Exhibition

Allen Ginsberg at
Howard Greenberg

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The exhibition gather vintage photo booth strips, “drugstore” prints, and uniquely captioned prints by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was made between the late 40s and early 80s, traces his life from New York to San Francisco to Tangier and elsewhere. His pictures ...

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Portfolio

Fernando Brito
The call of Death

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What Fernando Brito (a photojournalist from Mexico) seeks with his images, is that the next time someone sees a photo of a human being who has perished, they would cease looking at violent deaths as a normal, everyday occurance.

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Exhibition

Photographs from Africa
Musée des Arts Derniers

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This exhibition is presented at the Musée des Arts Derniers, a gallery specialized in African photography run by Olivier Sultan. On this occasion, unpublished prints are shown from important artists in African photography: Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibé or Jean Depar...

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Exhibition

Chantal Michel: The fairy of Château de Gruyères

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In the style of Cindy Sherman, the Swiss photographer Chantal Michel puts herself “on stage”. Her world however is more dreamlike then that of the American artist, and resolutely anchored in the traditional pictoral Swiss style. With great technical mastery, Chant...

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Portfolio

Wendy Burton
Nests

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For well over a decade I have photographed abandoned, derelict buildings: empty homes, failed factories, shuttered schools, churches devastated by Katrina. I have been drawn to the unspoken histories of these places – human presence evident even in its absence. There is a subtle connection, a ...

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Exhibition

O. Winston Link: The Last Steam Railroad

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With the exhibition The Last Steam Railroad in America, Robert Mann Gallery presents a selection of classic images from Linkʼs body of work produced in the 1950s. When the Norfolk & Western Railway began to convert its operations from steam to diesel, O...

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Awards

The Royal Monceau
Photo Contest

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The Royal Monceau Raffles Paris launched its first edition of their Photography Contest. This contest aims to accompany and promote the emergence of young photographers, and whose works will eventually enrich the collection of the hotel. The theme of the first edition is on portra...

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Nomination

Samuel Bollendorff joins the agency VU

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An independent press photographer, he began his professional career at the daily French newspaper Libération, a collaboration that would last 5 years. In 2000, in order to guarantee the production process necessary for photographers, Samuel Bollendorff organizes an...

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