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Battlefields
by Yan Morvan

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He has an incurable curiosity. That is how Yan Morvan, a 56 year old photojournalist, describes himself. He talks to us about his battlefields. “How and why does a person photograph war?”. I’ve asked myself this question throughout my twenty years as a war correspondent. Is it the desi...

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After Prom
by Martine Fougeron

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From 2005 to 2009, French born photographer Martine Fougeron aimed her curious camera at her two adolescent sons. For four years, this New York City resident captured the fleeting moments of their coming of age, focusing on the delicate balance between youth and maturity, innocen...

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In memoriam

The Journalist’s Memorial in Bayeux

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76 journalists were killed in 2009. Their names are now engraved on a stone monument reading « Memorial to journalists and freedom of the press » unveiled here in Bayeux on Thursday, October 7th, 2010 by the companion of the late photographer and documentary film-maker, Christ...

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Exhibition

Pieter Hugo
show in Brussels

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For the first time in Belgium : After the Château d’eau in Toulouse, Pieter Hugo’s exhibition « On Reality and Other Stories » is being displayed at the Forest Cultural Center in Brussels through November 26.

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Magazine

Chris Boot named Director of the Aperture

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Boot was Director of Magnum New York from 1990 to 1998. He then worked at Phaidon Press before creating his own photo publishing house : Chris Boot LTD based in London. He received two ICP Infinity Awards. Among the books published : « History » by Luc Delahaye ; « The...

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