The body of paparazzo Daniele Lo Presti, 42, was found under a bridge last Friday on a jogging trail in the Testaccio district of Rome. Known for photographing celebrities around the world, including a shot of Brad Pitt in the arms of a lover, Lo Presti was discovered by friends w...

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drkrm presents the exclusive West Coast premiere exhibition of legendary Chicago-based photojournalist, Art Shay. This opening will also mark the first exhibition at drkrm’s new Chinatown location. Both vintage and modern prints are on display until April 6th, ...

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On the one hand there is the gallery, all beautiful and gleaming. Prints hang on the walls under perfect light and people move from image to image like Stations of the Cross. Then there is the darkroom, the place where fine art analog prints are made. Usually black, confined and sm...

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Writing about the past week and its pictures won’t take me long. One pope left, another pope will soon arrive. Stéphane Hessel died, but I don’t see anyone who can replace him. Much has been said about both. Stéphane Hessel has been called both a “moderate French centrist” an...

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There is no family without a family album, no family without a family history. Photographs from family albums show shared moments: vacations, parties, meals and ceremonies. These instants captured on film are marked by family history and sublimated by the power of the image. Hard...

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Itinérance is an exhibition of Louise Skira's photographs. This show is presented in several german cities between February and September 2013. Itinérance is composed of fifteen pictures taken between 2008 and 2009 in Paris XIXe arrondissement. They are part of a wh...

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In “A Humanist Gaze” until April 6th 2013 Hardhitta Gallery presents 36 photographs by Joseph Rodriguez, the first showing of his works in Germany. The exhibition consists of a selection of his best prints in cibachrome and silver gelatin spanning three d...

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Though the Xinjiang region of Central China is a cultural crossroads of historic importance, outsiders have been generally denied access to the area since it was annexed by China in 1949. It is with great fortune that Lisa Ross was allowed to photograph its h...

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An enigmatic atmosphere hangs over this exhibition, the first to be held in 2013 as part of the “New Photography” project at the São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound. Photographer Nati Canto’s show, A Neve, o Sal, a Chuva – Lembranças Particulares e Coletivas (Snow, ...

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Swann Galleries in New York opened the auction season with their February 26th sale. The sale total was $1,005,765 with Buyer’s Premium (or a Hammer total of $836,300).
 Estimate for sale as a whole: $926,500 – $1,360,000
. 138 lots were offered and 104 sold (75% sell-t...

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The second edition of the Festival Photoreporter is gearing up. Despite the recent announcement that artistic director, Didier Rapaud, will be stepping down (see Michel Puech’s article), the festival has announced the selection of thirteen international photographers whose work ...

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If You Knew Me You Would Care is a collection of personal stories and portraits that come together to tell a powerful tale not only of survival, but also of life regained and the strength of the human spirit. Published by powerHouse Books New York, the stories i...

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