Le Journal is on a well-deserved vacation. This has been an eventful season for photography, to say the least. Not everyone is on vacation, though. A few of us are staying behind to prepare your Christmas present: a full redesign of Le Journal. Let’s hope Santa isn’t too late. For the next s...

17.12.2012[ read full story ]

Yan Morvan is a great photographer. The only problem is that’s he’s unbearable. But behind his endless outrages and provocations lies an unusually cultured man, a genuine tenderness, and the authentic vision of a journalist and photojournalist. Human beings, the other, fasc...

19.11.2012[ read full story ]

The Paris-Beijing gallery is opening a third space in Brussels. The works of around thirty artists have been brought together for the exhibition A History of Chinese Contemporary Photography, which traces the country’s photographic output from the last twenty years. In 2005, Flore et ...

05.11.2012[ read full story ]

These photographs remind us that the Hollywood nightlife in the 20th century was a haven for libertines. The Ivar Theatre, opened in 1951, was a strip club, but it felt more like a mausoleum for lost souls. It was a somber place where patrons took their seats with the gravity of ...

19.11.2012[ read full story ]

The Paris Photo 2012 catalogue was designed by David Lynch, who selected 100 photographs. The catalogue is available from Steidl. "I, David Lynch , selected for you at Paris Photo 2012 100 images that striked me. Did you know an image worth a thousand words?

14.11.2012[ read full story ]

This is our contribution to current affairs. This photo was sent to us by photographer and photography expert Peter Jones. It shows one of his friends at the height of Hurricane Sandy. The text is by Jason Farago, who recounts the damage done to some Chelsea photo galleries. Half of our edit...

01.11.2012[ read full story ]

“The best word to describe this part of my work is probably ‘free.’ The ways in which eroticism and pornography are represented can be very boring, sometimes very demonstrative, and often quite grotesque. There are few artists whose erotic work lasts. I have always taken ...

30.10.2012[ read full story ]

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...

07.11.2012[ read full story ]

The small publisher CityFiles press published this month a new monograph dedicated to Vivian Maier, following an earlier release by powerHouse Books. This new work is organized in sections, and features many never- seen before photographs. Given the sheer number of ...

22.11.2012[ read full story ]