Viviane Sassen was born in 1972 in Amsterdam, and lives and works there. She first studied fashion design followed by photography at Hogeschool voor Kunsten Utrecht and fine art at Ateliers Arnhem. Sassen grew up in East Africa and has been taking photographs on the continent since her fir...

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It is through the keyhole that Dutch artist presents this latest work on the theme of shame, inviting the viewer to become a voyeur. 
The subjects in Olaf’s ten portraits strike postures of humility and remorse—perhaps the result of private humiliation suffered on the other side of the lock...

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With the second round of the French presidential election only days away, I’ll share with you a small selection of portraits of the candidates, taken by photographers from Modds agency. These portraits depart from the standards of political communication, stretching the boundary betwe...

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Born in 1969, Nick Meek works from his studio in London.... His photography has won many awards throughout the United States and Europe including Gold at Le Club Des Directeurs Artistiques and This years 'best in show' and Gold award at the Association of photographers. He currently di...

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Designer, art director and friend Eric Ciborowski came to me in 2006 with the idea of making portraits of the young men in Brittany, France, in a specific region called Bigouden‘s country. 
He loves this place and wanted to share the rough beauty of it. I was quite excited to take ...

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By definition, androgynous refers to people whose appearance conceals their gender. The term is also used by people who don’t identify with feminine or masculine types, despite their physical appearance. This has fascinated philosophers, writers and sociologists since Antiquity.

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Born in 1984, Samuel Guigues currently lives and works in Paris after having spent his childhood in Marseille and his first photographic apprenticeships in Paris and New York. His references to Art History, his conceptual angles and his use of digital alterations to illustrate his co...

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Structured by both documentary intent and exploration of form, Ronan’s images express an affinity with the American iconographic tradition, of which he offers a personal reinterpretation forged during numerous and lengthy travels. Ronan Guillou has been nominated in 2009 at the Prix HSBC pour...

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There is a home where the inner turmoil of its inhabitants contrasts with the immaculateness of the dwelling; a paradox of atemporal permanence, where every clue is a lie. Together and apart, a couple appears in the contradiction of their distant closeness. Only the strange presence of a yo...

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And if the photographer got lost…
In contrast to the work of German photographers Hilla and Bernd Becher 30 years ago, the series Behind the Future reinvents the notion of archives and photographic documents. 
And if the photographer got lost? Far from the idea of map-making,...

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