The Last Goodbyes in the Border Regions of Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, the flood of refugees from the fighting continue to flow west across the country’s borders. But as women and children flee, their husbands, fathers and brothers remain to fight the Russians, while others refuse to leave home. Photographer Ismail Ferdous spent time photographing those preparing to fight, those fleeing abroad, and those who choose to stay as they all say goodbye.
Letizia Battaglia, Who Photographed the Italian Mafia, Dies at 87
Letizia Battaglia, groundbreaking female photojournalist who fearlessly documented the Mafia’s campaign of terror in her native Sicily, has died at 87 in Palermo.
Slow Burning Blue Skies
In abstract polaroid pictures of blue skies over concentration camps, Anton Kusters tells the story of the holocaust. The book is called 1078 Blue Skies, 4432 Days and it’s a classic.
Peter van Agtmael: “I Try to Criticize Myself and Criticize the Country at the Same Time”
Opening April 14 at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York, Look At The USA gathers photographs from 17 years of photographer Peter van Agtmael’s work to draw a complex picture of post 9/11 America. The exhibition addresses themes ranging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the social and political issues that shake […]
The Photographer Reimagining the First Day on Earth in Africa
Exploring the work of Yannis Davy Guibinga, who uses art to uplift the people, honor ancestral traditions, and challenge neocolonialism.
Young European Photographers, Episode 1: Michalina (Poland)
In this first episode of Young European Photographers, we visit Polish photographer Michalina Kuczyńska, who documents the social tensions and protests her country has experienced since the far right came to power.
Depardon as a Landscape Photographer
Devoted almost exclusively to one of Raymond Depardon’s latest series, the exhibition “Communes” at the Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier invites us to take a closer look at his work on France. It unfolds as a guided tour from the 1980s through the present.
Photographing the Illusion of Eternal Daylight
The exhibition “Eight Danish Artists”, presented at the Jumièges Abbaye, in France, launches the second edition of the Northern Lights festival, which offers photographic exhibitions in emblematic places in Normandy until fall of 2023.
Ten Years with the FARC
The Colombian photographer Federico Rios Escobar spent a decade in the Colombian jungle with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Mirages on the Horizon
Three years after his appointment, French director Quentin Bajac makes his mark with the creation of a festival taking up the entire Jeu de Paume, in Paris. Curated by Béatrice Gross, “Fata Morgana” brings together 150 works by 26 multidisciplinary artists: it celebrates images in the broadest sense of the word.
Riding the Mythical Wave at Teahupo’o
In his book Turbulences,the photographer Ben Thouard transports us into the barrel of the mythical wave at Teahup’o in Tahiti.
Seeing Color: The Street Portraiture of Ruben Natal-San Miguel
“Women R Beautiful” is a kaleidoscopic celebration of women and femmes made across Harlem and the Bronx.
Valérie Belin’s Hypermodern Portraiture
In a new show, “Modern Royals”, Belin presents a series of portraits of fictional nobility, blending time to create images that seem at once modern and dated.
Writers, Actors and Anonymous German People from the 20th Century
The name of this German photographer had fallen into oblivion, despite the quality of the body of work she built between 1958 and 2004, in which the portrait holds an important place. A major retrospective of her work is currently shown in a book.
Émile Zola : A Father Hen
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris showcases some twenty portraits the novelist-photographer Émile Zola made of his daughter and model, Denise.
How Photography Can Help Restore Confidence in Journalism
Since 2005, nearly 2200 newspapers across the United States have shuttered, and newspaper jobs have plummeted nearly 57%. Photojournalists have been hit hard by the cuts. But now a new business model is hoping to reverse the trend—and not just support photojournalism, but revive local media as well.
The Daily Lives of the Ukrainians Displaced by War
In the Zakarpattia Oblast region of Ukraine, to the far west of the country, lies the city of Chop. This railroad hub is an easy access to the borders with Hungary and Slovakia as those displaced by the war in the East flee to safety in Ukraine’s West and the NATO countries beyond the borders.
Patrick Demarchelier, Fashion Photographer, Dies at 78
The Frenchman, renowned in the world of fashion and stars, died Thursday at the age of 78.
The Ukrainian Rail in the Dark
Trains in Ukraine are an indispensable means of transport for millions of refugees. The photographer Rafael Yaghobzadeh has documented the railway network in Ukraine during wartime — at night, when there are fewer wandering souls.
Exploring the Nude Through an Expansive Gaze
A new exhibition brings together the work of 30 female-identifying artists from 20 countries to reimagine the nude liberated from the gender binary.
Carole Bellaïche: The Dwelling of Memory and Hope
If, as an aspiring actor, you are lucky enough to cross paths with the photographer Carole Bellaïche, she will build your portfolio, filling it with beautiful photos, and leave behind an aura of mystery.
Inside George Brown’s Bar
In 1971, a young photographer/barkeep made an evocative series of photographs of the patrons of a working-class bar that still have much to say about the human condition—and the gentle art of making portraits.
