Who's Who

Denis Darzacq by
Quentin Bajac

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Denis Darzacq seems to be at ease in his time period: attentive to contemporary vibes, curious about everything, especially about others, forever moving, he moves about vivaciously, dynamic and loquacious, he often says “formidable” with very contagious energy. H...

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Exhibition

Willy Rizzo
Snapshots

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Willy Rizzo chose to present in his gallery this month some spontaneous moments of stars made during the past years.Willy Rizzo started his career in Paris where he photographed stars and starlets for Ciné Mondial, Point de vue and Image du monde. He even ...

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Exhibition

Patrick Faigenbaum, Paris near and far

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After a beautiful and extensive retrospective in Grenoble (2009) that remained too confidential, Patrick Fagenbaum presents at the Museum de la Vie Romantique in Paris an exhibition whose title is misleading, Paris near and far (1972-2011).

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Portfolio

Bernard Benant
More money

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Bernard Benant was born in 1959 in Constantine, Algeria. Since he was 24 years old, he has been passionate about photography. We chose to show three series by him. “More Money”, “Red” and “Miami”, originally commissioned by the Spanish magazine Neo2, where the object was to capture th...

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Exhibition

Dress(ing) up: Mathilde Lloret, Francesco Giusti

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In their respective works, Mathilde Lloret and Francesco Giusti tackle the question on the staging of the self and identity. The extravagance of the outfit and the discrepancy with the rest of the community that seems to appear, at first glance, as a product of arti...

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Exhibition

Yaakov Israel, The quest on the white donkey

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As per the Orthodox Jewish tradition the Messiah (the Prophet) will arrive riding on a white donkey. A few years ago, as I was photographing near the Dead Sea a Palestinian man rode past me on his white donkey and I took a picture of him. It was after having developed t...

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Exhibition

Laurent Camut
Atelier of portraits

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Portraits represent the core of the work by Laurent Camut. Besides drawing, he has been taking photographs since he was twenty years old. Through this activity he has found answers to his own technical and artistic expectations.

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Exhibition

Michael Dweck
Habana Libre

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Almost immediately upon his arrival in Cuba for the first time, American photographer Michael Dweck was swept up in a cultural bohemia reminiscent of 1930’s Paris salons. His unprecedented (and unrestricted) access to this hidden society of keenly observant artists, wr...

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Interview

Tohoku by Martin Hladik

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Although Japan’s March 11 triple disaster is long gone from front-page news, conditions there remain dire. Tokyo-based, Czech photographer Martin Hladik is hoping to maintain awareness of the disaster’s effects, and the residents struggling to survive.



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Web Review

Paul Melcher's selection

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So let’s say, for a few minutes, that photojournalism is not dead. Let’s pretend, for the sake of pleasure, that there are publications that still continue to pay for and publish great photojournalistic work. Now, let’s open our eyes and see it happen. Mother Jones, a US based award winner...

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