Category: Portfolios & Galleries
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Henri Cartier-Bresson : China 1948-1949 I 1958
[contentcards url=“https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/henri-cartier-bresson-china-1948-1949-i-1958-bb/”] Henri Cartier-Bresson : China 1948-1949 I 1958 On November 25, 1948, Henri Cartier-Bresson receives an assignment from Life magazine to report on the “last days of Beijing” before the arrival of the Maoists troops. He went there for two weeks, and remained ten months, mainly around Shanghai, attending the fall of the town…
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Intimate shots of the London Underground in the ’70s
Intimate shots of the London Underground in the ’70s Between 1970 – 1980, photographer Mike Goldwater wandered the ‘labyrinthine’ system under the city, documenting people as they travelled. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/london-underground-mike-goldwater-photography/ Between 1970 – 1980, photographer Mike Goldwater wandered the ‘labyrinthine’ system under the city, documenting people as they travelled from place to place.
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Mitch Epstein on capturing the real America for fifty years
Mitch Epstein on capturing the real America for 50 years For half a century, photographer Mitch Epstein has been documenting the complexities and contradictions of modern America. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/mitch-epstein-on-capturing-the-real-america-for-fifty-years/ Since the age of 16, photographer Mitch Epstein has been documenting the complexities and contradictions of the United States.
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The Strange and Hidden Worlds of Mexico City
The Strange and Hidden Worlds of Mexico City Because of luck, serendipity, or absurd connection, Miguel Calderón’s photographs unlock the power of things in daily life. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/miguel-calderon-mexico-city/ Because of luck, serendipity, or absurd connection, Miguel Calderón’s photographs unlock the power of things in daily life. (Visita gatopardo.com para leer este artículo en español.)
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Nanna Heitmann documents isolation along the banks of the Yenisei river – British Journal of Photography
Nanna Heitmann documents isolation along the banks of the Yenisei river The 25-year-old Magnum nominee and winner of this year’s Ian Parry Scholarship documented the individuals and communities who inhabit one of Russia’s coldest regions via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/11/nanna-heitmann/ The 25-year-old Magnum nominee and winner of this year’s Ian Parry Scholarship documented the…
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Ingmar Björn Nolting – Somaliland « burn magazine
Ingmar Björn Nolting – Somaliland Ingmar Björn Nolting Somaliland [ FUJIFILM/YOUNG TALENT AWARD 2019 FINALIST ] The Horn of Africa is regarded as one of the continent’s most war-torn regions. Somalia in particular crashed in… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2019/11/ingmar-bjorn-nolting-somaliland/ The Horn of Africa is regarded as one of the continent’s most war-torn regions. Somalia in…
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Portrait of Humanity: My Americans – British Journal of Photography
Portrait of Humanity: My Americans “In Chinese, the name for the United States of America translates to mean ‘the beautiful country’,” explains An Rong Xu, who has been documenting Chinese Americans for the last seven years, as part of his ongoing series My Americans. “Chinese people have via British Journal of Photography: https://www.bjp-online.com/2019/11/portrait-of-humanity-my-americans/ An Rong…
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‘I’ve never been to Russia’ by Nikita Teryoshin – Witness
‘I’ve never been to Russia’ by Nikita Teryoshin A Russian native looks at how the conditioning of the masses rolls on and what role individuals play in governmental propaganda via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/ive-never-been-to-russia-by-nikita-teryoshin-4feb2447416f A Russian native looks at how the conditioning of the masses rolls on and what role individuals play in governmental propaganda
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Bruce Gilden’s Gritty Vision of a Lost New York | The New Yorker
Bruce Gilden’s Gritty Vision of a Lost New York The street photographer’s new book of recently discovered pictures from the seventies and eighties, “Lost and Found,” shows the vibrance and squalor of the city. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/bruce-gilden-gritty-vision-of-a-lost-new-york Street photography has always been a predatory enterprise. Traditionally, the intrepid photographer sets out on the…
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Turjoy Chowdhury – Genocide ’71- A Memory Map « burn magazine
