Category: Portfolios & Galleries

  • In Search of the American Family – The New York Times

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    In Search of the American Family An upcoming show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston explores the idea of family: from the ones shown in portraits to the fleeting glimpses of the photographer whose own family is back home, waiting. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/in-search-of-the-american-family/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body In a #notfilter world of Instagram-less gatherings, the traditional…

  • Ocean Rage: the devastating effects of climate change in West Africa – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/17/article/159973133/ocean-rage-the-devastating-effects-of-climate-change-in-west-africa/”] Ocean Rage: the devastating effects of climate change in West Africa – The Eye of Photography Shot along the coastline of Ghana, Togo and Benin, the series of photographs Ocean Rage by Matilde Gattoni documents the devastating natural and social effects climate change is having on the coastal communities of West Africa.

  • Alinka Echeverría, Becoming South Sudan – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/17/article/159973045/alinka-echeverria-becoming-south-sudan/”] Alinka Echeverría, Becoming South Sudan – The Eye of Photography Prior to South Sudan’s independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011, forty years of internal conflicts and two protracted civil wars had permeated the history of the country. Established in 1956 at the end of the Anglo-Egyptian colonial rule, the Republic of…

  • In the 1990s, New York’s Nightlife Found a New Beat – The New York Times

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    [contentcards url=”https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/in-the-1990s-new-yorks-nightlife-found-a-new-beat/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body”] In the 1990s, New York’s Nightlife Found a New Beat – The New York Times Everyone knows that New York’s nightlife was so much cooler back in the day. They just don’t agree on when that day was. Maybe the glory nights of Danceteria and the Latin Quarter in the 1980s, or the…

  • A Photographer’s Old College Classmates, Back Then and Now | The New Yorker

    A Photographer’s Old College Classmates, Back Then and Now | The New Yorker

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    A Photographer’s Old College Classmates, Back Then and Now The portraits in “Reunion,” taken during junior year of college and fifteen years after graduation, deliver a visual consistency that feels both plain and profound. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-old-college-classmates-back-then-and-now In 2000, when the photographer Josephine Sittenfeld was a junior at Princeton University, she captured portraits…

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    Passing Through The American Heartland In June 2017 Jérôme Sessini spent several weeks road-tripping through Middle America, photographing the sagging buildings and crumbling cities along the highway. From the southern ghost towns to the shuttered homes throughout the rustbelt, his photographs testify to the perilous economic realities found in many parts of the country.

  • Flights of Fancy: Photographing the World’s Plane Watchers – The New York Times

    Flights of Fancy: Photographing the World’s Plane Watchers – The New York Times

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    Flights of Fancy: Photographing the World’s Plane Watchers Mindaugas Kavaliauskas has traveled to more than a dozen cities around the world to photograph airplane spotters who gather around airports. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/flights-of-fancy-photographing-the-worlds-plane-watchers/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body There’s a funny paradox about flying, said the Lithuanian photographer Mindaugas Kavaliauskas: Those in the air often wish they were on the…

  • Julie Blackmon: Fake Weather – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/14/article/159972221/julie-blackmon-fake-weather/”] Julie Blackmon: Fake Weather – The Eye of Photography Fake Weather is a series of new works by Julie Blackmon. Again here, she focuses on the social, cultural and familial, but also the tumultuous political landscape of the United States. Themes that have challenged Blackmon to turn her eye to the political world…

  • Duane Michals and his Four Sorts of Photographic Portraits – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/13/article/159972115/duane-michals-and-his-four-sorts-of-photographic-portraits/”] Duane Michals and his Four Sorts of Photographic Portraits – The Eye of Photography Thames and Hudson publishes a new book by American photographer Duane Michals which gathers his best portraits. Duane Michals explains below his ideas about portraits, with a certain humor, as usual.

