Lawrence Schiller’s life has followed a larger trajectory than most and this summer will be no exception. Starting out as a successful photojournalist with Look, Life, Paris Match and more, Schiller made a name for himself with exclusive photographs of Marilyn Monr...

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Lawrence Schiller’s exhibition of over fifty iconic images of Marilyn Monroe—many of which have been newly discovered in his archives, will open at the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York May 31, his first solo show in the U.S. Schiller met Monroe when he was just a 23 year old photojourn...

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Lawrence Schiller began his career as a photojournalist in publications such as Look, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, and Paris Match. He has photographed some of the most iconic figures of our time; Muhammad Ali defeating Floyd Patterson; Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas basement jus...

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Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe’s smile still dominates the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes, gracing the poster of this year’s film festival. Without a doubt the most photographed actress in the history of cinema, Monroe reminds us that among the red carpets, hordes of photograp...

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Five photographs of Marilyn Monroe are being exhibited at the Opéra Gallery. They come from the archives of Paris Match and were taken by two somewhat forgotten photographers, Paul Slade and Nick de Morgoli. Both were correspondents in the New York bureau of Paris Match. Paul Slade...

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The New Yorker Sam Shaw began his career as a photographer in the 1940s with Collier’s magazine. In 1951, he began working in the film industry as a photographer for various studios. While on the set of The Seven Year Itch he took the legendary photograph of Marilyn Monr...

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Joel Meyerowitz was born in the Bronx just before the Second World War. This year he celebrates his 50th year in photography with a retrospective published by Phaidon and exhibited at PhotoMed. Produced especially for the festival, the exhibition will be featured for the first time at H...

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Jonas Cuénin, one of our New York contributors, focuses on all those in the world of photography who never have the chance to be in the spotlight. Every two weeks, his videos will offer a look into the lives of these photography lovers. For this ei...

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MediaStorm presents the world premiere of new film by Maggie Steber to be held on June 11 at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. When Madje’s dementia proved relentless, her daughter, photographer Maggie Steber, moved her life to care for her. Among the darkness, Maggie documented the beau...

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MediaStorm presents the world premiere of new film by Phillip Toledano to be held on June 11 at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. Phillip Toledano is an artist. His life has been marked by the passing of family. Each death diverting the river slightly. A Shadow Remains brings us throu...

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Launched in 2011, the second edition of Book Days organized by C/O Berlin took place in Berlin May 25th–26th 2012. Thirty-three publishers, magazines and artists from Europe and the United States were invited to present their publications over the course of two busy days. There were rows of ...

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In Tactics, published as a poster and a book (50p, 20 copies), Christopher Gianunzio explores the notion of education. By isolating black-and-white images from a “training video” produced during the Cold War and arranging them—as a mosaic for the poster version and as an exercise...

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The PhotoMed Festival, devoted to Mediterranean photography, opened on May 24th. For this second edition, festival venues featuring 15 photographic exhibitions, are located in Sanary-sur-Mer, Bandol, isle of Bendor and Toulon. After last year with Martin Parr, this year’s guest of hono...

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