Book

Reuters, the best pictures of the year

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Millions of people see the world through the eyes of Reuters photographers every day, a collective vision of events shaped by the split second instant the photographer chose to record. Our World Now 5 draws on this extraordinary resource, encompassing the diversity of stories, t...

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Book

Marc Riboud
Choses vues

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The last, and nearly all of the books published by Marc Riboud concentrate on the specific themes of his in-depth photography reportages. Beginning with "Les trois bannières de la Chine", published by Laffont Books in 1966, or "Vrouwen van Japan" (1951), "Les Tibétains" with a text by André...

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Exhibition

Guy Aroch
Le corps d'Elsa

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Guy Aroch's exhibition at Milk Gallery is about Elsa Hosk whom Guy
photographed over the last 2 years. He wanted to capture her in a simple light, playful, uninhibited and spontaneous way. This work is a good example.

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Exhibition

Issei Suda by Only Photography

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The publishing house Only Photography was founded in 2008 in Berlin. Its director, Roland Angst, is a collector, bookseller, gallerist and of course an editor. He directs the graphic design of the photography books he publishes and follows every step of their production, done entirely i...

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Exhibition

Kiyosato Museum: Young Portfolio Acquisitions

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The Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA), located in Japan's Yamanashi district, holds its "Young Portfolio Acquisitions" each year. This is a unique opportunity for young photographers to submit their finest published or unpublished images with the possibility ...

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Exhibition

Metamorphosis of Japan after the War, 1945 - 1964

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The Museum für Fotographie in Berlin presents a major exhibition of postwar Japanese photography entitled Metamorphosis of Japan after the War. Photography 1945 – 1964, curated by Tsuguo Tada and Marc Feustel.

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Exhibition

Hank O’Neal
Street Art

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Walking the decadent streets of New York from the 1970s to the present day, Hank O’Neal lingered before the graffiti covering its walls. His images form an impressive archive of the greatest works of street art.

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Exhibition

Charbonnier and Sutkus
Free love

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You asked me: “Why did I love? Why did I live? "
Antanas Sutkus, 2012. RTR Gallery, in collaboration with Agathe Gaillard Gallery, presents "Free Love" an exhibition featuring 45 mainly vintage prints by Jean-Philippe Charbonnier and Antanas Sutkus, two renowned masters of humanis...

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Exhibition

Magdalena Solé, from the Mississippi to Tohoku

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“On March 11, 2011, an enormous earthquake hit northeast Japan. The subsequent tsunami forced 400,000 people to flee their homes and resulted in the loss of 16,000 lives, in addition to 4,000 who remain missing. A nuclear crisis still threatens the security of millions ...

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Press Review

Paul Melcher's selection

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Sometimes photography is not about what is seen but more what is felt. It becomes a sensation, waves of emotions and a flow of thoughts. The best images haunt us long after we have gazed upon them not because we remember them, but because of the emotional trace they have left in us.

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Exhibition

Selling Sex, the women's choices

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‘It is a well known fat that the majority of images we consume are created by men, and too often feminism is an easy target for commodification in the wider context of contemporary culture.’ – who said/wrote this?

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Book

Scheltens et Abbenes
Still Lifes

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‘Scheltens & Abbenes: Unfolded’ is the first retrospective exhibition of the photographer couple Maurice Scheltens & Liesbeth Abbenes to be held in a museum. Their oeuvre consists of still lifes featuring virtually every kind of tangible material, from folded shirts and fragile flow...

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