Young European Photographers, Episode 4: Jean-Vincent (France)
The documentary series “Young European Photographers” explores the drive behind young photographic creation in Europe. In this 4th episode, in partnership with Paris Photo, Blind meets Jean-Vincent Simonet whose work is exhibited in the Curiosa sector.
What to see at Paris Photo?
To collectors around the world Paris Photo is a highly anticipated fair, and, to enthusiasts, an enormous exhibition that spans the history of photography from the nineteenth century through the present, as well as a panorama of current trends: what’s being done, what’s being bought.
Laure Albin Guillot, Marked by Elegance
Further exploring the treasures of Roger-Viollet, the gallery at 6 rue de Seine pays tribute to Laure Albin Guillot, whose collection the agency bought in 1964, two years after her death. This exhibition, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of her death, with about sixty of her contemporary images, honors the photographer’s “elegant glance.”
Black Queen, White Queen
Photographer Gillian Laub’s “Southern Rites”, about segregated proms in the American South, became a touring exhibition produced by the International Center of Photography. In this interview the photographer explains the motivations that pushed her to start working on this topic, and what happened next.
Boris Mikhaïlov, A Story of His Own
Three Parisian exhibitions, including one at the Suzanne Tarasiève Gallery, focus on Boris Miklhailov, a Ukrainian artist who plays with stereotypes, establishing an aesthetic free of hypocrisy.
Best Regards, Marc Riboud
They are heirs to a time in suspension, and their images continue to enrich the world history of photography and our own impatient eyes. Blind shares the memories of some magical encounters with these virtuosos of the camera, soloists in black & white or in color, artists faithful to gelatin silver photography or bewitched by digital technologies. Today: Marc Riboud, a great reporter with a big heart.
Alan Chin Travels Through a Nation in Turmoil in Infinity Goes Up On Trial
In Infinity Goes Up On Trial, Alan Chin explores the geography, ideology, and history of his home country in search of the national myths challenged by COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter movement, or the insurgency and storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Mitch Epstein: The Color of Recreation
Mitch Epstein brings out a new edition of his landmark work, Recreation, first published in 2005: nostalgic tableaus by a lover of color.
Philippe R. Doumic: The Photographic Treasures of French Cinema
Philippe Doumic took many portraits of the world of cinema for Unifrance in the 1960s, some of which have become iconic. His daughter pays tribute to him in a beautiful book, in an effort to ensure the continued recognition of a photographer who had long remained in the shadows.
“The Timeless Story of Moormerland,” Autofiction Stories by Elsa & Johanna
The MEP Studio exhibits the work of the photography duo Elsa & Johanna until November 6. “The Timeless Story of Moormerland” gives life to various characters who take us on a journey through time and our collective memory.
Gordon Parks’ View of America Across Three Decades
Two new books and one expanded edition of the photographs of Gordon Parks look at the work of the famed photographer from three decades of his career: the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Taken together, the books show that Parks’ humanistic commitment to exposing the effects of race and class in America never wavered.
Discovering Ergy Landau
She appears in A World History of Women Photographers by Thames&Hudson (French publication by Textuel), and in the boxed set Women Photographers in the Photofile collection, but does anyone today know the work of Ergy Landau? The exhibition at the Maison Robert Doisneau—accompanied by a book published by Le Bec en l’Air—offers a glimpse of her career in a hundred or so prints, almost all released for the first time. This will be followed, starting December 8, by another exhibition on the theme of Paris at the town hall of the 16th Arrondissement.
Pascal Maitre: The Beauty and Tragedy of the Fulani of the Sahel
The Fulani people are at the heart of the tensions that threaten the balance of a swath of the African continent. Winner of the 2020 Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière Photography Award, photojournalist Pascal Maitre, a specialist in Africa, paints a portrait of a now-endangered ancestral way of life.
The Other Look of Erwin Blumenfeld
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme in Paris devotes an illuminating exhibition to Erwin Blumenfeld, a photographer who wore many hats, and focuses on his most prolific period through the prism of two unpublished reportages, his outlook on art, and his life during the Occupation.
How James Bidgood Inspired a Generation of LGBTQ Artists
A new exhibition, “The Lavender Flair,” explores Bidgood’s impact on artists including Pierre et Gilles, Steven Arnold, and David LaChapelle.
New Orleans Icon Polo Silk Unveils His Legendary Photo Archive
Une exposition du travail du photographe le plus influent de la Nouvelle-Orléans retrace l’histoire des gens, de la culture et de la musique de cette ville surnommée « Big Easy ».
Jed Fielding: Out on the Street
Encounter, Jed Fielding’s eye-candy of a book published by the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, captures city residents who, even as they face the consequences of economic and political crises, enjoy life to the fullest. The book opens a door to the history of the world’s streets.
The 43rd W. Eugene Smith Grant Awarded to Maxim Dondyuk
The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography was awarded to Maxim Dondyuk for his project Ukraine 2014/22, which looks at the country’s battle for independence. Mary F. Calvert received the Smith Fellowship, with special awards going to Shirley Abrahamm and Amit Madeshiya, along with Ta Mwe.
This Family That is Not Mine
With “Glendalis: The Life and World of a Young Latina,” photographer Angela Cappetta chronicles the story of a multigenerational family.
Louis Faurer, the Melancholy Watcher
Les Douches la Galerie, in Paris, presents about twenty of Louis Faurer’s prints, mainly in the streets of New York, between 1937 and 1950. The “The Melancholy Watcher” exhibition is the quintessence of his art.
