“It was a little tornado, not a very innocent one… five photographers have been let go!” commented a photographer from the VII network. Since James Nachtwey’s departure this summer, rumors have been circulating about the agency: financial difficulties and reorganization were high on the list....

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She is sublime. He is totally in love with her. She is graceful. He is talented. The most beautiful pictures of Françoise Hardy were taken by Jean-Marie Périer. It was the 1970’s. A century away.

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Tucked away in the hills of Yamanashi prefecture, the building of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA) sits like a giant Budhha among the evergreens. Made of poured concrete, this architectural wonder opened over fifteen years ago. Its director since is none...

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For forty years, the artist Sally Mann has focused her mysterious gaze on herself, her children, her house, her animals and her family traditions. With Proud Flesh, a unique series of nudes, she reveals the intimacy of her husband’s life with muscular dystrophy.

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The American Kate Brooks has spent the last ten years—a third of her life—covering wars around the world. In the pure photo journalistic tradition, she provides an objective vision of the horror of war but also covers the daily life and culture of the ravaged populations.

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Most often, the events make a photograph famous. Because that event is, in itself, something remarkable, the photographs depicting it become memorable. Rare and few are the famous images that come from lesser or unknown events. But what about those images that have become so iconic that th...

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For the third consecutive week, we present Zmâla, a magazine like no other. Before being an object to be purchased in a bookstore, it represents a movement. In 2003, Jean-François Leroy, Director of Visa pour l’image, devoted a room in the Perpignan’s Palais des C...

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On the 22 islands along Peru’s coastline, life is regulated by the harvesting of guano – sea bird droppings. In the 19th century already, Peru exported this product in large quantities to the United States and Europe. It was a prosperous activity thanks to the exploitation of a workforce compo...

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Along the Saint Lawrence River, the oldest waterway of North America, fishing boats are becoming rare. For forty years, the fishermen have been trying to protect their activity, but today the industry is in jeopardy. Overexploitation of stocks and the rising costs of fishing are leading to the disap...

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The psychiatric hospital La Borda, located in the centre of Buenos Aires, is the most important of all of Argentina. It is comprised of 14 blocks and 22 houses. The 991 men who live there are for the most part chronic patients, who have lost all contact with the outside world. It is, however, eas...

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It is eight o’clock in the morning, all is calm and peaceful. A few people drink their coffee in their rooms. At noon, some eat in the reception room, others prepare soup in their kitchen. All those who are here have stories to tell. Their stories are a mix of true and false, difficult to ...

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To be commercialised in France, a seed must be registered in the official catalogue of species and varieties. This catalogue guarantees a standardisation for farmers who buy these seeds each year, since most of the seeds are hybrid, therefore non reproducible. The Kokopelli organisation, sp...

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