Who said there was no money to be made in photography ? Sure you could snap the first pictures of Angelina Jolie's baby: $2 million. Or you could be the collector who recently sold a Gursky print for $5 million. But better yet, could you be the person who just sold his photography based compa...

16.04.2012[ read full story ]

1914 Berlin...
“The crowds unravel spools of ticker tape, tossing the ribbons carelessly into the air like streamers, laughing at the start of their misfortune.” La Bataille d’Occident, Eric Vuillard. Actes Sud.

11.04.2012[ read full story ]

They say the camera makes the famous. In other words, the more you spend time in front of a camera lens, the more chance you have to become famous. Obviously, having some kind of marketable talent also helps.

10.04.2012[ read full story ]

When it comes to photographs, we are all deconstructionists now. After thirty years of Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard, anyone can confidently (if incorrectly) proclaim that photographs lie, manipulate, oppress; that they are "fictive constructs" and "discourses of power"...

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

China is certainly not know to be a land where freedom of the press thrives. It has been accused, many times, of not only censoring information but also preventing access to it. This is why it is surprising that since 2005 it has its own world press photo competiti...

02.04.2012[ read full story ]

In a way, the Smithsonian Magazine could be called the illegitimate son of Life magazine. Created by ex editors of the legendary magazine, it took the approach to only write about what it liked. With, of course, a very heavy emphasis on great photography. The magazine was funded in April 1...

27.03.2012[ read full story ]

There are many things to love about Develop tube. For one, it reconciles the two, sometimes antagonist, visual media, photos and videos. Created by New York based photographer, Erica Mcdonald about two years ago, Develop tube, available on both Vimeo and Youtube regroups the best and most com...

19.03.2012[ read full story ]

The police chief always began his interrogations with the utmost courtesy. Just because a murder was at hand didn’t mean he had to behave like some kind of hoodlum. Besides, he liked seeing a glimmer of hope flash across his victim’s face. People were so naive.

27.03.2012[ read full story ]

Not all photojournalism photography has to be a depiction of war, destruction, desolation and death. Some of the greatest photojournalists never see a drop of blood besides an occasional paper cut. The only conflict they might see is from their wives if they forget the milk on their way home....

12.03.2012[ read full story ]

Nothing much struck my fancy this week except a photo by Emmanuel Pierrot, the chicken with its wings and thighs... When I was in high school (this was last century), I was asked to answer a dictum by Voltaire: "The most useful books are those of which readers compose half." My...

16.03.2012[ read full story ]