The Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin is showing until May 15th the exhibition Alice Springs, the name under which June Newton developed her vast photographic work. With over 250 pictures, this retrospective explores different aspects in the work J...

27.04.2011[ read full story ]

At Zen Foto Gallery in Tokyo, a remarkable show of images by 20-plus Japanese and international photographers reveals the terrifying drama and damage wreaked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami along Japan’s northeastern coastline. A mix of art, documentation, reportage and interpr...

28.04.2011[ read full story ]

Richard Gere is widely known for his leading roles in Hollywood films. For La Lettre Elizabeth Avedon spoke to Gere about his long-time involvement in Photography; his personal photographs, book and exhibitions, and his extensive photography collection.

29.04.2011[ read full story ]

Shadi Ghadirian catapulted quickly through the ranks of Iranian artists at home and abroad. Wry images addressing traditional social roles and paradoxes in her homeland, Ghadirian’s photographs feel instantly iconic. Drawing heavily from her life for themes, each n...

26.04.2011[ read full story ]

The exhibition of Georges Dambier fashion photographs at Bonni Benrubi in New York takes us back to a time when the word Style still had a meaning. Writing about Georges is for me a rather intimate experience. You see, for full disclosure, I should start by saying...

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A fascinating and never before seen exhibition: this city, without any doubt the most photographed in the world, already had its admirers in “panes”, since the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Either anonymous or “artists”, they would continue the work of painters a...

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Michael Kahn has shot more than a thousand film photographs of sailboats, which puts him several miles ahead of his contemporaries. Through his images of the boat “American Beauty” or that of a classic yacht in full sail, this photographer is worthy of his connec...

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Exclusively for La Lettre, here are the images of the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. The struggle was terrible, but we prevailed. And yes, we had in front of us the best: Guillaume Clavières and Marc Brin...

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Forma Foundation for Photography presents the exhibition Dies Irae, photographs by Paolo Pellegrin. Dies Irae is the first major retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of Paolo Pellegrin. The show includes more than 150 images through which he ...

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Bremer’s technique is novel and utterly hybrid. Using various inks, he draws directly on slightly blurry c-print enlargements of photographs, and often adds splotches and streaks of photographic dye. Almost always, the underlying photographic images have m...

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Maxim’s restaurant: The legend begins in 1893 when Maxime Gaillard, a waiter, opened a small bistro at 3 rue Royale. The ravishing Parisian Irma de Montigny stopped by one day, was immediately charmed, and returned with her friends, their admirers, and their patrons.

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The Parker Stephenson Gallery in New York has been showing since early March the latest series by the photographer Raphaël Dallaporta. The artist presents a series that breaks away from his previous works.

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“If I were to ask to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”
– Gaston Bachelard, (The Poetics of Space, 1958)

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On April 29th the 26th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography will open. Fashion shows, exhibitions and meetings with stylists and photographers are on the program for this 2011 edition. Directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc, the festival will gather over ten fashi...

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The Royal Monceau presents the Russian collective AES+F. This exhibition is the first in the permanent space in Art District, the gallery in Le Royal Monceau devoted to contemporary art.

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This year, more than 750 portfolios have been received to take part in the Prize of Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography. After an initial shortlist, 70 portfolios were submitted to the jury of professionals composed of Magdalene Keaney (curator at London’s...

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