Writing about the past week and its pictures won’t take me long. One pope left, another pope will soon arrive. Stéphane Hessel died, but I don’t see anyone who can replace him. Much has been said about both. Stéphane Hessel has been called both a “moderate French centrist” an...

04.03.2013[ read full story ]

Whenever we find ourselves in a troubling situation, as a witness, we intervene. We either get physically involved or call for rescue, but either way, we do not remain passive. Photographers - photojournalists in particular- do the same, but not in the same way. Lately, the actions of ...

01.03.2013[ read full story ]

Can we, and should we, trust photography? Are we seeking photography as a proof of reality or to feel an experience? The recent announcement of the World Press winners sparked yet another controversy over altered images. The winning image, it seems, has been tampered with via Photosh...

26.02.2013[ read full story ]

It’s been weeks since I’ve said anything treacherous or embittered and laid out my jealous mind for all to see. That’s over now. The results of the World Press Photo Awards have given me cause to speak. Having closely followed press photography over the past year, I’m indig...

26.02.2013[ read full story ]

As we look at the photographs that are shown to us, in print magazine, on websites or on the cell phone screens of our coworkers, we absorb a reality that is not ours. Rather than consuming photography, we are consume by it. 
Image taken with cameras, wether be it point and shoots or s...

15.02.2013[ read full story ]

The beginning of a new year is generally known to be the time for change and for sticking to our resolutions (Quiting smoking? Dusting off that gym bag? Trying to avoid the Louboutin boutique?). It’s tough, my lovely red soles and my credit card can attest to that. But hope...

08.02.2013[ read full story ]

Again this week there are reasons to celebrate. The days are slowly overtaking the dark nights. Birds sing for the arrival of the last flowers of winter. In six months the soldiers of the PLA can get in their swimsuits. Amputees can still admire the world with their eyes. P...

08.02.2013[ read full story ]

About a week ago, Eric Schmidt of Google jumped in a plane to Paris in order to catch Francois Hollande, the French President, himself about to leave for war-torn Mali, for a quick signature photo op. They both happily signed the bottom of a document and departed their own ways. Abo...

11.02.2013[ read full story ]

“Timbuktu is outraged! Timbuktu is broken! Timbuktu has been martyred! But Timbuktu has been liberated! Liberated by itself, by its own people, with the help of the French army.” (Original text slightly modified) 
It’s a happy beginning to the week. It’s good to see the ha...

04.02.2013[ read full story ]

Who's a photographer ? This question gets asked a lot these days. It used to be easy to answer : a photographer was one who had his work published. Today, this no longer separates the “real” photographers from the snappers, the sunday photographers. Everyone gets published everywhere...

04.02.2013[ read full story ]