“I wish for my images to distill scenes ranging from the ephemeral to the eternal, from the esoteric to the symbolic. A current that underlies my work is the concept of preservation. I make every effort to be a faithful visual recorder of the world around me, a world in flux ...

07.01.2011[ read full story ]

Originally from Lima, Peru, Mariano Vivanco is a young, fashion photographer whose talent stems from his rich cultural heritage. Mariano regularly shoots for internationally renowned magazines and has worked with some of the most recognizable celebrities in fashion, spo...

20.01.2011[ read full story ]

Almost 500 years ago, Lucas Cranach the Elder painted Venus as a full-length female nude. She stands against a black background, clad only in her jewelry. Dutch born photographer, Carla van de Puttelaar’s recent full-length nudes mirror Cranach’s Venus, pale bodies pose...

24.12.2010[ read full story ]

Harry Matenaer is not a young photographer, he is a photographer. The kind I don’t know very well: those who know how to disappear, completely forgotten by their subjects. But you see, he is not a reporter. He doesn’t have the old school, in the field, approach.

17.12.2010[ read full story ]

“I want the viewer to be reminded of a place they’ve been, or of an experience that they’ve had themselves; then they can come to their own conclusions. But it takes a lot of work to make successful photographs that also look very free, easy and spontaneous.”

17.12.2010[ read full story ]

William Eggleston’s images conjure up a rarified look into the past with the artists family and friends. Thousands of words have been written about Eggleston’s mastery of color, his innovative and unconventional approach to composition, his insight into the everyday life.

10.12.2010[ read full story ]

I am a bit of a fetishist about pictures. I am a collector who likes to gather, and own. As such, I have a wide selection of pictures, especially of nudes from the 19th and 20th centuries. I have a preference for pictures of 19th century nudes. The nudes are magnificent, the wom...

08.12.2010[ read full story ]

The exhibiton “When photography reads like a book. From Robert Frank to Karl Lagerfeld” showing the work of Steidl at Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris is prolonged until the 31st of December. An excellent opportunity to discover one of the most important publishers of photo...

04.12.2010[ read full story ]

Mongolia, the “Nation on the Back of Horses”, was once the largest contiguous land empire in the world’s history. Many have made movies and written publications illustrating Genghis Khan’s glorious Mongol Empire in the 13th century. But who are documenting the people, their dissipating tradi...

26.11.2010[ read full story ]

“Naked, Nude or Naturalist” was the theme around Mona Kuhn when I first met her several years ago. It was around that time Kuhn was nominated for the 2006 Prix Photographique BMW—ParisPhoto Award, just after her first photobook, ”Mona Kuhn: Photographs”, was published…

26.11.2010[ read full story ]