Press Review
US press review
by Paul Melcher
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 ]
Press Review
European press review
by Michel Philippot
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 ]
Press Review
US press review by Paul Melcher
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 ]
Press Review
Fashion Press Review
by Patricia Nagy
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 ]
Press Review
European press review
by Michel Philippot
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 ]
Press Review
US press review
by Paul Melcher
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 ]
Press Review
European press review
by Michel Philippot
“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 ]
Press Review
US press review
by Paul Melcher
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 ]
Press Review
European press review
by Michel Philippot
Ah, the agony of the blank page... Have no fear, I don’t consider myself a writer. Before I write, I have to choose a photo, a news story... Dilemmas, dilemmas... I have to comment on photos that appear increasingly superfluous to me, except... when a little prince takes ov...
25.01.2013[ read full story ]
Press Review
US press review
by Paul Melcher
The best images of the inauguration have not been published. They probably never will be. In fact very often, for any type of event, be it sports, politics, entertainment or nature, you might never see the best images. why ? Because the nature of today's image distribution ( and its ...
25.01.2013[ read full story ]
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