Who's Who

Suzanne Opton by Jean-Christian Bourcart

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I met Suzanne Opton in 2008 at FotoFest in Houston where she was presenting her series “Soldier. After several attempts, she found a squadron that would allow her to take pictures of their young soldiers returning from Irak. She had the idea – it must have seemed strange to t...

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Festival

The London Photograph Fair by Christophe Lunn

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The London Photograph Fair, held four times a year in the heart of the British capital, is mainly for enthusiasts of photographic objects dating from the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. About 50 dealers exhibit.

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Book

La Vallée de la mort
Jeanloup Sieff

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In 1978, Jeanloup Sieff was at the height of his glory, especially among amateurs of his deep black and whites, incisive and contrasted, his Giacometti-like nudes they devoured in photography magazines, their girlfriends posing in old attics lit by skylights.

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Fashion

Diane Sagnier, winner of the Prix Picto

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The jury of the Prix Picto de la Jeune Photographie de Mode convened on November 16th to elect its winner. The 14th edition of the prize was awarded to Diane Sagnier, a 21-year old photographer and graduate of the Gobelins School of the Image in Paris.

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Fashion

Finalists for the
Prix Picto de la Mode

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Founded in 1998, the Prix de la jeune photographie, sponsored by Picto, aims to shine a light on the work of young fashion photographers. The jury chose the contest’s winner, Diane Sagnier, from a selection of forty finalists. A total of 120 portfolios were submitted. Here ar...

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Exhibition

Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre: Hôtel-Dieu, Lyon

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Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre first gained recognition for their remarkable book, The Ruins of Detroit. The company Eiffage Construction hired the photographers to document the of l’Hôtel-Dieu hospital, in Lyon, France. These are their reflections on what they saw:

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Book

Malerie Marder
Carnal Knowledge

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In an early seminal experience for Malerie Marder, a family friend invited her to photograph her with her lover, naked in a hotel room. This set the tone for Marder’s work for the next decade. Her photographs of nudes are composed simply, her subjects sitting near th...

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Exhibition

Cabinet de Curiosités
Thomas Erber at Browns

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After a successful exhibition at Colette in Paris in 2010, Thomas Erber is now taking his cabinet of curiosity to London and Browns. Appart from a very selective amount of exclusive fashion items and accessories from brands like Superfine, Rodarte, Pierre Hardy and Mais...

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Editorial & Business

7 days of agencies
Picturetank

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Think of PictureTank as a meta photography collective. Part aggregation of collectives, part home of worldwide independent photographers and a collective in its own right, PictureTank has carved a very special place for itself in the busy and increasingly corporate world of photo age...

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