In 1985, after being outed from Apple, Steve Jobs started NeXT Computer Inc. with 12 people. The photographer Doug Menuez was back from assignment in Ethiopia and was looking for a long term project. He recalls, “Why not make Steve my story? He already changed ...

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The current exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne examines the question of counter-culture in Swiss visual arts and photography, from the 1950s to the present. The curators, Daniel Girardin and Sam Stourdzé, respond to the question through the work of twenty-five photograp...

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Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq, artistic director of Maison de la Photographie Robert Doisneau, places Henriette Grindat in the category of, “unclassifiable photographers, marked by their non-conformity, in their lives as in their work... She had a strong personality, ...

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Eve Thérond is a journalist and art consultant based in New York. She’s attended the Fair for the past nine years. She doesn’t plan on coming back: "The Art Basel Miami Beach festivities (around twenty per night for five nights) begin in the private residence of a very private an...

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Jonathan Alpeyrie is a photojournalist. We asked him to share with us his journal of the Fair: "Art Basel Miami, is not for that hart fainted, with thousands upon thousands of artists gather with the galleries who represent them, gathering to show what is new and up and com...

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Pauline Rochas and Carole Beaupré are two young New York
photographers. They opened their studio, Coolife, in 2000. They
specialize in still lives for the luxury industry. They participated
in Art Basel Miami, Scope and Pulse. They wrote their diary with four
hands.

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Scope was the second Art Basel show we'd gone to and our eyes were boggled by diverse pieces of art from international emerging photographers and contemporary artists.

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After Scope we decided to walk thru the Wynwood Art District to get a glimpse at graffiti artists in action. Pulse showcased a dynamic and diverse group of established and emerging photographers.
We found the galleries were showing an interesting mix of work.
We liked th...

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Emeric Lhuisset is a professor of photography at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris), and professor of visual arts at the Virginia Governor’s School (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA). He will be leading a conference co-sponsored by Sciences Po and ...

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The FotoEvidence Book Award will recognize a photo project documenting evidence of repression or a violation of human rights. The selected project will be published as part of a FotoEvidence series of photo books dedicated to the work of photographers whose commitment and courage c...

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Presided over by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, the 2011 Fight Aids
Monaco Auction that took place on Thursday, December 1 at the Méridien Beach Plaza, collected 462000 €.

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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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