Vacation: a magic and sacred word for the French. Indeed, La Lettre
is international, but quite a few of us are and remain French.
Vacation, what a dilemma. Vacation, yes, closing of La Lettre, no.
How can La Lettre stay alive for 6 weeks from July 12 to August 26?

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Herb Ritts (American, 1952-2002) occupies photography’s Mount Olympus with the most important fashion and glamour photographers of the late 20th Century, including Horst, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, and Helmut Newton. His photographs are a standard reference in...

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Raping women seems to be a normal byproduct of wars. During World War II, the Japanese military even set up a system for sex slavery: Tens of thousands of “comfort women” in Asia were forced into prostitution at military brothels. In addition, many girls were abused sexually in railroad...

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Michel Philipot’s press review presents images that summarize the news of the week. They can be revealing like the image of President Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy face to face during the G8 summit, or more singular like the German minister devouring a cucumber.

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“This haunting first monograph by Israeli-born photographer, Assaf Pocker, Scar Tissue reinvents photographic portraiture as a medium for communicating the deepest and darkest of human emotions,” as described by Nazraeli Press. Pocker, who studied Photography and Art at Jerusalem’s, Bez...

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David Schonauer begins his review with a photograph by Andrew Testa taken in Belgrade. The people of the city came together in protest against the extradition of Ratko Mladic, arrested this past May 26th after 16 years of exile.

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In 1949, Jean Fage (1905-1991) and André Fage, father and son and lovers of photography, created the photo club Val de Bièvre inside the municipal offices of Bièvres. After meetings between enthusiasts, the idea of a photography museum was born, who for its inauguration on June 7th 1...

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