Sage Sohier: Curious critters
For over thirty years the American photographer Sage Sohier has been capturing the antics of our darling pets. Her funny and endearing exhibition is on view online exclusively on the website of the California-based Joseph Bellows Gallery.
Call for portfolios: Life in lockdown
During this trying time, Blind wishes to support photographic creation and invites photographers to submit series created while self-isolating.
Billie Mandle: True Confessionals
In her new book, photographer Billie Mandle explores the small spaces where we search for forgiveness.
COVID-19: Photojournalists on the frontlines
Dispatched into the field to cover the health crisis, press photographers are often like first responders in a disaster zone. They share with us their views of the epidemic, discussing everything from safety measures to insights into their job.
Jérémie Bouillon and “time regained”
During this unprecedented health crisis, photographers must fire up their creativity and reinvent themselves. We talked to Jérémie Bouillon just as the country had gone into lockdown.
Cássio Vasconcellos: “I want to use wonder to touch people.”
In this period of confinement, his photography work is a breath of fresh air. The Brazilian artist was scheduled to exhibit his stunning work on Brazil’s lush nature at the Parisian gallery GADCOLLECTION: wonderful paintings that raise awareness of pressing environmental issues. Following is an interview with the artist.
A diary of confinement: living alone
In the seventh part of the journal she is holding regularly during the COVID19 crisis, with one image, one text and one song, New York photographer Gaia Squarci evokes the loneliness she faces and the spectrum of a period of transition after containment.
The public health crisis: Photo galleries in distress
Exhibitions cancelled, art fairs postponed, sales stalled: with their activities paralyzed, photo galleries, already struggling over the past years, are tackling the future one day at a time.
PORTFOLIO – Nieves Mingueza: “Her name was Suzanne”
In her latest project, The Malady of Suzanne, Spanish artist Nieves Mingueza goes off in search of a woman named Suzanne, who lived in her building long before she did, in the 1970s. The result is a unique story with mystery novel undertones that falls somewhere between photographic investigation and journey of self-discovery.
ON THAT DAY, “Cigarette” by Stephen Shames
With On That Day, photographers are invited to tell the story behind one of their photographs. Today, photographer Stephen Shames tells a encounter with some kids on an American street corner…
Sabrina Jeblaoui: “The Berlin club scene: it’s both beautiful and terrifying”
Posted outside the doors of Berlin techno clubs, Sabrina Jeblaoui, 26, captures night owls heading home or on their way to party elsewhere. Spontaneous portraits shot on film that show what it clubbing is like nowadays. With now more than 26,000 followers on Instagram, the NachtClubsBerlin project is taking a new turn.
Akasha Rabut: the Magic of New Orleans
Death Magick Abundance, photographer Akasha Rabut’s first book of photos, is the culmination of her ten-year collaboration with the people of New Orleans. Her images celebrate the city’s thriving culture through the pink smoke of the Caramel Curves, the prancing horses of the Southern Riderz, and the exuberant atmosphere of street parties.
A diary of confinement : What to photograph?
In the sixth part of the journal she is holding regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci questions her responsibility as a photographer facing this unprecedented situation.
Eloi de la Monneraye: “The Coronavirus set things in motion”
During this unprecedented health crisis, photographers must fire up their creativity and reinvent themselves. We talk to Eloi de la Monneraye, who is on lockdown in Normandy with his family, where he finds an inexhaustible well of inspiration.
Do you speak bird?
An unusual photographic project recorded over an extensive period of time, A Sensitive Education by Francesca Todde is an immersion in the daily life of a bird educator named Tristan. Released in January by Milan publisher Départ Pour l’Image, this limited edition is both a wonderful discovery and a very beautiful photo book.
Tseng Kwong Chi: the Chinese artist posing as a tourist
In 1979 artist, social diarist, and cultural provocateur Tseng Kwong Chi embarked on East Meets West, an exploration of truth, fiction, and identity using photography and performance art decades before the advent of the selfie.
A diary of confinement: Ask the Dust
In the fifth part of the journal she is holding regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci tells the disappearance of her neighbourhood grocery store, a symbol of an economy that is gradually going down in ashes.
Photography venues: Behind closed doors
At the first signs of the Covid-19 outbreak, many photography museums and galleries around the world, especially in Europe and the United States, closed their doors to the public. This difficult situation has forced these institutions to reinvent themselves in order to survive.
Lilian Bassman: The Fashion of Photography
Lillian Bassman is known for her modernising influence on the post-war fashion industry. At once a fashion photographer and art editor at Harper’s Bazaar, she was renowned for her high-contrast images of contemporary society women, actresses, and models, whom she photographed through the 1950s to 70s. Atlas Gallery celebrates her legacy in their exhibition Redefining Fashion.
A diary of confinement: moving
In the fourth part of the journal she is holding regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci tells the story of her roommate’s move and the loneliness she suddenly has to face.
VIDEO – Interview with Julien Mavier, photographer and explorer
The photographer travels the world to reveal its wildest aspects. Tribe of lions in Senegal, horde of reindeer in Russia, in the footsteps of the grizzly in North America… Interview with Julien Mavier.
Julie Blackmon’s Surreal Photographs of Contemporary American Life
Photographer Julie Blackmon’s rich, satirical tapestries of suburban American life take on a new layer of significance during the global pandemic.
A diary of confinement: calling home
In the third part of the journal she is holding regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci video talks with a friend working in a hospital near Milan, her hometown.
