Wow! What emotion on the top floor of the MEP : pictures by Henri Huet, Larry Burrows, and Nick Ut. I ran into Hervé Merliac with whom i shared some unforgettable moments during the war in Lebanon. We talked about another legend of that time, Catherine Leroy, who died in 2007. He spoke to Horst F...

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Henri Huet died in Laos on February 10, 1971. He was one of the mythical photographers of the Vietnam war, his unforgettable pictures featured on the world’s magazine covers. The exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie is an homage to his work. You can read more about hi...

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During the exhibition devoted to Henri Huet, a very moving debate took place on Monday, February 7 entitled «From Henri Huet to Lucas Dolega : photojournalists in war zones». Participants included Horst Faas, director of photographic operations in Vietnam for the Associated Press from 1962...

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In 1977, I was the head of the cultural department of Le Monde. An article by Hervé Guibert ran during the summer. From the Festival d’Avignon, he described his experience at the Gueuloir, it was his first article, and I noticed him. One day in the fall, we met i...

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VanityFair.com presented yesterday a slide show of the photos taken with the very last roll of Kodachrome to come off Kodak’s assembly line. The three dozen frames by photographer Steve McCurry, depict scenes from New York, Bombay, Rajasthan, Bombay, Istanbul, London, and f...

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Jacques Prévert’s first exhibit of collages in 1957 consisted of 60 works at Galerie Maeght. Over half a century later, Prévert’s playful and colorful collages, which will be displayed at the Maison Europénne de la Photographie are as visually resonant as ever.

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The Maison Européenne de la Photographie is featuring a retrospective of Marc Trivier’s work, from the ’80’s to today. Born in 1960, Marc Trivier lives and works in Belgium. One hundred prints demonstrate the depth of his portrait and landscape work.

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After his first trip to Brazil in 1999, when Vincent Rosenblatt discovered Rio and the favelas that surrounded the official city, he returned from 2005 to 2010 to explore the world of Bailes Funk (parties where Funk Carioca, a kind of music, is played):

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