Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Matthew Hamon: The States Project: Montana | LENSCRATCH
Matthew Hamon: The States Project: Montana I was first introduced to Matthew Hamon through social media. We have what I refer to as a digital friendship where you get to know the artist via Facebook as they post about their family, accolades, and their photography, but have never met in person. Fr via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/06/matthew-hamon-the-states-project-montana/…
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Magnum’s Marvelous Messiness – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/09/article/159955220/magnums-marvelous-messiness/”] Magnum’s Marvelous Messiness – The Eye of Photography Where does Magnum go from here? It could go anywhere and everywhere, which is really what it’s been doing all along, if this exhibition’s thesis is correct. A quote from Lee Jones in the aforementioned epilogue sums it up nicely: “Magnum is, and should fight…
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Photographer captures loneliness in the crowds of Japanese megacities – Feature Shoot
Photographer captures loneliness in the crowds of Japanese megacities – Feature Shoot In the latter half of the 20th century Japan underwent a period of economic growth that was unprecedented—by the 1960s’ the country’s economy was second only to that of the United… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/06/photographer-captures-loneliness-crowds-japanese-megacities/ “I think that this sudden growth led to many…
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Revealing the Hearts and Minds of 14-Year-Old Girls Living in Brussels, Palestine and Congo – Feature Shoot
Revealing the Hearts and Minds of 14-Year-Old Girls Living in Brussels, Palestine and Congo – Feature Shoot Through her project, I AM 14, that materialised over three years and across three countries, Bénédicte Vanderreydt invites us into the lives of three 14-year-old girls. Fascinated by what transpires… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/06/revealing-the-hearts-and-minds-of-14-year-old-girls-living-in-brussels-palestine-and-congo/ Through her project, I…
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Alexis Pike: The States Project: Montana | LENSCRATCH
Alexis Pike: The States Project: Montana Evel Knievel graced the homes of America during the 60s and 70s. During these wonder years, children were enamored by his death-defying performances and flashy appearance. One could say that while today’s mind-blowing stunts and performances are more comm via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/06/alexis-pike-the-states-project-montana/ Evel Knievel graced the homes of America…
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Joana P. Cardozo: Blueprints | LENSCRATCH
Joana P. Cardozo: Blueprints Joana P. Cardozo brought a project to Photolucida that was a creative and fresh look at portraiture. Her project, Blueprints, uses the details of every day life. Personal artifacts and objects are placed into architectural floor plans to reveal something via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/06/joana-cardozo/ Joana P. Cardozo brought a project to Photolucida that was a…
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Haunting Photos from the World’s Northernmost Town – Feature Shoot
Haunting Photos from the World’s Northernmost Town – Feature Shoot “This place is so detached from the rest of the world,” Polish photographer Dominika Gesicka says of the town of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, “You can leave your problems behind.” Longyearbyen… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/06/haunting-photos-worlds-northernmost-town/ “This place is so detached from the rest of the world,”…
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‘I’m a half-Mexican, half-white, brown-skinned man named Ryan Christopher Jones’: A photographer’s visual journey into his heritage – The Washington Post
Perspective | ‘I’m a half-Mexican, half-white, brown-skinned man named Ryan Christopher Jones’: A photographer’s visual journey into his heritage Photographer Ryan Jones spent a month in Mexico, working in Mexico City, and traveling to Oaxaca and his grandmother’s birthplace of Juchipila, Zacatecas, on a journey to experience his heritage. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/05/30/im-a-half-mexican-half-white-brown-skinned-man-named-ryan-christopher-jones-a-photographers-visual-journey-into-his-heritage/ “No Estuve…
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‘Spirit and Strength’ in Nepal After an Earthquake and Destruction – The New York Times
‘Spirit and Strength’ in Nepal After an Earthquake and Destruction A book by Omar Havana chronicles Nepal’s recovery effort after a 2015 earthquake devastated the country and killed thousands. via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/spirit-and-strength-in-nepal-after-an-earthquake-and-destruction/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0 A critique from a photo editor changed the course of Omar Havana’s career and, more important, his life. The Spanish photographer —…
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Gilles Roudière, Echos … Latitudes – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/29/article/159953321/gilles-roudiere-echos-latitudes/”] Gilles Roudière, Echos … Latitudes – The Eye of Photography Gilles Roudière’s work is about elsewhere. He transports us over the horizon. In the first place, he takes us into his globetrotter’s scattered geography: Cuba, Berlin, Albania, Istanbul, Ukraine
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The Best Work I Saw at the NYT Portfolio Review | A Photo Editor
The Best Work I Saw at the NYT Portfolio Review – A Photo Editor Though art and news photography commingle these days, artists and journalists are very different breeds. I studied art at the undergrad and graduate level, and spent the last 20 years learning to understand the language, so it’s pretty natural to…
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Now Then: Chris Killip and the Making of In Flagrante – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/26/article/159953027/now-then-chris-killip-and-the-making-of-in-flagrante/”] Now Then: Chris Killip and the Making of In Flagrante – The Eye of Photography An exhibition at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles features poignant images of working-class England made during turbulent postwar period defined by miners’ strikers, deindustrialization, and economic change.
