As countries develop, a global homogeneity is also developing. A way of life can be found that traverses specific culture. For example, experiencing a shopping mall in Dubai, the US, Europe and China can be quite a familiar one containing similar spacial experiences. Shiny gl...

20.06.2011[ read full story ]

Denis Dailleux’s new book Impressions d’Egypte is a dream-like portrait of the country he has been intimately involved with since 1992. “I fell in love in Egypt, with Egypt” says Dailleux. “I discovered the pleasures of the oriental luxury, eveni...

22.06.2011[ read full story ]

Melanie Light is an American writer and former co-founder of Photovision, a non-profit organization devoted to promote documentary photography. She also teaches. Her last two works are Night at the Met with photographer Larry Fink, Mad Day Out, on the B...

16.06.2011[ read full story ]

It is difficult to write or talk about Malick Sidibé. There is the risky stereotypical description of him as one of the greatest African photographers of his generation, or worse, an amazed description by those saw his Bamako series from the 1960’s and ‘70’s, wi...

17.06.2011[ read full story ]

It’s hard not to think of Richard Avedon when looking at Li Hu’s Coal Miner and Happiness work. He captures the hard working, soot-covered individuals immersing themselves in a profession with many safety risks. It’s an all ...

13.06.2011[ read full story ]

For our Beijing correspondent, Li Hu is a photographic discovery. A survivor of the Third Indochina War and the Cultural Revolution, he retired at the dawn of the 21st century to become a photographer. Below is the interview with CYJO.

13.06.2011[ read full story ]

Every month Patricia writes the Fashion Press Review for La Lettre. She was married this past May 30th. The weather in Paris provided one last day of sunshine and warmth on Monday, May 30th, when Patricia Nagy and Florencio Travieso tied the knot. Patricia, who has been working for...

08.06.2011[ read full story ]

Shane Perez has always had a disregard for authority. Growing up in Miami, Perez and his father would ride their bikes through the Everglades and come across abandoned cars and other detritus of civilization. At the same time, he discovered a pleasure in hacking phone syst...

23.05.2011[ read full story ]

Joe Conzo, Jr. Ricky Flores. Ángel Franco. David Gonzalez. Edwin Pagán. Francisco Molina Reyes II Three decades ago, six native New Yorkers walked the streets of the South Bronx. Armed with their cameras (and sometimes other items), they passed like ships in the night. Al...

18.05.2011[ read full story ]

Richard Gere is widely known for his leading roles in Hollywood films. For La Lettre Elizabeth Avedon spoke to Gere about his long-time involvement in Photography; his personal photographs, book and exhibitions, and his extensive photography collection.

29.04.2011[ read full story ]