A Scientist (Neurobiology and Imaging) and an avid Art Photographer
This is an attempt of mine to present a personal document of my individual experience in Medical Science research. The project is inspired by long lasting scientific confrontation with various biological s...

04.04.2012[ read full story ]

It is easy to see within a few minutes with Jeff Dunas, the founder and Director of the Palm Springs Photo Festival, why this unique event has become a major stop on the Photo Festival circuit for serious students of the medium, both professional and amateur alike. His enthusiasm, respect f...

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At Swann Galleries in New New york on April 4th, the auction will offer a total of 473 lots. The afternoon session of 19th & 20th Century Photographs & Photobooks features vintage photographs by Edward S. Curtis, Stieglitz, Wilson A. Bentley along with works by Penn, Michals, Witkin an...

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The classical side of the spectrum will be led by Irving Penn’s Woman with Roses on Her Arm, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1950, estimated at $200,000-300,000. Additional works by Penn include Kate Moss, Hand on Neck, New York, April 25, 1996, estimated at $50,000- 7...

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He is one of fashion photography’s greatest, so he is displaying flowers. He pushes the paradox to such a point that he does not want to communicate or even announce his exhibition. He: is Gilles Bensimon. The exhibition is fabulous: 12 giant prints of flowers immersed in wa...

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When it comes to photographs, we are all deconstructionists now. After thirty years of Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard, anyone can confidently (if incorrectly) proclaim that photographs lie, manipulate, oppress; that they are "fictive constructs" and "discourses of power"...

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Created by PixWays, a dedicated website for photographic press agencies, PixDay is a professional exchange inviting image producers and professional buyers. This year, it will take place on Thursday, April 5, from 9:30 am to 9pm at the Forum de Grenelle in Paris.

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Printed in 200 numbered copies, the second issue (actually the third) of the fanzine Mire is immediately striking for its handcrafted appearance: a hundred pages printed on thin, rough A5 paper, stapled together, with a one-of-a-kind photograph glued to each cover.

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In February 2006, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik traveled to East Africa on behalf of Newsweek magazine to work on a story about HIV/AIDS. While there, he met Margaret, a Rwandan survivor who was brutally raped during the genocide, became pregnant, and contracted HIV. This hor...

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50 years ago, Algeria won its independence after a long, deathly war. In order to face up to the Algerian nationalists’ insurrection, the French army called upon former colonial troops and their auxiliaries to create the “harkas”. They were referred to as “harkis”.

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I have always said that if you want to leave your mark, make a book or a building. Both impart a feeling of permanence, a touch of the eternal that exists both within and without, bringing us to a new level within ourselves. The building stands as a testament to greatness, combining our ne...

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