An Insider’s Look at the Tiananmen Square Incidents
In 1989, photographer Kan Tai Wong covered the student protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The 2024 edition of his book ’89 Tiananmen, which was recently awarded the 2024 Historical Book Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles, presents an intimate look at the protesters, their hopes, their resilience, and their determination.
Andres Serrano: America Beyond Good and Evil
Portraits by American photography’s enfant terrible are on display at the Musée Maillol in Paris until October 20. This retrospective is essential to grasping the deep rift dividing the United States on the eve of the upcoming presidential election on November 5.
Fires of Wrath
From 2020 to 2021, photographer Maxime Riché documented the devastation wrought by the megafires in Paradise, California. In a book published by André Frère, his stunning infrared landscapes and raw portraits of survivors provide a distinctive lens on this climate catastrophe.
Visions and Images: Horst P. Horst, 1981
In the following video, legendary photographer Horst P. Horst is interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, for the television program Visions and Images.
Visions and Images: Garry Winogrand, 1981
In the following video, legendary photographer Garry Winogrand is interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, for the television program Visions and Images.
Gregory Crewdson’s First Career Retrospective
The American photographer looks back over four decades of work exploring the implicit tensions and desires hiding in plain sight.
“Lee Miller’s Camera Became a Weapon of Choice”
For the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Saint-Malo (France), the city is exhibiting the photos of Lee Miller, a fashion icon, a surrealist artist and war reporter who covered the siege of the French city of Saint-Malo (Brittany) as close as possible to the fighting. Blind met Antony Penrose, the son of Lee Miller and director of his mother’s archives.
Manoocher Deghati: an Eyewitness from the Middle East
Photographer Manoocher Deghati has been photographing conflicts, social issues and everyday events from around the globe throughout a career that spans several decades. Eyewitness is the first retrospective of Deghati’s work, and the first biographical photo book published by FotoEvidence.
Anastasia Taylor-Lind: “The Situation has Changed a Lot in Ukraine”
Photojournalist Anastasia Taylor-Lind has been traveling across Ukraine for more than ten years and paints a portrait of a country and a population whose daily life is punctuated by war. Her work, produced with her friend the Ukrainian journalist Alisa Sopova, and entitled “Ukraine: Photographs from the Frontline”, is exhibited at the Verdun Memorial (France), offering a sometimes disturbing echo with the images of the First World War. And her work “5k From the Frontline” is presented at the Visa pour l’image festival in Perpignan. She tells Blind about her experience on the front and her vision of the profession.
The Violent Birth of Bangladesh
In 1971 Bangladesh was created through a bloody war for independence. The brutal fighting between Bangladesh and Pakistan, which eventually also drew in India, led to both a genocide of up to 3 million, and a refugee crisis of 10 million people. Photojournalist Raghu Rai’s images of the refugee crisis stand as a powerful testimony to these events, the effects of which are being felt today.
EXCLUSIVE: Never-Before-Seen Video of Robert Frank
Recently unearthed footage from nearly 40 years ago shows the great photographer talking about honesty and cruelty in photography—and in The Americans. Special for Blind readers.
You’re Wrong about Robert Frank
If you thought the master photographer was cantankerous and curmudgeonly, you haven’t seen his softer side.
Treasure and Junk
Which trinkets did Robert Frank and Todd Webb keep for decades—and why? The stories behind the objects.
On the Road
In 1955, photographers Robert Frank and Todd Webb set out to capture a rapidly changing America. Now, for the first time, a new exhibition in Houston shows their photos together — and reveals how what they saw forever changed their view of the country.
Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Of Lines and Bodies
Given the rarity of exhibitions and publications on Yasuhiro Ishimoto, photography enthusiasts are eager to flock to Le BAL in Paris to explore the works of this under-recognized American Japanese photographer. The exhibition offers a rich array of images from Japan and the United States, dating to the early career of this pivotal figure in modern Japanese photography.
Building the Future in the Urban South
For his latest book, Peter Essick produced through aerial photography abstract and painterly images of construction sites in Atlanta. In presenting this series, Essick’s goal is to reveal the human impact of development as well as the enduring power of the land.
Meme Press Photo: From Humor to the Precarious Condition of Photojournalists
Since its start in 2023, Meme Press Photo has been taking irreverent jabs at the photojournalism industry. But underneath the jokes, there are serious observations. With the person running the Instagram account doing their hardest to remain anonymous, they did open up to an interview with Blind.
Look at the USA: A Diary of War and Home
Driven by ideology, insecurity, ambition, and a fascination with war, Peter van Agtmael began documenting America’s war in Iraq in 2006. What followed was a nearly two decade long photographic odyssey that resulted in an unprecedented photographic work that looks to understand and peel back the layers of his troubled society.
The Daily Life of a Paraplegic Gang Member
Over the course of three years, Dr. Greg Gulbransen photographed Malik, a leader in the street gang the Crips, in New York. In 2018, Malik got shot and paralyzed by a bullet from a rival gang. As a result, his world now centers around his small apartment in the Bronx, where he is cared for by his family and fellow gang members.
