Exhibition

Albert Watson's Erotics

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Albert Watson has made his mark as one of the world's most successful fashion and commercial photographers during the last four decades, while creating his own art along the way. Over the years, his striking images have appeared on more than 250 covers of Vogue around the worl...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Albert Watson
Opening

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It was the opening to be at this past Thursday, September 15th, where Albert Watson exposed his recent nudes at the Acte2 gallery. Alexandre Percy was greeting among champagne and some luxurious 15 celebrities, 47 models, 1111 of the trendiest. Albert was in heaven.

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Portfolio

New York, Damon Winter
Ironworkers of the sky

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It only took Damon Winter five days of work to equal Lewis Hine or Charles Ebbets. On the worksite of the new World Trade Center, the New York Times photographer covered the Ironworkers, those builders of American skyscrapers who are as much to...

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Exhibition

Sacha, Fashion Fresh

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Jean-François Camp, the director of the Dupon Photo Lab, is a great admirer of Sacha. He decided to expose her pictures, and here he explains: "As a young photographer, I used to greatly admire the pictures by Sacha featured in ELLE and in Marie Claire. I loved the models, of co...

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Exhibition

Paris, Ron Galella
Boxing with the stars

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Ron Galella was born in the United States on January 10th, 1931. Considered the most famous and controversial celebrity photographer, he has also been baptized as the “Paparazzi Extraordinaire” by Newsweek, and “The US Godfather of the Paparazzi c...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Ron Galella
Opening

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At the last minute, Ron Galella, who went through an operation, had to cancel his trip. Regrettably, he missed his exhibition in Paris, London and Monaco. Last Friday, in Paris, 100 persons squeezed themselves into the gallery, and another 300 were waiting on the sidewalk. The inauguration ended...

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Press Review

Paul Melcher's selection

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No other instances of truth should be needed than a perfect image. As Plato myth of the cavern implies, the closest we can ever come to the truth is via its light and shadows. That is exactly what a camera captures.

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Exhibition

Berlin, Images of Terror

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The two quotes that accompany the exhibition Unheimlich Vertraut – Bilder vom Terror (« The Uncanny Familiar – Images of Terror »), featured on occasion of the 10th anniversary of New York’s terrorist attacks help to establish its time frame : On one hand, the “The games must go on!”...

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Nomination

Russell Lord named curator of NOMA

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Russell Lord named photography curator of NOMA, The New Orleans Museum of Art has recently appointed Russell Lord as the museum’s new photography curator. Up until now, he belonged to the research team of New York’s Metropolitan Museum. He obtained the Jane and Morgan Fellowship, a...

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Auction

Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation

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The auction house Christie’s has just announced the sale of 100 prints from the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation that will take place on November 11th in Paris. A real event, as since his death in 2004 aged 95, no new copies have been printed.

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