The 27th edition of The International Fashion and Photography Festival opened in Hyères on April 27. Curated by Michel Mallard and Raphaëlle Stopin, the Festival is presenting works by 10 photographers competing for the Photography Grand Prize, and boasts several exhibitio...

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Until May 26, the Villa Noailles will be presenting two exhibitions : the first on Yohji Yamamoto and the second showing a selection of works by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, as well as a series of pictures by Jason Evans, installations by Lynsey Peisinger & The Stimuleye and works...

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“The series Cubes for Albers and LeWitt explores the possibilities of manipulating time, space, perception and, in particular, the additive system of colour. The images from this series are constructed onto single sheets of 4×5 film. The subject in reality is monochromatic. T...

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“As an American with typically mixed bloodlines, I started this project to explore the many places in Europe where I have ancestry and their influence on me as an artist and a person. I created the very first photograph in this series, titled Sunburn in Naples, in Italy, in May 2010. This ...

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“I am an African-European, born in Switzerland and my project was accomplished on a trip to Guinea Conakry. In this work I was interested in the construction and deconstruction of the body, as well as the depiction of the invisible. I have studied ritual artifacts common to the c...

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“ ‘Houescape’ is a portmanteau word combining ‘house’ and ‘escape’. I got this idea for the project when I was cutting up film one day for another project. I often go to an old part of town or to the countryside and walk around, as it reminds me of how people lived in the past. I was des...

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“My work revolves about the way we experience everyday life and how that affects the way we deal with each other. My images are documents, taken from a candid reality. But what they really seem to document is the way our perception of the world around has been coloured by...

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“At the heart of a Renaissance cabinet of curiosities is the collector himself, who collects in an encyclopaedic manner, and according to his own criteria, heterogeneous objects that he later organises according to his tastes, interests and passions. This is a subjective process, resulting...

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“My project explores escapism and how we engage with the immersive virtual reality of the online video game. The images are constructed using a combination of traditional photography and the 3D modelling techniques of the video game industry. But instead of portraying the escapist fantas...

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“I enjoy it when pictures feel as if one has left the people undisturbed. My work is concerned with a consciously created “casualness” that strips away the spectacular, the noisy, and superlatives. When I started working with photography, I mainly photographed models, since I was working as ...

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“I am presenting here two different series. One is about an ancient forest I visited earlier this year in the southern island of Japan to witness with my bare eyes a living tree that may be 7,000 years old. During my quest I was struck by the beauty and power of the forest. The second s...

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“In a society full of prying eyes like ours, everyone can become both spectator and actor in the quotidian spectacle. With CCTV cameras scattered in every public space our dwelling leaves traces behind, stored as visual codes. Choreographed crowds transit the nameless global city during ...

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