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Russian Orthodox Old Believers: Keeping their faith and fighting fires in the West Siberian Plain – The Washington Post
Perspective | Russian Orthodox Old Believers: Keeping their faith and fighting fires in the West Siberian Plain In the summer of 2016, photographer Emile Ducke traveled to an isolated community of “Old Believers” living in a remote Siberian village. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/05/26/russian-orthodox-old-believers-keeping-their-faith-and-fighting-fires-in-the-west-siberian-plain/ In the summer of 2016, Emile Ducke traveled into the Siberian plain…
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Paris Dark Light, an exhibition by Michel Setboun in Hong Kong – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/24/article/159952701/paris-dark-light-une-exposition-de-michel-setboun-a-hong-kong/”] Paris Dark Light, an exhibition by Michel Setboun in Hong Kong – The Eye of Photography On the occasion of the festival Le French May, organized by the French Consulate in Hong Kong, French photographer Michel Setboun is presenting a version of his Paris Dark Light series made in the Paris Charles de…
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A sneak preview of Visa Pour l’Image 2017 – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/24/article/159952741/lavant-premiere-de-visa-pour-limage-2017/”] A sneak preview of Visa Pour l’Image 2017 – The Eye of Photography Following last year’s resounding success, with 150,000 visitors in three weeks, Visa Pour l’Image 2017 is underway. The program of the 29th edition, which will take place between September 2 and 17, will include some twenty-five exhibitions. Here is a…
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Beyond Here is Nothing: the new book by Laura El-Tantawy – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/24/article/159952685/laura-el-tantawy-beyond-here-is-nothing/”] Beyond Here is Nothing: the new book by Laura El-Tantawy – The Eye of Photography Looking for home, for the place where she belongs has come to define the visual language of photographer Laura El-Tantawy. Born in the UK to Egyptian parents, Laura El-Tantawy has spent much of her life between cultures, living…
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‘Forget what you remember and remember what you forgot’: A different view of Vietnam – The Washington Post
Perspective | ‘Forget what you remember and remember what you forgot’: A different view of Vietnam Photographer Kevin German’s decade-long document of Vietnam via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/05/24/forget-what-you-remember-and-remember-what-you-forgot-a-different-view-of-vietnam/ Photographer Kevin German has started a crowdfunding campaign to publish an unusual book about Vietnam. German spoke to In Sight about the book:
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Photos Offer an Unflinching Look at Modern Russia – Feature Shoot
Photos Offer an Unflinching Look at Modern Russia – Feature Shoot “We tolerate today for the sake of a good tomorrow,” Russian photographer Alexander Anufriev said when I asked him about the country he calls home, “but tomorrow never comes.” Anufriev… via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/05/photos-offer-unflinching-look-modern-russia/ “We tolerate today for the sake of a good tomorrow,”…
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Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua 1978/1979 – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/23/article/159952560/susan-meiselas-nicaragua-7879/”] Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua 1978/1979 – The Eye of Photography Susan Meiselas was there during the last years of the conflict (1978-79). Meiselas’ photographs capture the Sandinista’s and the Nicaraguan people’s struggle for freedom – depicting battle, lost lives, collateral damage, and ultimately victory – as they overcame the military might and power of the…
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An-My Lê, a life in exile – The Eye of Photography
[contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/22/article/159952320/an-my-le-a-life-in-exile/”] An-My Lê, a life in exile – The Eye of Photography The photographer An-My Lê practices her artistic craft in a manner that ostensibly belongs within the tradition of nineteenth-century landscape. Her negatives are composed with a large-format view camera (5-by-7) mounted on a tripod