Press Review
Michel Philippot
"The legs of Moran Atias fly over the red carpet, to watch “The skin I live in” (La piel que habito”) by Pedro Almodóvar." Photo Lionnel Cironneau / AP. May 21.
"During a demonstration, a young Syrian woman sends a message to President Bashar al Assad in front of the Syrian Embassy at Amman." Photo: Muhammad Hamed / Reuters. The Observer, May 22.
"Paris, demonstrations against sexism that were able to come together during the DSK “affaire”." Photo: Stéphane Mahe / Reuters. The Guardian, May 23
"And it’s back, again, the Grimsvötn is angry and throws ashes over more then 20km in the sky." Photo Egill Adalsteinsson / EPA. The Guardian, May 23.
"Barack and Michele Obama in Ireland. In the village of Moneygall where Barack Obama’s great… great grand father had lived, the presidential couple drink a Guiness beer at the Bar Ollie." Photo Charles Dharapak / AP. The Guardian, May 24.
"Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan turned 70 years old. Many happy returns!" Photo: Guido Harari / Contrasto / Eyevine. The Guardian, May 24.
"In the city of Missouri, for over 20 minutes, a tornado ravaged Missouri and half of the city of Joplin, causing the deaths of 116 people." Photo: Mark Schifelbein / AP. The Times, May 24.
"Dinner at Buckingham Palace. Queen Elisabeth and President Obama offer a toast… with Champagne… Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin Vintage Rich 2002 and Royal Vintage Port 1963." Photo: B. Gurr et R. Pohle-AP for Times. The Times, May 25.
"Noon, on the steps of Buckingham Palace, suddenly a gust of wind…" Photo: Leon Neal-AFP/ Getty Images. The Guardian, May 25.
"Libération. In four photo images and a clever layout, the ferocity of the drama of a “presumed innocent” woman is portrayed." Libération, May 25.
"Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron in the kitchen of 10 Downing Street. The Guardian made an inventory (small window on lower left) of what can be found in this kitchen and asks its readers to help it complete it in case of any forgotten elements…" Photo: Charlie Riedel / AP. The Guardian, May 26.
"China, the Hubei Province has been struck by a strong drought. 40% less rain, 4,4 million people affected, 1300 lakes declared unusable (i.e, the water that stays cannot be used neither for irrigation nor for consumption). In the photograph one fisherman transports dead fish (as a consequence of the oxygen in the lake) to use as fertilzer. Photo: Kevin Zhao- Reuters. The Guardian, May 26.
"Hamburg, a nice fishing port… I do not speak the German language, I regret it, but I’ve understood the reportage in this week’s “Stern” that shows the difficult relationship between the natural landscapes and the infrastructures that need the automobile, the automobiles…" Stern of May 26.
"With his 20x25 bedroom, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, resident guest for the « Images singulières » festival, shows us his vision of the city of Sète." Le Monde Magazine, May 27 and also at Sète from June 2 through 19.
"The arrest of Ratko Mladic, ex army chief of the Serbian army of Bosnia and still an assasin arrested yesterday in a village a couple hundred kilometers to the north of Belgrade. Here in the tribunal court of Belgrade." Photo: Serbian Government / AP. Libération, May 27.
Ratko Mladic in February 1995. The « Puerta del sol » Madrid, all throughout the week in different journals.
Libération May 24. Photo: Pedro Armestre
Puerta del Sol, photo: Emilio Morenatti. The Guardian, May 25.
Puerta del Sol, photo: Pedro Admestre. Libération, May 24.
Puerta del Sol, Stern May 26.
"The legs of Moran Atias fly over the red carpet, to watch “The skin I live in” (La piel que habito”) by Pedro Almodóvar." Photo Lionnel Cironneau / AP. May 21.
Moran Atias’ legs open Michel Philippot’s Press Review, then continues with pictures in Syria by Muhammad Hamet (The Observer) featuring a
woman brandishing a poster addressed to President Bashar al Assad: “Go”.
Philippot then covers Barack Obama’s visit to Europe, visiting a pub, a glass of Guiness in his hand.
The subsequent news stories are less amusing, with a focus on the weather disaster in Missouri where a tornade leveled the city of Joplin, the beginning of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn investigation.
The last images concern the demonstration by the collective ‘les "indignés’ ", protesting via the social networks against the latest austerity measures decided under the pressure from the country’s creditors. A call was sent to gather in the place Syntagma, in front of the Parliament, in the center of Athens.
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