Turjoy Chowdhury – Genocide ’71- A Memory Map Turjoy Chowdhury Genocide ’71- A Memory Map [ EPF 2019 FINALIST ] Though still unrecognised internationally as genocide, many researchers have studied and different studies have mentioned dif… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2019/11/turjoy-chowdhury-genocide-71-a-memory-map/ Though still unrecognised internationally as genocide, many researchers have studied and different studies have mentioned…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – As it Was Give(n) to Me: Stacy Kranitz Explores the American Appalachia
Juxtapoz Magazine – As it Was Give(n) to Me: Stacy Kranitz Explores the American Appalachia Back in June 2016, we featured the works of photography Stacy Kranitz, a documentarian who blurs the line between personal and outsider looking in. Si… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/as-it-was-give-n-to-me-stacy-kranitz-explores-the-american-appalachia/ Back in June 2016, we featured the works of photography Stacy Kranitz, a…
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Philippe Lopez’s photography is an ode to handcrafted India
Philippe Lopez’s photography is an ode to handcrafted India Philippe Lopez’s first solo exhibition is a meditation on the country’s kaleidoscopic street life. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/philippe-lopezs-photography-is-an-ode-to-handcrafted-india/ The World Press Photo Award winner’s first solo exhibition is a meditation on the country’s kaleidoscopic street life.
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Arlene Gottfried’s Mesmerizing Photographs of New York in the 1980s – Feature Shoot
Arlene Gottfried’s Mesmerizing Photographs of New York in the 1980s – Feature Shoot Boy with Knife, late 1970s Heroin Series, Man With Beer And Cigarette, late 1970s Hailing from Coney Island, Arlene Gottfried (1950-2017) grew up on the streets of Crown Heights during the 1960s… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2019/11/arlene-gottfrieds-mesmerizing-photographs-of-new-york-in-the-1980s/ Hailing from Coney Island, Arlene Gottfried (1950-2017) grew up on…
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Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography | The New Yorker
Shirley Baker’s Half Century of Street Photography The English photographer’s archive contains unheralded images that capture “the great madness and oddness of this life.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/shirley-bakers-half-century-of-street-photography In Shirley Baker’s photographs, men are caught gesturing, or mid-stride. Women slip past or sit, reflecting; sometimes they are close together, conversing, conspiring. Children play, occasionally…
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A street photographer’s take on 1960s Britain
A street photographer’s take on 1960s Britain At the tender age of 19, British photographer Tony Ray-Jones arrived in America to study graphic design at the Yale University School of Art. The year was 1961, and it didn’t take long for him to pick up the camera and get to work. A year later he…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Perspectives Converge in David Hillard’s Mutli-Panel Photographs
Juxtapoz Magazine – Perspectives Converge in David Hillard’s Mutli-Panel Photographs David Hilliard’s work is rooted in the deeply personal, transforming the everyday to the sublime through formal and conceptual techniques borrowed fro… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/perspectives-converge-in-david-hillard-s-mutli-panel-photographs/ David Hilliard’s work is rooted in the deeply personal, elevating the everyday to the sublime through formal and conceptual techniques borrowed…
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What Makes a Person Patriotic? – The New York Times
What Makes a Person Patriotic? A year before the election, we spoke to people in the Midwest about all kinds of American pride. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/28/style/patriotism-in-america.html This summer, four photographers and four writers drove around the United States. Each pair was guided by a unique theme — patriotism, tradition, community, youth — and a unifying question:…
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Diego Goldberg – 1980’s
Diego Goldberg – 1980’s In 1980 we moved to New York to work with Eliane Laffont at Sygma USA. Perhaps the highlight of those years was my work with François Mitterrand. While in France I had been covering the Socialist Party and when Mitterrand decided to be a candidate again for the presidential elections I…
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Portrait of Humanity: The undiscovered work of Michel Kameni – British Journal of Photography
Portrait of Humanity: The undiscovered work of Michel Kameni In the first week of October 2019, the work of Michel ‘Papami’ Kameni was shown for the very first time, in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at London’s Somerset House. The photographs explore the rapid evolution of postcolonial Yaounde, the capital via British Journal of…