Book

Denis Piel : Moments

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Rizzoli presents the first monograph on the photographer Denis Piel. Famous for his cinematic approach—asking subjects to play out a role in the same way a director works with his cast—Denis Piel became one of the most sought after photographers of the late 70s and 80s.
While m...

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Portfolio

Luca Desienna : My Javanese Concubine

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This series is part of a wider body of work that rotates around the ‘Third Sex’. 
It’s the first part of a worldwide project which through personal insights stories and intimate realities will document the contemporary world of transgenderism and intersexism . 
My Dearest Javane...

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Portfolio

Gianni Giosue : The Chechen refugees

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The Pankisi Valley is situated in the Republic of Georgia. Once part of the Soviet monolith, Georgia became independent following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately the country turned soon into a failed state where financial and political opportunists took advantages ...

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Exhibition

Jorge Luis Alvarez Pupo : Wandering Ways

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This exhibition is a visual reflection on the theme of migration, on the loneliness of human destiny and the conditional freedom of movement we face on a daily basis. In this essay I establish a relationship between space and individual or the lack of it within the landscape. ...

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Exhibition

Picturing Landscape at the J. Paul Getty Museum

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In Focus: Picturing Landscape, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center offers a rich trove of landscape photography from some of the most innovative photographers in the genre. Drawn exclusively from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition...

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Exhibition

Claude Gassian : It's only rock'n roll

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This is how our group of veteran rockers, who came out almost unscathed from all the drama and drugs, is celebrating its fiftieth year. And they’re not closing the door yet—they’re still doped up on the music that’s been running through their veins for half a century. Photograph...

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Awards

Fondation des treilles : a creative residence

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Created in 2011, this prize is committed to providing means for the production and the promotion of photographic works, which take for their subject the Mediterranean world. The prize is made of both an allowance of 2650 euros per month for a period ranging from two to ei...

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Exhibition

Christian Kettiger : The circus people

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One day I was sitting in a waiting room reading an article about freaks and it mentioned the town Gibsonton,” says Kettinger in the introduction to the series. “In the forties, a circus giant found the place, took a liking to it, and started spending his winters there. The idea ...

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Magazine

South x Southeast : a new magazine

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The parution of a new photomagazine is always a good news to celebrate, and in a time where publications cover more and more specialised markets, the idea of creating a platform for photography in the South and Southeast of the USA seems ripe. 
In South by Southeast (SXSE) editor Na...

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Exhibition

Eva Besnyö: The Sensuous Image

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With the first presentation of Eva Besnyö’s work, Jeu de Paume director Marta Gili continues her series of remarkable women in photographic history. She commented: “if the role of women in the history of photography has become more visible over the past 30 years, it is true also that d...

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Portfolio

Shoebox Studio, their first days

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Like all photographers working in fashion or advertisement, Stéphane Coutelle receives fashion models hoping to get hired for a photo session. Amateurs or beginners, these young girls often come from far away countries, speak very little English, almost no French, and know almost not...

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Book

Mexico : The Factory of Dreams by Stefan Ruiz

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For the past eight years, Stefan Ruiz has gained special access to Mexico’s Televisa studios, known as “The Factory of Dreams,” where nearly fifty thousand hours worth of telenovelas (soap operas) are produced and exported annually to more than fifty coun...

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