Portrait

Brian Griffin
by François Hebel

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There is every good reason to miss Brian Griffin’s magnificent
exhibition at the Collège des Bernardins. The location is not known
for photography, and you might have already seen Brian Griffin in
Arles in 2009.

26.11.2010[ read full story ]

Portrait

William Eggleston
by Elizabeth Avedon

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William Eggleston’s images conjure up a rarified look into the past with the artists family and friends. Thousands of words have been written about Eggleston’s mastery of color, his innovative and unconventional approach to composition, his insight into the everyday life.

10.12.2010[ read full story ]

Portrait

Harry Matenaer by
Bettina Rheims

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Harry Matenaer is not a young photographer, he is a photographer. The kind I don’t know very well: those who know how to disappear, completely forgotten by their subjects. But you see, he is not a reporter. He doesn’t have the old school, in the field, approach.

17.12.2010[ read full story ]

Portrait

Ryan McGinley by Elizabeth Avedon

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“I want the viewer to be reminded of a place they’ve been, or of an experience that they’ve had themselves; then they can come to their own conclusions. But it takes a lot of work to make successful photographs that also look very free, easy and spontaneous.”

17.12.2010[ read full story ]

Portrait

Mona Kuhn
by Elizabeth Avedon

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“Naked, Nude or Naturalist” was the theme around Mona Kuhn when I first met her several years ago. It was around that time Kuhn was nominated for the 2006 Prix Photographique BMW—ParisPhoto Award, just after her first photobook, ”Mona Kuhn: Photographs”, was published…

26.11.2010[ read full story ]

Exhibition

Khaldei at the Botanique in Brussels

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The exposition on display at the “Botanique” of Brussels until the end of the year, “Khaldei, a photographer under Stalin”, features works from Mark Grosset’s (1957-2006) personal collection. Grosset was the son of Rapho agency’s founder and former Director.

17.12.2010[ read full story ]

Portrait

Au Bonheur du Jour
Feminine Nudes

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I am a bit of a fetishist about pictures. I am a collector who likes to gather, and own. As such, I have a wide selection of pictures, especially of nudes from the 19th and 20th centuries. I have a preference for pictures of 19th century nudes. The nudes are magnificent, the wom...

08.12.2010[ read full story ]

Festival

Michel Philippot, Lianzhou Foto 2010

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“Is the world real?” This is the theme of this year’s sixth annual photo festival in … Lianzhou, a small city of 200,000 inhabitants surrounded by countryside in the Guangdong region, 60 kilometers from Guanzhou. “Is the world real”, a very unorthodox question in this materiali...

09.12.2010[ read full story ]

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