The Getty Museum announced the acquisition of fourteen photographs by famed fashion photographer Hiro (Y. Hiro Wakabayashi), comprising work he created while on assignment for Harper’s Bazaar, French Vogue and Mirabella from the 1960s–1990s.

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Some associate his name with art and ballet critics, others recall his exhibition of artist portraits at New York’s Whitney Museum in 2010. During World War II, John Jonas Gruen immigrated to the United States, where he met his wife, the landscape painter Jane Wilson, and other ar...

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‘Le Ventre’ (The Belly) is a complete fictional universe, with complex laws, enemy factions and a strange and ancient mythology. It is the setting of a dark and mystical novel, theatrical performances and a series of photographs. The exhibition [MARTYRS] presents a series of port...

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After shooting portraits for more then 30 years I started to reflect on the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s with a smile. 
It occurred to me that I had a small treasure of art and fashion portraits that are the background of the creativity and lifestyle of this exciting time. 
The atmosphere...

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Every year since 1955, the association Gens d’Images has awarded the prestigious Prix Niépce, which honors the work of a professional photographer who is less than fifty years old. The 8,000€ prize is sponsored by MK2. 
On Wednesday, June 6th, the jury, presided over by Esther Woerde...

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Based between Beijing and Shenzhen, Jiang Zhi (born in 1971 in Yuanjiang, Chine) is a prolific and multidisciplinary artist whose production began in 1997. Videos, paintings, installations and photography, his seemingly incoherent works find a common denominator through their treatm...

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As Jim Jarmusch put it so well in words, I devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Anything that speaks to my soul. I always carry a lit...

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Leonard Ross (1927-2008) was a distinguished photographer whose documentation of Bethlehem Steel Company construction projects were exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. In his earliest photographs of local subjects, taken in New York City and ce...

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After 16 years of existence, Paris Photo has become an essential meeting place, both on a French and international level. Nevertheless, as the network of cultural centers and galleries tends to make Los Angeles an essential meeting place for collectors who don’t come to Paris, Jean-...

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With my camera I’ve begun to show how the method of acting in prison can be a useful tool to changing the way the criminal mind works. I started this project six years ago when I was working as the photographer for a video documentary group. In Europe prison theatre is co...

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« I believe in the magic of fantasy »
The exhibition “Deconstructive Nudes” shows unpublished pictures by Tomas Erhart from 2000 to 2010. An interview about angles, sexual freedom and the secret of blurring.

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Christian Vogt is a fantastic photographer but a very cryptic communicator. Nevertheless we love his pictures and wanted to present his exhibition in Bale, along with his text. "“Olpe’s Dream” (Camera Obscura Narrative) 
Bablina (it is, in fact, her name) changes herself with the h...

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The Christian Berst Gallery via its title is claiming, its specialization in presenting what has come to be referred to as “Art Brut” . As such, the Gallery is offering, until July 21, 2012, Albert Moser’s photographic panoramas, “Life as a panoramic”. 
An...

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