Exhibition

Henri Cartier-Bresson :
A Question of Colour

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Positive View Foundation announces its inaugural exhibition Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour. Curated by William A. Ewing, the exhibition will feature 10 Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs never before exhibited in the UK alongside over 75 works by 15 international co...

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Exhibition

Stéphane Duroy :
Small is Beautiful

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As part of the Mois de la Photo in Paris, the Galerie In Camera will present until December 8, 2012, a collection of small-format photographs by Stéphane Duroy, in response to one of the festival’s themes, “small is beautiful.” The selections were made from two new Duroy publicat...

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Exhibition

Dimitri Tolstoï :
The Molitor Pool

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The Molitor Pool, once a magnificent Art Deco-style leisure complex nicknamed the «Paquebot Blanc» ''the white ocean liner'', was decorated top to bottom with graffiti after it closed in 1989, and was demolished this year for redevelopment. 
The place was part of Dimitri Tolstoy’...

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Exhibition

Isabel Muñoz :
20 Platinum prints

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The Galerie Seine 51 is presenting the works of Isabel Muṅoz, a Spanish photographer known across the world as a specialist in platinum printing process. 
Like the narrator of a travel book, Munoz shares with readers, through her pictures, the tale of her encounters with people ar...

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Portfolio

Nicolas Krief :
Variations sarthoises

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“I pursued this personal work over several seasons, satisfying my appetite for photographing this region of France we hear so little about, but which seems so theatrical to me: Sarthe. This is a rural society with its own rhythms. I felt that I only had to let it express itself,...

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Exhibition

Stephan Würth :
Naked in a Ghost Town

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Ghost Town is the result of Stephan Würth's lifelong fascination with the American West. Since moving to the United States from his native Germany, photographer Stephan Würth has been fascinated with the subliminal landscape of the American West and t...

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Video

Gregory Crewdson :
Brief Encounters

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Regarding the importance of his shootings Gregory Crewdson is considered as a hollywood photographer. The director Ben Shapiro followed him these last months and made a film which is presented actually at the Film Forum Theater in New-York. Here is the trailer of ...

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Exhibition

Jérôme Brézillon :
Stand Art Life

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Through December 31, 2012, the Galerie Sit Down in Paris will pay tribute to Jérôme Brézillon, who died March 2, 2012. Some readers will know his numerous works of photo reportage for Libération, Le Monde and Télérama, but they will likely be less familiar with his landscapes. Th...

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Exhibition

Brisbane: Angus Martin
Really Truthy Lies

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Architectural photographer Angus Martin’s latest exhibition explores the visual language of photography in contemporary architecture to remind us that architectural spaces are created first and foremost for people. The title of the exhibition - Really Truth...

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Exhibition

Cig Harvey : The art of diary

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Like the famous Ryan McGinley, Cig Harvey is part of a new generation of photographers who speak of themselves through photography. Certainly, photographers have long taken pictures of their lives, but more rarely have they made their own person the central subject of their pictures. We ...

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Exhibition

Richard Dumas :
Portraits de Stars

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The show is called Suite because ten years ago Richard Dumas presented a series of portraits at the Galerie VU’. Now he is presenting 50 new portraits, which will be on view during the Mois de la Photo at the Galerie VU’ until January 5, 2013. The small- and large-format photos w...

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Book

Frances Dal Chele :
Du loukoum au Béton

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The work of Frances Dal Chele in Turkey is tinged with documentary formalism. It follows her discovery of a rapidly developing country experiencing considerable social upheaval. Each step corresponds to a photographic process, beginning with architectural shots whose coldness...

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In the archives of...

Life, Loomis Dean Catching Royals

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When I was working in Paris, I had a beautiful leather camera case made. It looked like a diplomat’s briefcase. With a necktie on, and if my suit fit, I could walk right into places where they threw the other bums out. I photographed 11 kings. I got the kings of Norway, Sweden and B...

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Portfolio

Ellen Jantzen :
Ghost Writer

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I recently encountered a real relic of the past, a typewriter repair shop here in St. Louis. It was full of all forms of typewriters, from very old to electric IBM's. Having not used a typewriter for 20 years, I was intrigued with the fact that people are still using these and having the...

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Exhibition

Martial Lenoir : l'érotisme de la loge des rats

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A fashion and portrait photographer for the past ten years, I was drawn to do this series three years ago. It gave me the oportunity to approach the nude and to work with the feelings and ambiguity of persons revealing their intimacy. This is in contrast with class...

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