Le Journal de la Photographie

Agathe Gaillard's Selection

2013-05-18

6 portfolios. This is the selection by Agathe Gaillard, for her third week. Agathe Gaillard is one of the major figures of French photography. In 1975, with her husband, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, she opened a photo gallery, which she is now closing. Her memoir, Agathe Gaillard, Mémoires d'une galerie, is published by NRF.

Benjamin Løzninger Smoke-Fire

2013-05-18

"A burning city. Thick smoke clouds fill the air with an intense smell. History always repeats itself: as at Nero’s times, a devastating fire run through the streets, through the buildings, threatening people’s life. Was it an arson or just an accident ? The "Smoke // Fire" series is speaking about self-introspection through the discovery a new city, experimenting mystery, fascination, repulsion and sometimes fear." -Glossom.com

Hervé BaudatColorature

2013-05-18

For a long time, I was afraid of letting color into my photographs, a bit like sailors who will sail into the heart of a storm, but not knowing how to swim, fear dipping even their big toes into the ocean. No, ghosts never drape themselves in black and white; beware of venomous flowers!

Paul Raphaelson Sub/Culture

2013-05-18

The subway's familiar Brutalism has been giving way to stainless steel and layers of angled glass. I miss much of the character that's been polished away, but find myself captivated by the view. Reflections from inside and out absorb passengers in a mirage of ghosts and fragments. Meanwhile, faces suggest retreat to a privacy far from the chaos all around.

Fabrice Balossini Pèlerins

2013-05-18

As legend has it, when gods roamed the earth, a few drops of eternity were lost in the Ganges... From January to March 2013, millions of Hindu pilgrims came to purify themselves in the sacred waters of the city of Allahabad. This pilgrimage, the most important of the Kumbh Mela, is the largest human gathering in history. For three weeks, from Varanasi to Allahabad, I followed these Kumbh Mela pilgrims. The next Kumbh Mela of comparable importance will take place in 144 years.

Viviana Peretti Infierno Paradisíaco

2013-05-18

“You do not belong to anywhere until you have a corpse in the ground…" writes Gabriel García Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude, explaining the relationship Colombians have with death. The emotional bond with beloved ones does not end with death but turns into a holy connection, part of one’s own identity.

Sara Munari : Dolphins sleep with open eyes

2013-05-18

Zoos are born with intent informative to know and understand animal breeds otherwise unattainable. I wonder today what sense the life of an animal that is born, grows and dies in a cage by the boundaries. Strange form of entertainment for humans or thin pretense of superiority? Whatever the motivation certainly does not justify the existence of these places where they are taught nothing but to desert the compassion that makes us human beings.