Holidays

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

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Sophie is in the train, Alex and Magnus are in a plane, Michel is in
the country, the school is empty. It will start again on January 2.
Happy Holidays!

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Book

Ryan McGinley's Retrospective Monograph

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Elizabeth Avedon on wonder boy Ryan McGinley’s first retrospective monograph, You and I, published by Jack Woody's Twin Palms, adding another generation to the History of Photography.

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Book

Harry Benson
New York, New York

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If you like New York, pick up Harry Benson’s New York, New York. It tells the story of the city’s last fifty years through its flamboyant (and, frankly, a little demented) citizens, all captured by the indefatigable Benson, whose images, even at 70, continue to exude the fury of his ...

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Editorial & Business

The Price to pay to be a photojournalist

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Jonathan Alpeyrie is a photojournalist who talks to us not about his pictures, but about his finances: surprising, full of lessons and informations.

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Exhibition

MEP: Marc Fumaroli and Andreas Mahl

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From December 21, 2011 to January 8, 2012, the Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP) is offering two exhibitions: Profils perdus by Marc Fumaroli and Avec mes meilleurs vœux (With my Best Wishes) by Andreas Mahl.

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Exhibition

Andreas Gursky, Bangkok and Oceans

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Last month, Andreas Gursky became the most expensive living photographer. The Gagosian Gallery in New York exhibits his latest work on oceans.

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Exhibition

Turin: Russian Cosmos

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The ‘Russian Cosmos’ exhibition project organised as part of the Year of Italian Culture in Russia and Russian Culture in Italy has been timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of man’s first space flight.

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Book

Miss Rosen, Holiday Gift Guide

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Who could have predicted the revolutionary spirit of 2011? From the Middle East to Wall Street, a fervor has swept the globe. Yet for all of the West’s belief in democracy, we placidly fight the banks by sleeping on the streets. We bemoan students laced with pepper spray as though polic...

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Press Review

David Schonauer
The Weekly World Tour

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The weekly review of photography in the U.S. media starts in Russia, where disputed results from parliamentary elections led to mass demonstrations, and, perhaps, a serious challenge to Prime Minister and Vladimir Putin’s hold on power. Elsewhere, German Chancellor Angela Merke...

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Editorial & Business

Jeanne Frank, Holiday celebration

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Last Saturday in New York, Aperture publishing hosted a Holiday Book Bazar with a few associates: Magnum, D.A.P. Blurb, and Art Book. The atmosphere was jovial, warm, almost familial. Jeanne Frank was there.

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Art and commerce

Turkey’s First Photography Museum

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The Istanbul Photography Museum opened its doors on November 20 at the Kadirga Cultural Center, in Fatih. The first of its kind in Turkey, the museum will also serve as a cultural center. To celebrate its opening, two temporary exhibitions will be on display, in addition to the per...

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Awards

Prix Albert Kahn
Stanley Greene

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After Raymond Depardon andMarc Riboud, the third Planet Albert Kahn International Award (PIPAK) was attributed to American photographer Stanley Greene. He was presented with the award by Mrs. Susan Tolson, the wife of the American Ambassador in France, during a ceremony at the Espa...

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