At the Edge of the World with Vincent Munier and Sylvain Tesson
The film Velvet Queen (orig., La Panthère des Neiges) directed by Marie Amiguet opens in theaters on December 15. It documents the quest to find the Tibetan snow leopard and tells the story of a fabulous friendship between the wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and the writer Sylvain Tesson. It’s also a film about a way of life, about the art of lying in wait.
Inside One of America’s Only Black-Owned Book Publishing Houses
Photographer Kris Graves shares his journey to create a space for artists of color in a historically exclusionary industry.
Feverish, Intimate and Political: the Party Today
While the pandemic has jeopardized nightlife culture around the world, our need to let loose on the dance floor has grown even greater, as has our need for close physical contact. From Lagos to Montreal and from São Paulo to Berlin, four photographers tell us about their relationship to partying and why they photograph it.
Sweden: A Hundred Years Ago
A self-taught photographer, John Alinder spent his life in Uppland, a region north of Stockholm. His portraits of the inhabitants of his village are brought together for the first time in book form: images unusual for the time, taken in a garden-turned-studio to better highlight the character of the sitters.
Portraits of Chicagoans by South Side Native Patrick D. Pagnano
An exclusive look at the early work of Patrick D. Pagnano, who used photography to uplift the working class.
Chizu: the Trauma of War in Japan as Seen by Kikuji Kawada
If you ask photobook aficionados what the “greatest” photobook of all time is, there will be a whole bunch of answers. In this poll, The Americans by Robert Frank got the most votes, Ravens by Masahisa Fukase and New York by William Klein were up there, and somewhere in the top ten, you’ll find Chizu (also known as The Map), by Kikuji Kawada.
Inside Bob Gruen’s Iconic Music Photography Archive
In a dazzling photo memoir, Bob Gruen charted the history of rock and roll during its most iconoclastic and revolutionary era.
The Bandit Beautifying the Streets of New York, One Flower at a Time
A new book celebrates the space where photography, street art, and floral design mingle and meet.
Happy Pills: The Mirage of Bottled Happiness
In Happy Pills, journalist Arnaud Robert and photographer Paolo Woods spent five years tracking down various pills around the world to gauge the scale of the pharmaceutical industry and our dependence on drugs. A dizzying investigation.
Jean-Pierre Leloir: The Peripatetic Photographer
The Durev Gallery in Paris is spotlighting Jean-Pierre Leloir this fall. A selection focused on rock takes us into a mythical period of musical history. This is a chance to rediscover the work of this photographer-music lover.
Janette Beckman’s Timeless Portrait of Rebel Culture
Janette Beckman looks back at four decades photographing underground people and movements that have transformed mainstream culture forevermore.
How The Photo Vogue Festival Champions Diversity
The art world has long had a problem with diversity. This year’s Photo Vogue champions the issue, showcasing 35 artists from around the world.
Exploring America’s Political Divisions Through Family Photos
“Family Matters,” both a book and an exhibition, explores how photographer Gillian Laub’s family’s support of Trump changed everything.
Marion Gronier: “What I try to capture is a particular light in their eyes”
With her third book, the photographer Marion Gronier, now living in Marseille (France), seeks to restore the faces of the people who founded the United States of America.
Planches Contact: A Festival For, In, and Beyond the City
Through the work of twenty-one photographers, the Planches Contact [contact sheet] photography festival in Deauville (France) continues its vibrant exploration of the area.
2021: A Palace Odyssey
The photography duo of Elsa & Johanna was asked to record the last images of the Palais de la Découverte before its renovation, and the result was the series “Palace Odyssey,” now on display in the La Forest Divonne gallery. A wandering poetic journey at the crossroads of sci-fi and TV series from the 1990s, in a museum that has resolutely left its mark on the collective imagination.
Paris Photo: A Spotlight on Women
Tours and exhibitions: a quick look at projects putting women in the spotlight at Paris Photo.
Paris Photo: Focus on the Curiosa Sector
Aptly named, the Curiosa sector highlights new trends and contemporary photographic practices. It is full of curiosities. Here are some of our favs.
What You Need to See at Paris Photo
In Paris, November is synonymous with photography. There are countless exhibitions, festivals, and other events dedicated to the medium. The focal point of this effervescence is Paris Photo, the world’s leading photo fair. We take you on a guided tour.
Reed Estabrook’s Pictures of the Relics of Americana
A new gallery show in La Jolla, California showcases Estabrook’s images from the 1970s, taken from multiple road trips across the country.
Raymond Depardon: Spotlight on America
Filmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon has been traveling around the globe since the 1960s. Alongside a major retrospective of his films, the Institut Lumière in Lyon, France is showcasing an exhibition titled “Le Désert américain” [The American Desert], a series of photos taken in the early 1980s.
JR Brings Ballet to the Bastille
In a new exhibition, JR pays homage to The Lovers of the Bastille by reinterpreting it in a modern context, with ballet and whimsy.
The Lives and Resilience of the Image
Exploring the notion of reproduction, the exhibition “The Image and its Double” at the Centre Pompidou in Paris presents some sixty modern and contemporary works from the museum’s collection: the image steps off the beaten track.
