If Sipa is purchased by DAPD in early July, 34 of the 91 staff members, including 14 photographers, will be fired. After negotiations on Monday, June 27, 2011, the staff voted internally to accept the German company’s terms. Although the buyer maintained its position to c...

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Anne Wilkes Tucker was named “America’s Best Curator,” by Time Magazine a decade ago. Tucker, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, may now be one of the foremost Curator’s of Photog...

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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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As summer is the season in this part of the hemisphere, we begin this month’s fashion press review on a roadtrip. What better way to get away from it all then hopping in the car and heading for some unknown destinations. Tim Barber shoots a very natural, almost documentary-es...

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From July 2nd through August 31st, the Parisian Library Claude Levy Strauss exposes black and white photographs by Elise Hardy. I remember the first time I met Elise Hardy, the year she entered Rapho agency, in 1992. The agency was in its historical offices, on the R...

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After 8 weeks of european press review, I’m taking a vacation. Great job. For you too, it’s holiday time. Don’t forget to read and buy magazines, it’s a difficult time for them, and don’t forget to send us your vacation pictures. I will be back at the end of August, with more reviews from Italy, S...

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It´s fashion week in Berlin and the museum The Kennedys is lending its walls to Martin Schoeller’s famous close-ups of celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Paris Hilton, George Clooney and Barack Obama. La Lettre’s art director talked to the photographer before the opening on July 6....

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Living in Paris since 1971, Jane Evelyn Atwood began photographing in 1975. She took as her first subject the universe of the street, on the rue des Lombards, after her encounter with Blondine, a prostitute of the neighborhood. For over a year, she spe...

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The visual week that was in the American media: President Obama’s decision to begin withdrawing American troops from the long war in Afghanistan absorbed the attention of the 24-hour news cycle and then, for the most part, disappeared from view. Photographer Chip So...

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Clare Strand introduces her two newest bodies of work – Skirts and 10 Least Most Wanted – alongside earlier series, selected from the artist’s extensive oeuvre, such as Unseen Agents, Conjurations, Gone Astray Details and The Betterment Room. Strand’s work is on display at...

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