Book

Carlo Mollino
A master of eroticism

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Carlo Mollino is known as an architect and furniture designer, he was also a writer, photographer, race-car driver and downhill skier.
He appears to be an universal and multitalented artist, living several different lives in order to be able to meet all the requirements of his...

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Book

The Beatles by Harry Benson

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Taschen Books is publishing : The Beatles on the road 1965-1966 or the irresistible rise of this rock group from Liverpool. A story in pictures, taken by Harry Benson, an almost accidental guest on this delirious adventure of four boys conquering the world.

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Book

Cass Bird
In search of identity

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“I don’t think there is anyone working right now in photography who has the same youthful seductive energy, the same mix of spontaneity and aesthetic rigor” New York Times T Magazine, Sally Singer

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Exhibition

Damien Guillaume
Alteration of sexuality

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Derealization is a medical term that describes an alteration in one’s perception of the external world, making it seem strange or unreal. This is an involuntary distancing from the world that surrounds us.

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Book

Eric Johnson: A tribute to my grandmother

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This is an American family. It is a story we do not hear. A story of five generations brought together in honor of the life of its matriarch. Idell Marshall, born on April 14, 1915, died on July 16, 2011. She was 96. For all intents and purposes, she died of ...

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Fashion

Patricia Nagy
Fashion Press Review

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They’re back. Super strong, sensual, passionate women. Not that we thought they had gone away with last season’s trends, Oh no sir. They’re back instead with an eerily powerful magic. Perhaps it’s the “Friday the 13th” reference, in case you missed it last week?

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Exhibition

Robert Longo
Men in the Cities

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The series Men in Cities at the Galerie In Camera, Paris, dates from the second half of the 1970s. Robert Longo had long been fascinated with the final scene of Fassbinder’s An American Soldier, in which two gangsters, riddled with bullets, endlessly fall and twirl over each other. Lo...

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Exhibition

Mauro Fiorese: Unidentified Subjects

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Unidentified Photographic Subjects (U.Pho.S.) est le dernier projet du photographe Mauro Fiorese. Les photos sont de très grands formats polaroids, c'est un projet sur lequel il travaille depuis plus de 12 ans.

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Exhibition

Henri Bureau as seen by his friends

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For the occasion of a new Henri Bureau exhibition at the Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles, Bureau’s friends have shared a few of their memories of the artist with La Lettre. Our thanks to Michel Philippot for putting together this tribute, which you can read on the French version...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Steven Kasher Gallery

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On April 12th the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York opened two shows of Street Photography. Color photos by Chip Simone from his recent book “Chroma”, largely from the streets of Atlanta, and Black and White prints from newly developed film left behind by Vivian Maier. It was a gorgeous spring e...

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L'Oeil de La Lettre

Tim Hetherington at Yossi Milo

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Opening on Thursday evening at the Yossi Milo Gallery in Chelsea, was the first solo exhibition of Tim Hetherington’s work since his tragic death in Libya last year. It has only become more apparent over the last year, as we contemplate that this enormous talent will be no longer be ex...

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Press Review

Paul Melcher's selection

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Who said there was no money to be made in photography ? Sure you could snap the first pictures of Angelina Jolie's baby: $2 million. Or you could be the collector who recently sold a Gursky print for $5 million. But better yet, could you be the person who just sold his photography based compa...

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