Tahmineh Monzavi, a young 23-year-old photographer living in Iran, was arrested in Teheran: the charges against her were unclear. , Her photographic work was critical of contemporary Iranian society (drugs, women in general and homeless women), it seems that is evidence enough for th...

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A. Galerie in Paris is showcasing the most recent work of reknowned portraitist Mark Seliger which appears in the book Listen (Rizzoli Editions). Mark Seliger labels himself an "editorial photographer" who has also shot commercials and video.

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In a season heavy with Western pressure on Tehran, held in check by Moscow, this exhibition exudes a geopolitical air, one that gallery director Larisa Grinberg is doing her best to dispel. “We didn’t organize this exhibition to take any sort of political stance,” she explained at the gallery...

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At Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, George Platt Lynes, an exhibition of over 40 vintage prints drawn from an important private collection. The exhibition includes major examples of nudes, portraits, ballet pictures and surreal images photographed by this American ma...

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Like the traveling photographers of the 19th century, David Parker’s work is a tribute to nature. Using a special camera, Parker’s way of photographing landscapes is a call to contemplation. The rocks he photographs across the world transport the viewer out of time and space.

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In his recurring travels to Cuba between 1997 and 2009, Meleschnig captured boxers and their everyday life of physical training. Gymnasium, ring and street collectively unfold the lives of young men in a sort of visual poem.

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He speaks the language of comparison and allegory. The scene is fantasy. Space is fantasy. Color is fantasy. The composition is fantasy. Everything is fantasy. But there is no place for lies and forgeries. It is false, but not a lie. He has nothing to do with 'reproduction' based on the ideas o...

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Gaïa Donzet has joined Carmignac Gestion as Director of the Fondation , following her successful launches of the Tornabuoni Art gallery in Paris and the Bonham’s auction house. Nathalie Gallon will remain in charge of the collection and of the Prix Carmignac Gestion ...

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Founded by a group of European publishers, the Euro Publishers Award for Photography (EPAP) 2012, The Best European Photography Book Prize will be presented for the 19th time in May 2012. It awards the best collection of photographic works destined for publication.

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