“No” Elizabeth Avedon answered abruptly when I asked her to write an article about Antonio Lopez’s upcoming book by Twin Palms publishers. “Why?” I asked, taken aback. Because the book, as sublime as it may be, is pain, a lifestyle that has disappeared, deaths that are still painf...

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Every week since its inception 65 years ago, the cover of ELLE magazine has set the tone for fashion. From the New Look to blue jeans, from the miniskirt to hippie chic, all the stars, all the looks, all the revolutions in fashion and society were there on the cover of ELLE, offer...

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For their latest footwear ad campaign, Christian Louboutin and the photographer Peter Lippmann took inspiration from the masterpieces of classical painting. Into replicas of tableaux by Georges de La Tour, James Whistler, François Clouet, Jean-Marc Nattier and Marie-Guillemine ...

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Young Gallery recently presented twenty large photographic prints by Jacques Olivar, from his best advertising campaign and shootings realized in United-States.

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The disconcerting body of work left by this American photographer, who took her own life at 22, continues to inspire young art students across the world. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition of her work after two decades of silence.

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The diverse allure of women has been eloquently captured for us in this month’s Fashion Press Review, whether she’s seated across from you at the local diner or windblown in a field surrounded by cows.

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To celebrate its new edition of Ellen von Unwerth’s Fraulein, Taschen organized a party at their store on the rue de Bucci in Paris. Champagne flowed and masked fans eager for an autograph swarmed von Unwerth, who was delighted to meet her Parisian admirers. Naturally, your faithful eye ...

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Photographer and publisher Rankin, of Dazed & Confused fame, launches his own bi-annual magazine called The Hunger. The premiere issue is out now and includes interviews with Rhys Ifans, Terence Stamp, Ray Winstone, Danny Dyer, Hayley Atwell, Plan B, Michael S...

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The latest issue of Square magazine has just been released. It's a quarterly web publication in French, English, German and Spanish, dedicated to the square photographic format. You will find in this issue photographers like Larry Fink, Roger Ballen, Kimiko Yoshida or Stephen Gill, as well as...

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Family photographs can be your best friends. Or, if not your best, your oldest. They stick with you through hard and good times, remain poised about your lifestyle and constitute part of your memory even when you don't remember. They stand small and proud, on some curving photographic paper,...

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On Friday, December 2, La Lettre learned (through his agent, Alain Mingan) that the American photographer, James Nachtwey, will receive this year’s Dresden Award. The 25,000€ prize was first awarded in 2010 to Mikhail Gorbachev, for his role in nuclear disarmament. Last year’s...

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Celebrations and holidays are here again. They are also back for the La Lettre team. Like this summer, if you wish, you will take over for us. The theme is celebration. Former, current, or future celebrations. Celebrations in the largest sense of the word, open to your inte...

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