A Poignant Portrait of a Nation Gripped by Gang Violence
In Sin Salida, photographer Tariq Zaidi documents the gang war devastating El Salvador.
After the Pandemic, A View of Halloween in New York City
A writer and a photographer venture through the streets of New York as people celebrate Halloween 2021 with costumes, parties, and parades a year after the coronavirus pandemic canceled last year’s celebrations.
Bringing Back Color to Fashion Photography
Nadine Ijewere, the first black woman to shoot for the cover of Vogue in 2018, has published her first monograph with Prestel Editions.
Raymond Meeks’ Parental Nostalgia
“The portrait of my daughter reproduced on this book’s cover reflects a tradition I both resisted and longed for… This would be one of the final pictures we would make together before she would depart for college… to form her own experiences…” So writes Raymond Meeks in his afterword to Somersault. It’s a book of remembrance […]
Intimacy and Autofiction at the Festival du Regard
Intimacy and autofiction are the two themes of the 6th Festival du Regard which ushers in emotion. Twenty past and present photographers tell us the stories of their lives. Our favorite kind of narrative.
Using Photography as a Therapeutic Tool for Sexual Assault Survivors
Photographer Sarah Rose Smiley and collaborator Taewee Kahrs explore the healing power of image-making.
Guns, Drugs and Rock & Roll: The Tumultuous Life of Jim Marshall
A new documentary film chronicles the captivating highs and catastrophic lows of American photographer Jim Marshall.
Belonging: A Tale of Two Sisters
Belonging is a story about two sisters, about two aunts, it’s about a run-down house in the suburbs of Kolkata, India. It’s about rejection, frustration, and confinement. It’s about all those things, but more than anything, it is about love; the love the sisters feel for each other, the support they have given each other over the entirety of their lives, and the love the photographer feels for them.
Arthur Tress’ Gardens of Asphalt
Since the sudden shift to remote work began in March 2020, American photographer Arthur Tress has been photographing empty parking lots. Tech giants, including Google and Facebook, have continued to delay the return to in-person work. The emptiness resounds on the roads of Silicon Valley.
Celebrating the Colorful Characters of New York Street Fairs
Brooklyn native Larry Racioppo looks back at scenic street carnivals of the 1970s.
Perspectives: Scrutinizing Photography
A venue devoted to photography in all its forms and uses, the Institute for Photography, located in Vieux-Lille, was initiated in September 2017 by the Hauts-de-France Region with the collaboration of the Rencontres d´Arles photography festival. The Institute aims to be a place of resources, dissemination, dialogue and experimentation. Before construction begins in 2022, the […]
Inside the Fervor of Marseille Football Fans
Former editor-in-chief of L’Equipe Magazine, now a gallery owner specialized in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for Blind. Today, on the occasion of the OM – PSG football match, he talks about an unrecognized series of photos: “Velodrome, the twelfth man”.
John Dolan: Weddings Snippets
A New York-based commercial, magazine, and fine art photographer, John Dolan is particularly renowned for his wedding photography. Over thirty-five years, his lens was present at more than 350 weddings, including those of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Smith, Ben Stiller, to name a few. His latest book The Perfect Imperfect, published by Damiani, conveys […]
How Kwame Brathwaite Revolutionized the Aesthetics of Beauty
As the Civil Rights Movement and the African Independence Movement came to the fore in the United States, two brothers helped to build a bridge across the diaspora.
A Look at Middle Class Interiors in the Emirates
In a resolutely pop art photographic series, Farah Al Qasimi photographs the interiors of the Emirati middle class.
Revisiting the Avant-Garde Aesthetics of Land Art
A new exhibition and book explore the role of photography in preserving one of the most iconoclastic forms of contemporary art.
All Quiet on the Home Front, But Even More
It’s September 2021 and next week my daughter will be leaving home to study at university. It’s a move that has been delayed by Covid, the years between finishing school and moving away marked by lockdowns, quarantines, and endless nights in playing cards and board games, fashioning playlists, making cocktails, and finessing recipes to while […]
The 6Mois Award Recognizes Original Photojournalism
A jury composed of leading figures in the world of photography announced the two winners of the second 6Mois Photojournalism Award: Fabiola Ferrero and Seif Kousmate.
Anita Conti: Lady of the Sea and of Photography
An oceanographer, writer, and photographer, Anita Conti has sailed tirelessly, observing the ocean and the men who fish marine fauna she sensed was in danger. A new book recounts the life of this exceptional woman, and her connection to Brittany, a land which, just as she does, follows the rhythm of the sea.
How Andy Warhol Used Photography to Create his Visual Diary
The new exhibition “Andy Warhol: Photo Factory” in New York offers an expansive look at the artist’s enduring love of photography.
Patrick Wack’s Exploration of the Decried East Turkistan
Patrick Wack’s new book Dust is a look into an area of the world where things aren’t as idyllic as they seem.
Territory and Memory: Four Road Trips across Forgotten Russia
Today’s Russia is known mostly for its politics, the splendor of Saint Petersburg, and Moscow’s monuments. To get into the heart of the largest nation on the planet, Blind hits the road with four young photographers who explore their country’s territory and memory.
