Last year, the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival was a disappointment. There was no clear vision for the festival, far too many exhibitions, high ticket prices, and an overrepresentation of Magnum photographers, who are regularly invited to exhibit or curate (e.g.,...

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A photograph taken in Gaza was given the World Press Photo award in the category Spot News, the most prestigious award in photojournalism. The picture of the year, taken by Swedish photographer Paul Hansen, is fairly standard for the competition, which often features shocking ...

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François Truffaut once wrote that there are no good or bad movies, only good or bad directors. That was the upshot of his “politique des auteurs”, his politics or policy of authorship, which was based on the idea that the force of a personal vision could subdue the money-...

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Kicken Berlin opens the 2013 exhibition season with a presentation of works by Man Ray and Christer Strömholm. 1920s avant-garde in cameraless photography, Rayographs and object art in mixed media: these are the key elements of Man Ray’s photo...

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Liu Yue (b. 1981 in Shanghai, China) started out as a painter, but he turned his focus to photography after graduation. His photographs, although outwardly simple, reveal surprising depth upon closer inspection. They manage to transform and question the essence ...

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acte2rivegauche and the galerie d’en face are presenting their first exhibition of 2013: Magic Circus by fashion photographer Kristian Schuller. In this series shot in Cape Town and Los Angeles, the photographer invites the viewer to a party where fashion becomes a game, dresses beco...

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iN-PUBLiC exhibition is curated by Andrea Hadley-Johnson (Derby Museum and Art Gallery), Mick Brown (Format International Photography Festival), Louise Clements (Format and Quad), David Gibson and Nick Turpin (iN-PUBLiC). “The essence of street photography is that it is ...

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“The White Male Complex, No.2″ is a winter show. It is fair to assume that in February it will still be dark and cold in Berlin. It is also the time for advertising underwear in public spaces which bombard us with images of femininity and masculinity from the fashi...

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I began this series of photographs following a very unpleasant event. Last year, the place where I live and everything in it—my room, my bed, my furniture, my paintings and personal belongings, my clothing—was photographed by someone else without my knowledge. I was able to see the pho...

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This series by French photographer Thierry Cohen reminds viewers of a childhood pleasure that has grown impossible in today’s modern megacities. Who hasn’t lifted their eyes in vain to the skies over Paris, New York, Shanghai and Tokyo, trying to make out the panorama of heavenly bo...

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I always question why photographers pair their pictures. Is it to obliviate the weakness of a single image or is it truly because it reinforces the message and brings a deeper meaning to the ensemble? Sometimes the pairing is the necessary format (see Day&Night series by Forrest McMul...

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You would expect photographs about corruption to involve the mafia, power games, violence and opulence. But Misha Friedman’s photographs are calm, quiet: landscapes at night, street scenes, empty rooms, bare walls, abandoned lots. We see sailors, lovers, politicians, policeman, wo...

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