Farshid Tighehsaz: “In Iran, Photojournalism is Not Recognized”
The Iranian photographer Farshid Tighehsaz is the winner of the 6Mois Photojournalism Prize. His project entitled Labyrinth reveals the intimacy of an Iranian youth fighting against poverty, depression and prohibitions. A decade of photographs that foreshadow today’s social movements.
Charlotte Abramow: Magritte Is In the Air
Brussels-based artist photographer Charlotte Abramow is having her first monographic exhibition in Belgium at Hangar in Brussels. Haunted by surrealism, the exhibition features Abramow’s central themes revolving around body acceptance and social constraints.
Elusive Pakistan
Photographer Gauthier Digoutte traveled to the “land of the pure.” He recounts his peregrinations and images in this in-depth travelog.
Elton John’s Elegiac Ode to Peter Hujar
A new exhibition and catalog offer a fresh take on the work of the fabled bohemian photographer of the 1970s and 80s.
Young European Photographers, Episode 3: Rami (Belgium)
The documentary series “Young European Photographers” explores what drives young photographers in Europe to create.
Wolfgang Tillmans’s Immaculately Studied Nonchalance at the MoMA
Wolfgang Tillmans’s been dubbed “one of the world’s most significant living artists.” With the opening of a new retrospective, we’re taking a look back at Tillmans’s career and how he landed one the most coveted achievements in the art world: a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Albert Londres: Fighting for Truth with Pen and Photography
On the occasion of the 29th Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, a festival of war reporting showcases unpublished photographs by the great French journalist and writer Albert Londres. The exhibition celebrates the 90th anniversary of his death.
The Island That Burnt on a Film Set
Mount Stromboli is known as one of the most active volcanoes in the world, but this year the danger came from TV.
Bill Eppridge’s Vibrant Portrait of America in the 1960s
A new exhibition charts the legacy of a photojournalist who chronicled the nation during a turbulent era.
Raw Portraits of Residents in a Hollywood Hotel, in 1975
Penny Wolin spent three weeks in a down-at-the-heels hotel in 1975 Hollywood. Her photographs allow us access to a world both fascinating yet fleeting.
Congo in Conversation
A new exhibition, currently on view at the Bronx Documentary Center, brings together the work of 12 Congolese photographers and journalists to explore human, social, and ecological issues in the DRC.
At Zone i, Image and Environment go Hand in Hand With Poetry and New Horizons
A space for art and cooperation, Zone i helps, in its own way, to advance photography. The fourth reiteration of the Rencontres Image & Environnement festival was held on September 24 and 25 at the Moulin de la Fontaine in Thoré-La-Rochette (France).
Douglas Kirkland, Photographer of Celebrities, Dies at 88
The Canadian passed away on October 2nd. Blind looks back on the career of a man who photographed the intimacy of cinema and fashion stars.
The city, seen through the eyes of Alexis Duclos
“Paris is a populated solitude,” wrote François Mauriac. Alexis Duclos turns this solitude into art. In his latest project, “En Ville!”, on view at the Galerie Durev through October 10, he shares the portrait of a poetic and unexpected Paris.
Rick Castro’s Journey to Become the “King of Fetish”
With the relaunch of his groundbreaking book “13 Years of Bondage,” Rick Castro looks back at his singular path in photography.
Sheila Metzner on Photography, Film, and Golden Light
The American artist’s brilliantly textured, luminous photographs come to Paris in “Objets de désir”, marking her first solo exhibition in France.
Ruins, History, and the Gaze: When Photography Uncovers Our Past
Two women tackle the question of identity and history of peoples at the gallery of Château d’Eau in Toulouse: Marion Gronier focuses on the founding peoples of the United States, while Gosette Lubondo takes a journey through the history of her country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Białowieża: Awe-inspiring and Hostile Nature
S’enforester takes us to a region straddling the Polish and Belarusian border, into the heart of Białowieża, one of the last primeval forests in Europe. Combining philosophical reflection and photography, Andrea Olga Mantovani and Baptiste Morizot make the forest breathe and speak.
“The Cut is my Click”
Belgian artist Katrien de Blauwer’s book “The Photos She Doesn’t Show to Anyone” balances harmony and tension with the finesse of a tightrope walker.
Exploring the Devastating Effects of Police Killings on Mothers
Photographer Jon Henry photographed mothers and sons using the pietà as a motif to explore the police killings of black men across the United States. Combining the resulting photographs with the words of the mothers who take part in the project, Henry works to show the killings affects the mothers who are often forgotten about in the greater conversation.
Auctus Animalis : A Visual/Musical Bestiary
The photographer Vincent Fournier and the composer Sébastien Gaxie won the Swisslife 4 Hands Prize, bringing together two disciplines: photography and music. Their project Auctus Animalis is a photographic and musical adventure in the quest for celestial animals that aim for the stars.
The Mombasa Portrait Studio Heralding Kenya’s Independence
Revisiting the archive of Indian photographer N.V. Parekh, who created a space for imagination through portraiture.
LIFE: Photography Under the Skin
For the second time in Europe, unpublished LIFE photographs are being brought out of the archives to be exhibited and auctioned in Paris. The sale and exhibition, entitled The Golden Years of LIFE, focuses on America’s golden age, from the end of the stock market crash in 1929 through the late 1960s. It is an opportunity to revisit the place of photography in the history of the magazine.
A Warm and Whimsical Look at 1970s Texas
Bob Shaw revisits his early photography career documenting music, art, and daily life across Fort Worth.
Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum
The exhibition Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through October 2, asks “How have women artists used photography as a tool of resistance?”.
