It was 8/10 am this wednesday morning when the founder of Sipa Press passed away at the American Hospital In Neuilly sur Seine near Paris. Goksin Sipahioglu was born on december 28th 1926 In Izmir Turkey. He was a journalist for many years and in 1973 created Sipa ...

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This conversation was held on March 3, 2011. Denis Darzacq : Hello Jean-Christian Bourcart, photographer and filmmaker, your artistic process is quite unusual, both diverse and unforgiving. Can you talk to us about what you do?

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The French general public knows CharlElie Couture primarily for his music, but his more knowledgeable fans are aware also that he was a painter before becoming a musician and that he is a graduate of the art school of the city of Nancy. A “complete” artist who seeks to build an artist...

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Phillips de Pury opened yesterday the auction season in New York with two events. Here are some highlights of the Photographs auction with their estimates and sale prices.
The top stop belonged to Richard Avedon’s Beatles Portfolio which sold for $722,500 , a new reco...

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“The photographs in The Arc of Photography collectively convey a cohesive narrative about performance and identity, and span the many exciting changes within the field. It is a truly exceptional private collection and we are thrilled to offer it in conjunction with our Fall
P...

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March 1871 Paris has been besieged and starved for two months by the Prussians. The people of Paris refusing defeat and humiliations rise against the bourgeois government of Adolphe Thiers and proclaim The "Commune". All hopes are allowed for those who went to the barricade...

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It was yesterday for the opening of the new exhibitions at the Maison Eurpeenne de la Photographie. Yan Morvan only had eyes for his two idols: William Klein and Martine Franck. The others, he refused to photograph them. That's Yan! We forgive him. He has such talent.

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In 1965, Martine Franck began taking pictures of artists “From Other Lands” living in Paris since 1945. Although she created the idea, the subject eventually grew, according to the book’s author Germain Viatte, by popular demand.

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In 1956 William Klein published "Life is good and good for you in New York" in Chris Marker’s "Petite Planète" collection at Seuil éditions. He wants to make movies and leaves for Italy to try his luck alongside Federico Fellini who knew the book but like many others before h...

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Exhibition curators Loïc Chauvin and Christian Raby have selected 60 prints demonstrating the rich Albanese photographic heritage, unique to the Balkan region. Covering the years 1848-1945 this retrospective of Albanese photography is the result of several years of resea...

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As part of the Photoquai festival, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie is showing through November 13, Candomblé by Brazilian photographer José Medeiros. Twenty five silver prints taken from a reportage about the Africo-Brazilian religious initiation ceremony cando...

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FotoRio is the name of the International Photography Fair of Rio de Janeiro. In 2011, during the fifth edition, Festival Curator and Founder Milton Guran presented 150 exhibitions in 60 locations throughout the city. From them, the MEP has selected the works of three photographers...

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