Interview

Max Pam by Alison Stieven-Taylor

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As a young boy Max Pam dreamed of traveling to exotic places. At school he’d open the atlas, pick a destination, and let his imagination take him wandering through Thailand, Tibet, or China, countries that were ostensibly light years from the narrow-minded cultural confines of his 195...

12.12.2012[ read full story ]

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Henry Buhl by Stephen Perloff

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Interview of Henry Buhl by Stephen Perloff, Editor of The Photo Review and The Photograph Collector (http://www.photoreview.org). "A Show of Hands: Photographs from the Collection of Henry Buhl" is being sold at Sotheby's in New York City on December 12 and 13.

12.12.2012[ read full story ]

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New York : Joe Kraeutler par Stéphanie de Rougé

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My meeting with Joe Krautler was short and to the point. No small talk, no hesitation, no overstatement – nothing to feed a story lover like me really. And yet, the half hour I spent in his office left me with a crisp and clear impression - one of simplicity - as if t...

29.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Alexia Sinclair: Through the Looking Glass

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Fine art photographer and digital artist Alexia Sinclair’s works are a curious mix of historical scenes and creative fantasy that combine show us the hedonistic beauty of power and corruption in the world’s Royal Courts. 
In her series the Regal Twelve and ...

22.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Marin Karmitz by Christophe Lunn

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Our meeting takes place in the offices of MK2. In the lobby, three posters of movies by Abbas Kiarostami, Olivier Assayas and Charlie Chaplin illustrate Marin Karmitz's eclectic taste.
On the wall of his office, a series of black and white photographs of hands by Chr...

17.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Houston : Natalie Zelt by Robert Stevens

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Questions for Natalie Zelt co-curator of the exhibition War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath. With the invention of the digital in the 1990s and its widespread use by the beginning of the 21st century, photographers coul...

13.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Houston : Will Michels by Robert Stevens

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Tell me more about how you got interested in doing the exhibition War/Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. I know you received a print of the Iwo Jima flag raising photographed during World War II in the Pacific Ocean area. What size was it? I am trying to understa...

13.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Houston : Anne Tucker by Robert Stevens

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What connects war photography to all my other projects is an attraction to what I don't know, to what is unknown in the field of photography. 

The Joe Rosenthal print is 3 5/8 x 4 3/8 (9 x 11 cm), small enough to go in an envelope.  It inspired Will Michels (co-curator of exhi...

13.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Alessandra Mauro
Art director of Forma

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Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia: the foundation's history and mission in the words of Artistic Director Alessandra Mauro, who is also Editorial Director of Contrasto. Interview by Valentina Notarberardino. Milan's FORMA Foundation for photography, Italy's very own photograp...

09.11.2012[ read full story ]

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Roberto Koch
The founder of Contrasto

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A book publishing company, an agency, a foundation. Contrasto is one of the most lively photography place in Italy. We decided to dedicate this day to them. Contrasto is the preeminent publishing house for photography and illustrated books in Italy. For more than 15 years, its ...

09.11.2012[ read full story ]

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