Interview

LIFE : Robert Kennedy dying by Bill Eppridge

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I got off the stage in the hotel ballroom before Senator Robert Kennedy did. The cameramen would form a wedge in front of a political candidate. The candidate is right behind us while we’re backing through the crowd. It gives him a little bit of room to shake hands, and we...

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Exhibition

Sacha Golberger:
Mamika, Les Dark's

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In recent years, Mamika has become the icon of the Super Granny, bringing messages of hope to younger generations. Sacha Goldberger began to photograph his grandmother to help her through a period of depression. Mamika played along, quickly transforming herself into a hero of our ...

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Exhibition

Vincent Perez: From film to stills

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From June 21 to August 25, 2012, the Observatoire du BHV in Paris will host the exhibition Matières et Sentiments by Vincent Perez. Better known to French audiences as an actor and film director, this exhibition will allow audiences to discover his photographic works. 
Perez prese...

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Exhibition

Reflexgallery: Voguing vs Nappy

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As part of its 2012 program, Versus Concept Stories, the Reflexgallery will present the exhibition Voguing vs Nappy, the artistic confrontation between two current international trends. From June 20 to August 24, the gallery and its curator Frédéric Fontan will bridge the gap ...

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Auction

The Golden Age of Photography Auction

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The “Promenades photographiques” at the Vendôme auction house will begin this year with a sale on Friday, June 22 at 14h30. It will be presided over by the expert Yves de Maria and the auctioneers Philippe and Aymeric Rouillac. Last year’s sale* came principally from Charles Deni...

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Exhibition

Rafael Neff: Famous Wine Cellars

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Lumas Marais presents the exhibition Famous Wine Cellars with an exclusive choice of pictures of famous wine cellars. 
After his visually profound series on baroque libraries, famous opera stages, precision mechanical clocks, and natural history volumes, Rafael Neff now lets our eyes...

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Exhibition

St Tropez - Sénéquier is celebrating 125 years

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The Maison Sénéquier is celebrating its 125 anniversary this year. The story began in 1887 when Marie and Martin Sénéquier created their first pastry shop on the Place des Herbes, between the Eglise de l’Assomption and the port of Saint-Tropez. They were notorious no...

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Magazine

Zineland by Antoine Soubrier

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Contemporary photography features many animals, living and stuffed. It makes them into objects of mystery. Since Erwitt’s dogs we have also seen portraits of famous dogs (Antoine Schneck) as well as photos of the Japanese rabbit Oolong who could balance almost anything on his flat head (H...

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Exhibition

Jean François Rauzier: Memorable travels

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Montblanc is supporting contemporary creation by opening the doors to art in the boutique rue de la Paix in Paris . For the launch of the new Gulliver pen, Montblanc is exposing the work of photographer Jean-François Rauzier, whose extraordinary journey mirrors Gulliver’s tr...

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Awards

Spain - FNAC 2012 New Talent : Manolo Espaliú

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The Prize Nuevo Talento FNAC de Fotografía presented in Spain has been assigned to Manolo Espaliú with his work "42 ° C". Manolo Espaliú will be exhibited in Seville, Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian and Zaragoza. Seville is probably the hottest city in Europe; for most ...

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Exhibition

Philippe Soussan: Chair of the mind

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Philippe Soussan’s minimalist and refined language is a trap. A trap for intelligence, a philosophical trap. An alliteration. A wise construction. A sensitive questioning that requires physical flexibility and imagination. 
A game of ideas. The subject – a chair, a table, an appl...

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Exhibition

Benoît Grimalt: Pictures
I didn't take

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For the group show "Traits Singuliers", Benoît Grimalt, photographer and filmmaker, will present two series in color. The first is 16 photos que je n’ai pas prises, where the artist humorously comments on sixteen photographs taken by others. For the second series, the artist r...

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Inside story

Yazan Khalili: On Love and Other Landscapes

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Lara Khaldi invited me to produce work for Jerusalem 2011 on the theme “About Language”. I had been working on landscapes for several years, with Landscape of Darkness, Area C, In Exile, and wanted to continue researching along this line. I also wanted to do something with...

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