The Forma Foundation for Photography presents for the first time in Milan’s history a Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective, an artist who is both controversial and an undisputed master in the history of photography.

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Monika Bulaj was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1966. She studied philology at the University of Warsaw. She is fluent in more than 10 languages, Polish her mother tongue, Italian, French, English, German, Russian ,other Slavic languages and understand some Spanish; at present she is stu...

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In 1946, the tabloid photographer known as Weegee left New York for Los Angeles, abandoning the macabre crimes scenes for Hollywood celebrities and riff-raff. The city liberated his vision, which could be as bitter as it was twisted.

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Tormented by the question of living together, Denis Darzacq, photographer for the Vu’ Agency, presents his latest series, Act. As in his earlier series Ensembles, Bobigny centre ville, Nu, la Chute and Hyper, Darzacq explores an unfamiliar world, showing its subjects in a ...

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Swann Galleries’ auction of Important Photobooks & Photographs on Thursday, December 13 features beautiful and poignant images and books ranging from the earliest photographs to works by artists living and working today.

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Among the photographic litterature offered at Swann Galleries: scarce early examples of photographic literature include Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Notes, Volumes III-V, the official organ of the Camera Club of New York, 1899-1900 ($6,000 to $9,000); individual copies of Stieglitz’s Camera ...

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The latest series by the duo Metz+Racine, taken for the magazine Casa de Abitare, takes its inspiration from the 1920s paintings of Giorgio di Chirico. Their work is best described as “metaphysical”, as in their still lifes, which resonate with thoughts and feelings provoked ...

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The exhibition tackles the discourse about “place” – a major concern and challenge in contemporary Israeli photography – while addressing key issues in contemporary photography, related to the modes of seeing and representation that this medium makes possible. The thirty photographs on v...

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Lisa Roze is a portrait photographer from the singular world of music. She has just released Le livre extraordinaire de -M- at Flammarion. Created with her childhood friend Matthieu Chedid, the collection brings together unreleased photographs, slides, photo booth strips, and 3...

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Boxers, comedians, Hells Angels, everyone came to the exhibition opening of Richard Aujard, "Sang pour Sang", on Friday night at Galerie Acte 2, on rue d'Artois. Every single photographs from the exhibitions were sold and the party finished late at Studio Pin UP. Yan was delighted: Two...

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Graydon Carter announced that Judith Puckett-Rinella would become Vanity Fair’s photography director, effective January 3, 2012. She succeeds Susan White, who is now the executive director of licensing at Trunk Archives.

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Most might remember American Photo as a glossy magazine, lonely beacon of photography in a sea of various consumer magazine. Launched as the US clone of the french Photo Magazine, it soon became obvious that it couldn't, and should not, remain identical. It thus quickly took a person...

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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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