In memoriam

Death of Ken Regan

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Elodie Mailliet Storm from Getty Images was a Friend of Ken Regan, she wrote this text. Photographer Ken Regan passed away this week, and we are sad at the loss of not only such an incredible photographer and person – but also a friend. At Getty Images, we had the ...

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Awards

Cédric Gerbehaye, lauréat du Prix Roger Pic 2012

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The Jury of the Prix Scam Roger Pic 2012, presided by Jean-Marie Drot, was composed of Jean-Noël Jeanneney, Thierry Ledoux, Marc Le Mené and Clément Saccomani, who awarded the prize to Cédric Gerbehaye for his series The Land of Cush, taken ...

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Exhibition

David Armstrong
Night & Day

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The exhibition, inspired by the eponymous book published by Aron Mörel for Mörel Books, Night and Day mixes a series of color Kodachromes drawn from David Armstrong’s archives of the late 70’s and early 80’s included in the book, with more formal black and white...

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Book

Sophie Calle
The Address Book

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Summer 1983. While wandering the streets of Paris, Sophie Calle finds an address book with an enticing red cover. Overwhelmed by curiosity as she turns the pages covered in casual notes, Calle decides to make the owner’s acquaintance, but not with a straightforward meet...

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Book

Robert Leslie
10.000 miles in America

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My first visits to North America in the 1960s revealed a wealth of experiences foreign to my world in northern England. The space, light, scale & enthusiasm of its land & peoples etched a profound mark into my subconscious. After 15 years documenting the remnants of the rise an...

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Auction

Cinema Photo Sale From Lumière Bros. to Marilyn

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An auction at the Maison de Vente Argenteuil will feature 357 items related to cinema and photography. The sale will be under the expertise of Christophe Gœury. In the catalogue: the photo archives of Cinémagence (2nd part, 1922-1964), cameras, pre-cinema, cinema, phon...

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Exhibition

Guillaume Herbaut
Photographies privées

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The exhibition Guillaume Herbaut, on view at the Pavillon Carré de Baudouin in Paris, brings together three series: 7/7 (2002-2008), la Zone (2009-2011), and les portes de Pripiat (2011).

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Exhibition

Jules Itier : A Daguerreotypist in China

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The festivities for Paris Photo and the Mois de la Photo always provide the opportunity to discover hidden gems of photography old and new. The current exhibition at the Chinese Cultural Center (Centre Culturel de la Chine) shows early photography in China of Alphonse...

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Video

Liliroze par Molly Benn

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Liliroze was exhibited last June at the Promenades Photographiques, where I marveled at her feminine, sensual and somber world. Last week, she was at the Swiss embassy in Paris to unveil her first monograph, Confidences. It was a great celebration for a wonderful book.

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Book

Zineland by Antoine Soubrier : Jean Boîte

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Today we’re looking at two small books by the French publisher Jean-Boîte, each of which began as a project developed on the Internet. Kim Jong Il Looking at Things is a compilation of the former North Korean leader photographed while looking at things: tomatoes, computers, ...

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Exhibition

Kevin Hayes: iPhone Artist

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Kevin Hayes is a photographer, a philosopher, and a wit. His taste for the obscure, absurd, and socially distorted has lead him to the wonderful world of digital collage. From the never ending stream of effluvia that makes for Instagram’s success, Hayes peruses and consider...

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Exhibition

O Cruzeiro, les Archives du magazine Brésilien

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The Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) in São Paulo will present until March 31, 2013, the exhibition As origens do fotojornalismo no Brasil : um olhar sobre O Cruzeiro (1940-1960) (The Origins of Brazilian Photojournalism: A Look at O Cruzeiro). More than 400 phot...

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Exhibition

Todd Hido,
my car is my studio

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Represented by several international galleries during Paris Photo, and featured in many sales, Todd Hido’s I drive will be on view at the Galerie Particulière until January 15, 2013. An ongoing series begun 20 years ago, Hido, a professor at the California Col...

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In memoriam

Cornel Lucas, Dernier portrait

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Despite his many famous portraits, the death on november 8th of British photographer Cornel Lucas at the age of 92 received little attention. In the 1950s and 60s, he welcomed into his studio some of cinema’s biggest stars, from Brigitte Bardot, Katharine Hepburn, Grego...

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Book

Rose Hartman
Women of Style

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Chronicling a world of beauty and style, photographer Rose Hartman has captured fashion's trendsetters for three decades, and in so doing has helped to define what we remember most about glamour and those who create it. Incomparable: Women of Style is a book for...

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