Portfolio

David Hamilton is back !

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In a striped Savile Row suit, a white Panama hat and a glass of good wine in his hand, David Hamilton “is back”, and he is waiting for us in an ideal setting: a wood paneled suite in the Hotel Raphael. As if the master was receiving in the intimacy of his apartment with his l...

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Exhibition

Andy Warhol: The Day The Factory Died

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On April 1, 1987, 25 years ago, Andy Warhol was buried in New York where a ceremony was held at Saint Patrick’s cathedral where 2000 people were present. Among them, photographer Christophe von Hohenberg. Here are his pictures. A book, “Andy Warhol: The Day The Factory Died” ...

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Book

Pierre & Gilles: Photomatons

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Pierre and Gilles met in 1976 and went on to form one of the most celebrated partnerships in contemporary photography. Their new book, Autobiographie en Photomatons, is a first-person story told by Gilles Blanchard through captioned images: a timid boy from Le Havre who moves to Paris, wh...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Art Paris, Art Fair: Opening

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It was a glorious day, the sundrenched Grand Palais is really a magical place. Guillaume Piens, the new director of Art Paris Art Fair, wanted to start succesfully. All of the galleries were present. It was a lovely success. A few galleries were missing they were at the AIPAD in New York...

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AIPAD 2012, clichés de fête

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On Wednesday Evening in New York, the Association of International Art Photography Dealers celebrated the opening of the 32nd edition of their members Photography Show. This years opening supported the non-profit group, inMotion, which provides legal aid to low-income woman.

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Exhibition

Berlin: The Eye Is a Lonely Hunter

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The Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg presented a selction of its 2011 program at Berlin’s Grimmuseum. The fourth edition of the Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg took place from September 10 to November 6, 2011, in Germany. Entitled The Eye is a Lonely Hunte...

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Awards

Rémi Ochlick, picture of the year 2012

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Photography of the year 2012. It was attributed on January 30, 2012. The winner is Rémi Ochlik, killed on February 22 in Homs while covering the war in Syria. Winner in the reportage category, ahead of Mathieu Germain-Lambert and Eric Bouvet, his friends from the IP3 Press a...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Samuel Bollendorff: On the banks of the canal

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Taking a politically commited look at the social problems touching hospitals, schools, the police, prison and AIDS in France, Samuel Bollendorf now explores the struggles of the so-called mal logés (poorly housed). 3.6 million people are classified as such, lacking a perm...

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Festival

Houston 2012: Suzanne Paul by Elizabeth Avedon

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"There is a belief in many cultures that the camera is capable of stealing the human soul or spirit. Suzanne Paul's camera may not steal the soul, but it certainly captures it and the spirit within." – Clint Willour, Director of the Galveston Arts Center

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Exhibition

Martine Franck, 100 portraits

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In the early 1960’s, Martine Franck began taking pictures of artists and writers. Recently, La Maison Européenne de la Photographie and the éditions de l'imprimerie nationale presented "Venus d'ailleurs, peintres et sculpteurs depuis 1945". The Claude Bernard Gallery th...

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Exhibition

Philippe Monsel
A Travelling on the world

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The artistic path taken by Philippe Monsel is being presented at 24 Beaubourg in Paris through April 15, 2012. And what an unusual path it is! We associate Monsel’s name with the so-called “musical revolutions” of the 1960s and his photographs for the magazines Rock & Folk,...

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Press Review

Paul Melcher's selection: China International Press

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China is certainly not know to be a land where freedom of the press thrives. It has been accused, many times, of not only censoring information but also preventing access to it. This is why it is surprising that since 2005 it has its own world press photo competiti...

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