than ...

26.04.2012[ read full story ]

For the second time Pål Hermansen exhibits at Nordic Light International Festival of Photography in Kristiansund. He is a versatile artist who is always breaking new ground as a photographer.

26.04.2012[ read full story ]

Con-Temporary Art Gallery Paola Sosio is an artistic project born in 2008. The adjective “temporary” is in itself a keynote statement and it alludes to the innovative approach that the Gallery chose for developing a lively and unusual program of synergies with gallerie...

05.05.2012[ read full story ]

Ritva Kovalainen’s photographs are inspired by nature, stillness and light, and by poetry. She has an enormous passion for photography and experiences the world as full of visual moments. ”I enjoy observing the world around me, wherever I go. As a photographer nothing is really b...

26.04.2012[ read full story ]

Canadian Nathalie Daoust has shown a great interest for the most intimate and darkest sides of female sexuality throughout her career as a photographer. She plays with the dynamic between the private and the public, and uses experimentation and her own techniques to break new groun...

26.04.2012[ read full story ]

Stuart Franklin has to be considered one of Nordic Light’s most loyal friends. He has been a festival guest for the past two years. In 2009 he was a visiting lecturer. The following year he came as curator for the controversial photography exhibition Point of No Return. I...

26.04.2012[ read full story ]