I wanted to create a series about the movement, sound and chaos of traffic.I began by setting up my camera on a tripod and taking photos of passing traffic. Looking at my photos, I noticed that I was ignoring what should have been obvious: what was written on the cars. That’s when th...

15.10.2012[ read full story ]

The term "daybreak" bears a loose definition on a buckaroo outfit in the Great Basin. For the cook, it comes around 3 a.m., when he rises to fire the stove and make breakfast. Next to rise is the horse wrangler, who saddles in the dark and rides into the black desert to jing...

16.10.2012[ read full story ]

Massimo Gurciullo photographs ordinary eroticism. After 30 years working in the studio, he now photographs in apartments, attracted by the light and atmosphere. The photographer invites the viewer to become a voyeur, showing him erotic scenes and even sexual acts. He plays with ligh...

12.10.2012[ read full story ]

During three days, some Fnac stores in France were transformed in photographic studios - where people could have their portraits taken by Paolo Verzone, Françoise Huguier, Rip Hopkins, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Stan Guigui et Denis Darzacq. Our editor Juliette Deschodt ...

10.10.2012[ read full story ]

A change of scenery at Françoise Huguier’s set-up. The colors are flashy and the atmosphere is more pop. The space is also more intimate. I’m greeted by Eléonore, her intern, and Julien, her assistant. At last the photographer arrives. A mother and her son are posing. By a curious co...

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Rip Hopkins is set up amidst the uproar of the children’s books section. He’s chosen to use an overhead projector in order to change the background for each portrait. Rip shapes his subjects into different poses. The rendering is unique, very cinematic. “I asked people to touch each other ...

10.10.2012[ read full story ]

A motorcycle, a 1950s sidecar, a red curtain and music: Stan Guigui is having a good time. He’s even providing helmets, sunglasses and leather jackets for everyone coming to have their pictures taken. Stan is very comfortable with people, and the families let themselves go, regardless of th...

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The day ends with a cheerful Denis Darzacq. A minimalist, the photographer has chosen a white backdrop and a few geometric pieces of furnitire, which he arranges according to the subject: a cube here, a person there, a sphere here, another person there... The families love it and play along.

10.10.2012[ read full story ]

Juan Manuel Castro Prieto had spent three days at the Fnac studio, but he was still in great shape. “It’s an interesting experience,” says the photographer. “We see a lot of people, sometimes they’re alone. I like it when people are receptive and involved. It results in lovely i...

10.10.2012[ read full story ]

About Dying takes place in the space between death and burrial. It’s a peak into the world that we hardly ever see, although it is one of the only things we all share regardless of gender, nationality, age or language. Here are lying women and men, girls and boys on ice, becau...

12.10.2012[ read full story ]