Giulietta Palumbo, Magnum Photos: “Action Against Hunger’s Grant for a New Humanitarian Look is a Valuable Opportunity for Photographers”
Until August 31, 2024, Action Against Hunger is inviting photographers, videographers, cartoonists and content creators to take part in the second edition of its Multimedia Grant for a New Humanitarian Perspective. This grant, worth 10 000 euros, is intended to be a place for the exploration of new narrative and iconographic processes. It invites participants […]
A Breath of Fresh Air in Arles
The opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles began with unseasonably cool weather for southern France. Just 86°F in the shade, accompanied by gusts of the mistral wind. The week concluded with a uniquely rainy Saturday, described as “a sad day” by many festival-goers, marking a definitive close to the festivities. While the weather threw a […]
Marginal Images
How can photography capture the “outside,” the “alongside”? Several exhibitions at this year’s Rencontres d’Arles explore the concept of the margins: the fringes of society, the perspective chosen by the artist, and the boundaries of the image itself. Here, we focus on four approaches that are as disconcerting as they are captivating.
Documentary Focus at Les Rencontres d’Arles
The 55th edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles shines a spotlight on documentary photography, spanning from classic twentieth-century techniques to the most experimental contemporary approaches that offer a new perspective on the world. These diverse projects challenge the status of photography and examine our relationship with images.
In Arles, a Focus on Japanese Photography
Japan takes center stage at the 55th Rencontres d’Arles, which started on July 1st. Five exhibitions celebrate the country’s photographic art, in particular by women, bringing to light underrecognized yet seminal works.
Gabriele Münter and Eudora Welty: Starting with Photography
In Montpellier, France, the exhibition “In the Beginning, Photography”, brings together the work of Gabriele Münter and Eudora Welty, who both tried their hand at photography before becoming, respectively, a painter and a writer. The show delves into their little-known oeuvre circumscribed by a shared geographic territory: the American Southeast.
Paul McCartney’s Dazzling Portrait of Beatlemania
A newly-discovered cache of photographs made between 1963-64 offer a look at Fab Four inside the eye of the storm.
Nadav Kander: “If you Think of Beauty as Perfection, it’s Frightening”
The Portrait(s) festival in Vichy (France) honors the British artist Nadav Kander, recognized as one of the great portrait photographers of his time.
Stephen Shore: On the Road, on the Rails, and in the Air
The Fondation Cartier-Bresson in Paris presents a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to American photographer Stephen Shore, celebrated for his colorful explorations of America. The exhibition, complemented by a publication from Atelier EXB, showcases a selection of approximately one hundred images that highlight how various modes of transport are integral to his creative process.
Celebrating America’s Legendary Black Rodeo Community
Photographer Ivan McClellan launches a new chapter in his career: rodeo boss.
Mirrors of Japan
The 76th album in the “100 Photos for the Freedom of the Press” series is the first ever to celebrate Japan. It showcases the unique perspectives of 14 great photographers, moving beyond the usual imagery associated with the Land of the Rising Sun.
Robert Capa: Icons, Unpublished Images, and Confidences
The American photographer is being honored with an exhibition at Les Franciscaines, in Deauville (France), and a magnificent accompanying book, published by Atelier EXB. The latter contains his most famous photos, a selection of lesser-known images and a host of stories and anecdotes that add to the myth.
Apply to Action Against Hunger’s Humanitarian Grant
Until August 31, the NGO is inviting photographers, video artists, designers and content creators to take part in the second edition of its Multimedia Grant for a New Humanitarian Perspective.
Along the Thailand/Myanmar border with My Story Photography
Since 2006, the “My Story” photography project gives Karen young people along the Thailand/Myanmar border the tools to document their lives through images.
Best Regards, Paolo Roversi
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 : Paolo Roversi confronting the enigma of the portrait.
Unsung Documentarians Shine at PHotoESPAÑA 2024
The annual festival presents a diverse program of old masters and contemporary stars, but in the end it was the lesser-known photographers that stole the show.
Bernard Plossu: Sixty Years of Tender Photography
To coincide with the release of a book devoted to Bernard Plossu, the Camera Obscura gallery in Paris presents a retrospective exhibition of sixty images tracing the career of this photographer of travel, walks, photographic chance, the unexpected and the glimpsed.
Charlie Phillips: A Windrush Kid in London
The archive of one of Britain’s greatest photographers is being brought together by Bluecoat Press in a beautifully curated, designed and printed book.
Karl Struss and the Rise of Hollywood
Bringing together over 100 images alongside films and Hollywood ephemera, an exhibition charts the career of the photographer-turned-filmmaker who helped define American cinematography.
Bertien van Manen, Photographer of the Intimate, Dies at 89
The renowned Dutch documentary photographer peacefully passed away in the presence of her family in Amsterdam on May 26, 2024.
Joel Meyerowitz: A Year of Consecration
For the past six decades, the American photographer Joel Meyerowitz has roamed the streets of the world, countrysides and beaches in search of life in blue, green, yellow and red. In the 1970s, his sense of modernism contributed to the acceptance of color photographs as works of art. In 2024, five major exhibitions celebrate his work.
A 1980s Guide to Consumerism Run Amok
Pippa Garner has the answers you’ve been looking for.
Graciela Iturbide’s Luminous Portrait of Chicano Los Angeles
The legendary Mexican photographer crafts a layered portrait of love, joy, and survival.
Corky Lee’s Asian America
Over the course of a 50-year career, photographer Corky Lee documented Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across America. The book Corky Lee’s Asian America presents Lee’s iconic photographs and traces his mission to chronicle a history of inclusion, resistance, ethnic pride, and patriotism.
Photographing My Blind Parents
David Snider’s mother and father were born blind, but he ironically became a photographer, and documented their lives. This project is the most important one in his life, and is set to become a photobook soon.
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