They say that 95 % of communication is non verbal. This is the realm of photography. It explores and transports through time and space, the world that resides outside the Word. Confusingly enough however, we tend to give much more credit, and emphasis, the written/spoken word. Our...

02.05.2011[ read full story ]

David Schonauer pays homage to Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros , killed this week in Misurata, Libya while covering the combats between the rebels and Moammar Qadaffi’s armed forces. The first press review picture was taken by Chris Hond...

29.04.2011[ read full story ]

Sometimes photography is very much like show business. The only difference really, is that , more often then not, photography prefers what happens backstage than on the scene. Not that it will ignore what happens on stage, because that needs to be documented too. But how it all w...

26.04.2011[ read full story ]

David Schonauer begins the week with two portraits. The first is that of Republican Paul Ryan by Marco Grob (Time). A hero or a bandit? It all depends on your political viewpoint. After the satisfied smile of Paul Ryan, the dark eye and muscular ...

22.04.2011[ read full story ]

Photography is very personal. Not only because it is always executed by a lonely individual, however big the staff around him, but also because it is viewed individually. It might be a group experience, sometimes, when many people assemble to view a slideshow or visit a gallery. B...

18.04.2011[ read full story ]

The picture of the week shows the arrest of former Ivory Coast
President Laurent Gbagbo. The AFP photo on the cover of the New York Times features a tired and vulnerable President, sitting on his bed beside his wife.

15.04.2011[ read full story ]