  • Dennis Church: Americolor | LENSCRATCH

    Dennis Church: Americolor | LENSCRATCH

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    Dennis Church: Americolor Photographer Dennis Church looks at the world differently and his photographs reveal a layered seeing that reflect the kaleidoscopic assault on our senses in contemporary times. Disorienting at first, he is a visual deconstructionist, using color and alte via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/11/denis-church/ Photographer Dennis Church looks at the world differently and his photographs…

  • Dotan Saguy: Venice Beach, The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise | LENSCRATCH

    Dotan Saguy: Venice Beach, The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise | LENSCRATCH

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    Dotan Saguy: Venice Beach, The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise Los Angeles photographer, Dotan Saguy, has spent hundreds of hours in a part of Los Angeles that was built to echo its Italian namesake, complete with canals and arched walkways, drawing a unique pageantry all its own. Definitely one of the last bastions via…

  • Down by the Hudson: A 3-Mile Strip of Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY

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    [contentcards url=”https://petapixel.com/2017/11/09/hudson-3-mile-strip-main-street-poughkeepsie-ny/”] Down by the Hudson: A 3-Mile Strip of Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY My name is Caleb Stein, and I’m a recent graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. “Down by the Hudson” is an ongoing project I’m working on. It’s a record of my walks and interactions, mostly along a 3-mile…

  • Foto/Industria 2017: identity and illusion – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/09/article/159971780/fotoindustria-2017-identity-and-illusion/”] Foto/Industria 2017: identity and illusion – The Eye of Photography Foto/Industria, the industrial photography biennial that takes place in Bologna, is unique for its theme and for the synergy between the strength of the exhibits and the charm of the historical venues. The city is hosting fourteen exhibitions downtown and at the MAST…

  • Putting a Face to a Comment: The New Online Crusaders – The New York Times

    Putting a Face to a Comment: The New Online Crusaders – The New York Times

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    Putting a Face to a Comment: The New Online Crusaders Kyrre Lien, a photographer based in Oslo, combed through tens of thousands of online comments to photograph the lives of internet debaters from around the world. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/putting-a-face-to-a-comment-the-new-online-crusaders/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body It was this disconnect between “normal life” and intense online debate that drove Kyrre Lien,…

  • Ben Marcin: Structures | LENSCRATCH

    Ben Marcin: Structures | LENSCRATCH

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    Ben Marcin: Structures Photographer Ben Marcin has had a long legacy of considering architecture–his projects Last House Standing, The Camps and Out West reflect a variety of places we have called home. Tomorrow night, Ben opens the exhibition, Structures at the C. Grimaldis G via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/11/ben-marcin/ Photographer Ben Marcin has had a long legacy…

  • Photo Phnom Penh – Weronika Gęsicka, Traces – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/11/07/article/159971579/photo-phnom-penh-weronika-gesicka-traces/”] Photo Phnom Penh – Weronika Gęsicka, Traces – The Eye of Photography Polish photographer Weronika Gęsicka is working on memory and its mechanisms. She is interested in the scientific and pseudoscientific theories, mnemonics and the various disorders concerning it. Her main field of activity is photography, but she also creates objects and artifacts, often…

  • Color Photos of the 1939 New York World’s Fair – The Atlantic

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    Color Photos of the 1939 New York World’s Fair Photographer Peter Campbell captured many scenes from the 1939 New York World’s Fair in full color, both during the day and at night. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/11/color-photos-of-the-1939-new-york-worlds-fair/545087/ The famous theme of the 1939 New York World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow.” One part of that world, another…

  • Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s Joint Examination of American Identity | The New Yorker

    Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s Joint Examination of American Identity | The New Yorker

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    Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s Joint Examination of American Identity In 1964, the two artists published “Nothing Personal.” This fall, a reissue will include this image of one of the last living Americans born into slavery. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/13/richard-avedon-and-james-baldwins-joint-examination-of-american-identity Avedon and Baldwin were two of the late twentieth century’s more self-exposed creators. The…

  • Mel Rosenthal, Seeking Justice With a Camera – The New York Times

    Mel Rosenthal, Seeking Justice With a Camera – The New York Times

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    Mel Rosenthal, Seeking Justice With a Camera Mel Rosenthal, the photographer and teacher whose “In the South Bronx of America” showcased his passion for the underdog, is remembered by Ricky Flores, one of his many former students. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/mel-rosenthal-seeking-justice-with-a-camera/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body When I decided in 1980 to be a photographer, I went out and started…

  • The Bible of Street Photography Was Just Updated for the First Time in 20 Years

    The Bible of Street Photography Was Just Updated for the First Time in 20 Years

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    The Bible of Street Photography Was Just Updated for the First Time in 20 Years This November, Joel Meyerowitz and Colin Westerbeck release an update of their iconic 1994 street photography tome, Bystander. via Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-street-photographys-bible-updated-first-time-20-years In 1994, legendary street photographer Joel Meyerowitz and photo historian Colin Westerbeck co-authored a street photography tome, Bystander, which…