The Exodus From Ukraine: A Visual Diary by Peter Turnley
The French American photographer, known for his documentation of the human condition over the past 40 years, shares his experience alongside Ukrainian refugees, from the day he left his home in Paris, and returned.
A Fresh Look at Public Housing Projects in France
Using postcards, sociologist Renaud Epstein’s book On est bien arrivés offers a fresh look at France’s low-income housing projects.
People of Ukraine
In the village of Kontsovo, near the Slovakian border, photographer Ismail Ferdous asked several displaced Ukrainians to pose on the stage of a theater in the colors of their country, collecting their stories at the same time.
Inside New York’s Revolutionary Art Scene of the 1980s
With his traveling Portrait Studio, Tom Warren photographed the artists, gallerists, publishers, and writers who redefined New York’s avant-garde.
Cryonics: Modern-day Mummification?
The photographer Stéphanie Solinas delivers a poetic work that questions the boundaries between belief and science. Her photographs taken over San Francisco illustrate a dialogue with the founder of a cryonics company whose core business is based on the promise of eternal life. Solinas’s work is featured as part of the Fata Morgana festival at the Jeu de Paume, while her book Le soleil ni la mort is published by Delpire & Co.
The Cost And Power Of Women’s Bodies
Golf Photo Plus in Dubai presents the groundbreaking exhibition Swallow This. Arab Women And Body Politics, to create a conversation about the most sacred and forbidden topic in the Middle East.
Phyllis Galembo’s Sacred Space
Phyllis Galembo, a New York-based photographer, has created portraits throughout Africa, Mexico and the Caribbean since the 1980s. Her vivid and detailed color images of ceremonial figures have appeared in six monographs. Haiti, a locale to which she has repeatedly returned, is the subject of her recent book, Sodo, Haiti 1997-2001.
Celebrating London’s LGBTQ Community, from the 1980s to Today
A new exhibition honors the people who have paved the way for progress in the UK.
Catherine Leroy and the Making of a Photojournalist during the Vietnam War
While the stories of what photojournalist Catherine Leroy accomplished in her years photographing the Vietnam War are legendary in certain circles, a new biography for young adults aims to bring Leroy’s story to a new generation.
JR Creates Giant Photo Installation of a Ukrainian Refugee in Lviv
The street artist made the work for the cover of Time magazine.
Best Regards, Frank Horvat
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: Frank Horvat and his manual to happiness.
When Photographers Go Virtual
Hard-core gamers or neophytes, these three photographers have crossed the border between the real and the virtual to snatch pictures of a world with infinite possibilities: that of video games. Tackling questions of copyright and photography-specific techniques, they are a living proof that in-game photography has its place in art history.
Adger Cowan’s Intimate Chronicle of Black American Life
Reflecting on six decades of work from the groundbreaking photographer at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement.
Patrick Chauvel: “In War Photography, Some Brutality Must Be Shown”
At 72, Patrick Chauvel covers the war in Ukraine for Paris-Match. A few hours before his departure, he welcomed Blind at his home to look back on his 50 years of war photography. Half a century of history told in an album published for the 30th anniversary of Reporters Without Borders, entitled 100 photos for freedom of the press.
Advice to Photographers in Ukraine, by Timothy Fadek
The American reporter, used to covering conflicts, warns younger journalists, who went to cover the conflict, sometimes without preparation or experience.
Lisa Sorgini’s World Behind Glass
The photographer’s tender photographs of new mothers in the shelter of their homes capture both the beauty and isolation of motherhood.
Denis Brihat: An Inextinguishable Passion
As tenacious as he is passionate, Denis Brihat spent his life subverting darkroom practices to bring his visionary ideas to life. Le Bec en l’air publishes a new edition of his monograph Les métamorphoses de l’argentique and pays homage to 70 years of passionate creation.
Mi-Yeon’s Universality
In her series “I and Thou,” photographer Mi-Yeon set out to create simple, universal images.
A Cape Verde Drama in Chiaroscuro
Vitalina Varela: Caderno de Rogadem by Pedro Costa revisits the story of the lead actress of his eponymous film awarded the Golden Leopard in Locarno in 2019.
On the Road Into Exile: Through the Eyes of Ukrainian Refugees
Photographer Ismail Ferdous, special correspondent for Blind, spent a week documenting the daily life of Ukrainian refugees outside the borders of their country. His images reveal deep humanity.
Edwin Torres Captures His Family’s Lives in the South Bronx
In his series “Towers: Holding On. Family Documentary Photographs” photographer Edwin Torres shares an intimate look at his family members’ lives which has taken on new meaning with the passing of his mother. While the photographs are specific to his family, he hopes that others can relate to the ups and downs of family life and see a relationship to their own family.
Rian Dundon and the Lost and Found Story of his Book Changsha
Over six years, photographer Rian Dundon photographed life in the city of Changsha in central China. But upon the publishing of the resulting book in 2012, the publisher folded, leaving the fate of the undistributed books unknown for most of the next decade.
Depardon in Algeria
The exhibition “Son œil dans ma main: Algérie 1961–2019” at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris presents Depardon’s views of Algeria accompanied by the words of Algerian writer Kamel Daoud.
