Exhibition

Steve Schapiro
Before the Tragedy

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These joyful images were taken by the photographer Steve Schapiro. Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner had invited him to spend the day on their boat, The Splendour, off Catalina Island in front of Los Angeles. Steve Schapiro recalls a loving couple that had married, divorced, and remar...

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Video

Seamus Murphy
Afghanistan

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Brian Storm’s latest video, A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, was made in collaboration with photographer Seamus Murphy, who traveled 14 tmes to Afghanistan from 1994 to 2010. The video depicts the daily lives of a people struggling to survive amid strife and un...

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Exhibition

Willy Rizzo
Ode to Dance

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Willy Rizzo is a jack of all trades. Society photographer, portraitist, war correspondent: he was one of the figureheads of Paris Match’s legendary photography staff. He also had a passion for dance, photos of which are currently on display at his gallery. To capture the mo...

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Exhibition

Dev Nayak
A Tribute to Pina Bausch

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Dev Nayak, the photographer, met Pina Bausch in 2006 in Kolkata, when she visited this city to collect material and inspiration for Bamboo Blues. Dev Nayak had the privilege to shoot during the performance.

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Exhibition

Richard Mosse, the war in infrared

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The Irish Photographer Richard Mosse has broken the rules of documentary photography by shooting with a special color filter. This unusual series, currently on display at the Shainman Gallery in New York, is also the subject of a new book published by Aperture.

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Advertising

Modernism & Advertising Photography

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Parker Stephenson Photographs is pleased to present Modernism and Advertising Photography 1920s - 1930s, an exhibition of vintage photographs by recognized masters and lesser-known American and European photographers. Photography did not secure a place in printed page adve...

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Exhibition

Vik Muniz
The imaginery museum

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With Vik Muniz, the Lambert Collection in Avignon continues the series of major monographic exhibitions that began with Francis Alys in 2002. Until May 13, 2012, Lambert Collection curator Eric Mézil will be presenting the work of Vik Muniz in house and at the neighboring Église des C...

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Exhibition

Stan Douglas
Malabar People

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An exhibition of new photographic work by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas, reexamining historical, site-specific layers, particularly the imaging of postwar North American diversions from cabaret to sports.

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Press Review

7 days of agencies
Panos Pictures

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Panos Pictures is not afraid. It is not afraid to tackle issues left behind by other photo agencies, not afraid of quality, not afraid to take a clear cut positions and certainly not afraid to clear its own original path. To understand Panos (or torch in ancient greek ), you have t...

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Exhibition

Isa Marcelli "Les Fleurs que là-bas j'ai vécues"

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Isa Marcelli was born in 1958 in Algeria. In 1996, she moved to the countryside, near Fontainebleau outside of Paris. Once there, she began to experiment with photography, having acquired a digital camera. Since 2010 Marcelli has (against the mainst...

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Holidays

Celebrations and holidays pictures

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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...

02.12.2011[ read full story ]

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