Coping with coronavirus: Photographers share lockdown stories
Faced with cancelled exhibitions, festivals, and commissions, the entire profession is feeling the impact of anti-Covid-19 measures. We have gathered testimonies from photographers, who are on lockdown and anxious, but adapting and keeping up good spirits.
Street photography: testing the limits of the law
A small, but poignant exhibition at the f3—freiraum für fotografie gallery in Berlin raises big questions about the ethics of street photography: does the artist-photographer have the right to photograph people in a public space? Does the passerby who unwittingly enters the frame have any control over the image?
A diary of confinement: fire and water
In the second part of the journal she will hold regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci describes her first impressions since the lockdown.
Photography masterpieces in San Francisco
Pier 24 Photography, a landmark photography museum in San Francisco, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Home to the Pilara Foundation Collection, Pier 24 brings together the greatest names in photography, past and present, from Diane Arbus to Henry Wessel.
Stay home, keep calm, & have some fun
As we struggle with social distancing and quarantine, Blind takes a look at ways of taking our minds off of the pandemic and exploring the world of art. We have hand-picked online activities for all the photography lovers out there!
A diary of confinement: science fiction
In the first part of the journal she will hold regularly during the COVID-19 crisis with one image, one text and one song, New York based photographer Gaia Squarci describes how the American megapolis prepared itself to its closure, in a nearly apocalyptic atmosphere.
ON THAT DAY, “Late Night Flash” by Tod Papageorge
With On That Day, photographers are invited to tell the story behind one of their photographs. Today, photographer Tod Papageorge tells his 1977 New Year’s Eve story.
PORTFOLIO – Guillaume Hébert: “I explore the remnants of the Arles theater world”
A painter by training, Guillaume Hébert gradually turned to photography until he made it his medium of choice. In his latest series, Sceneries, the artist uses a singular approach: confronting his photographs to the classical tradition of landscape painting. An unusual combination, whose manufacturing secrets he’s agreed to share with us.
Armando Salas Portugal: Kaleidoscopic architecture
A new space wholly dedicated to photography just opened in Hong Kong this past February: it’s called f22. The inaugural exhibition, entitled Emotional Architecture, showcases the Mexican photographer Armando Salas Portugal who spent over forty years photographing the dreamy, colorful structures designed by his friend Luis Barragán. It’s easy to see how photography can turn buildings into icons and, vice versa, architecture make photographs iconic.
What Makes the Man?
The Barbican’s Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography explores how masculinity has been experienced, performed, coded, and socially constructed in photography and film since the 1960s, and brings together over 300 works from 50 pioneering artists.
EDITORIAL: Weathering the crisis
As we cope with enforced isolation and exhibition closures, Blind wishes to continue providing up-to-date information and be your window onto the world.
ON THAT DAY, “Longing for elsewhere” by FLORE
With On That Day, photographers are invited to tell the story behind one of their photographs. Today, the photographer FLORE and a moment in Morocco…
Teju Cole’s Switzerland between chaos and harmony
The writer, art historian, and photographer Teju Cole has published a book with MACK which reveals his fascination with the Alpine republic. He visited the country six times between 2014 and 2016, showing both the territory and the way it is represented.
Film Photography: An Introduction to Shooting on Film
Film photography will never go away, and though it gains and loses popularity over time periods, it remains an essential practice of the trade, one that is both technical and playful and appreciated for its grain and the vintage look it can give to images. While it still appeals to people with nostalgia for the past, it is also increasingly attractive to newer generations. Here are some tips for beginners who want to try their hand at shooting for film.
PORTFOLIO – Manolo Espaliu: “There is not a single Iran”
With his project Viaje a Persia, the Spanish photographer follows the footsteps of Garcia de Silva, one of the first European explorers to discover Iran in the 17th century. Fascinated by his writings, Manolo Espaliu attempts to rediscover the timeless landscapes described by the author in a vast photographic quest. Interview with the photographer.
agnès b.’s La Fab: Photography under the skin
In the newly opened space dedicated to the collection of the famous fashion designer agnès b., photography dialogues with every form of visual art. La Fab in Paris offers a fresh look at works of photography which we find scattered throughout the venue.
EDITORIAL: Any picture anytime
Confronted with photos of a private moment, Blind’s co-editor-in-chief reflects on our permanent exposure to photography.
Tommaso Protti: The dark side of the Amazon
Winner of the 10th Carmignac Photojournalism Award, Tommaso Protti challenges our beliefs about the Amazon rainforest and makes us look reality straight in the face, however complex it may be. His work is showcased in an upcoming exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London and in a book published by Reliefs Éditions.
INSIDE THE FRAME – 1,369 light bulbs
In conjunction with the Jeff Wall exhibition at the George Economou Collection, Blind looks at an image by the Canadian photographer and master of staging and photographic reinterpretation.
Latin American image makers
In Latin America, women active in the world of photography are not just muses: they have created many of the works we have in front of us today. And yet, we are not sufficiently aware of their existence. We take a closer look at the lack of visibility and recognition of women in Latin American photography.
Thomas Sauvin: Salvaging Lost Images in China
Thomas Sauvin is one of the recurring names in today’s vernacular photography. This French artist and long-time resident of China has given new life to negatives found in a landfill in northern Beijing through daring exhibitions and publications. A sprawling project that enables viewers to discover photographs of anonymous people from the Middle Kingdom.
PORTFOLIO – Sakina Douiou, Just Between Boys
With the Boys series that she shot on film, the 17-year-old photographer captures the wandering moods of two friends of hers. One late afternoon in Marseille, under a setting sun…
