Press Review
Michel Philippot

Carla et Nicolas Sarkozy au Qatar en 2009, "Happiness is flying in the presidential jet..." Photo AP. The Observer Magazine, May 8, 2011

"Our British friends are a bit strange: Carla, La Mère de la Nation! Nicolas is the "little father" of the same Country! My Goodness... Carla, everyone is talking about you on this side of the Channel, in France, mother-to-be, I will confirm the good news when the father makes the announcement... right before the presidential elections, undoubtedly the perfect opportunity to see excellent pictures." Cover of « The Observer Magazine » May 8, 2011. Photo : Jérome Bonnet / Corbis.

"Artist Anish Kapoor will install his "Leviathan" under the glass roof of the Grand Palais in Paris. Monumental. The ideal time to read, or reread the British philosopher Hobbes (1588 - 1679) whose great work is "The Leviathan". The Guardian May 10, 2011 photo Benoit Tessier / Reutres

"To celebrate the Cannes Film Festival that is just beginning, the Monde Magazine is running an article by Samuel Blumenfeld about a very particular kind of cinema. In Mexico, approximately 30 films per year are produced about drug trafficking and the war to control the market, they are Narco films. Here, "El Baleado 2" by Enrique Murillo with Fabian Lopez. These pictures taken on Fabio Cuttica's set won 3rd place for the World Press 2011 "Art and Entertainment" category". Le Monde Magazine, May 14, 2011. Photo FABIO CUTTICA/ Contrasto/ Réa

For the 66th anniversary of the victory over the Nazis, this Red Army veteran shows his joy by dancing, perhaps also to get warm! The photo took place in Vladivostok. The Guardian May 10, 2011 photo Yuri Malsteu / Reuters

Supporters of Osama Bin Laden during a demonstration in Peshawar (Pakistan). Ten years later, the situation has hardly changed, except the war. Photo by John Stanmeyer / VII in Le Monde, May 4, 2011.

Whatever the location, the reasons for the revolts, pictures of leaders still burn. Perhaps more than just a symbol. Anti-Assad Demonstration. The Times, May 10, 2011. Photo John Kolesidis.

Anti-American Demonstrations in Multan, Pakistan, Sunday May 8, 2011. The Times du 09 05 2011. Photo : SS Mirza / AFP /GETTY

"Sung-man Kim, is one of 14 photographers selected by the trimestriel magazine "Private" featuring a panorama of Korean contemporary photography. This rich and diverse photo is exemplary of today's methods where digital technology is heavily used to promote culture while classical photography is still used to evoke ancestral myths. Here, Ici Sung-man Kim, born in 1982, uses iron factory workers whose products are essential to daily Korean life". www.privatephotoreview.com

"Surprising that Bin Laden's fans haven't used this picture..."Photo/ Bill Byers. AP / Obama presidential campaign. The Sunday Times Magazine, May 7, 2011

Hamza bin Laden, one of Bin Laden's sons, doesn't have a toy, is not disguised and certainly has the assurance of those who are always right. Any reason to doubt ? The Times May 10, 2011, photo by Simon Hughes

"Behind this door lived a man with his three wives, nine children and one cow. No one would believe it was a deadly way to live. It is worth a souvenir picture." Photo de Asif Hassan / AFP/ Getty. The Guardian, May 7, 2011

"The acclaimed German weekly headlines this picture: “The Macho Summit”…Are they political actors? Or just actors? Both? Good, bad? At this meeting, Berlusconi and Sarkozy discussed immigration control." Stern, May 5, 2011 Photo Eric Vandeville / ABACA

"A politician from the opposing party in Kampala (Uganda) protected by his supporters, copiously drenched by the local police's water canons, the water is slightly colored. When will paintbrushes replace billy clubs in the hands of the police, not only in Uganda, but in the world." The Guardian, May 12, 2011, photo Marc Hoffer / AFP / Getty
Carla et Nicolas Sarkozy au Qatar en 2009, "Happiness is flying in the presidential jet..." Photo AP. The Observer Magazine, May 8, 2011
A new column for La Lettre. Every Friday, Michel Philippot will present his European Press Review. Michel was a photographer from 1977 – 1989 before becoming senior photo editor for VSD, Point de Vue, L’événement du Jeudi and finally Le Monde 2 from 1999 – 2009.
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