Today Sotheby’s kicks off New York Auction week.
174 lots with estimates ranging from 5.000-7.000 USD to 150.000-250.000 USD for a set of Richard Avedon photographs.
Here are some highlights of the auction.

06.04.2011[ read full story ]

During one week late January, the reknowned photographer Martin Parr settled into Paris’ Goutte d’Or district. The pictures he produced of neighborhood residents, merchants and meeting places were humorous and in characteristic contrast with typical clichés. His anglo-saxon point of ...

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My “poor French” at “La Goutte d’Or”, the excuse offered by MARTIN PARR to help forget the images of the “dealers” in “La Goutte d’Or” neighborhood, that he was not able to bring. As part of the obliged media effect, a Socialist party delegate from the district came to greet the ...

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The fifth Photography Triennial of Hamburg closed its doors today.The festival, which started in 1999, dedicated this year’s edition to the ties that bind cinema and photography. It is in this context that this German city transforms into a veritable “Photography Capital” with ...

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He wanted to be a painter, he has been a musician, he is a photographer. For years, Steve Hiett has been taking pictures of New York City from his window. When les éditions be-pôles gave him carte blanche, he chose to deliver this singular yet intimist look offering a touching dialogue betwe...

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Beth Dow is an american photographer who uses historical references and traditional processes to address contemporary issues of land use and our experience of time.

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Who are tomorrow’s photographers? The curators of the Musée de l’Elysée de Lausanne try to answer this question by proposing a selection of young international artists on their way to becoming big names in the photography arena. reGeneration2 follows the fir...

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reGeneration2 presents us the new generation of artists, offering us a remarkable outline featuring the works of 80 international photographers chosen in the context of the competition organized by the Musée de l’Elysée à Lausanne. This thorough ...

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