Land of the Hermit King Closed off from the world, North Korea weaves a highly militarized mind-set into the fabric of everyday life. via The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/144373/land-hermit-king-closed-off-world-north-korea-weaves-highly-militarized-mind-set-fabric-everyday-life Meticulously choreographed military parades. Strident news announcements on state television. Missile tests presided over by a grinning Kim Jong Un. Propaganda from North Korea comes to us…
A Photographer Anticipates the Moments Before the Flood As the climate talks in Paris draw to a close, we revisit Carl De Keyzer’s epic work Moments Before the Flood, in which he circumnavigates the European coastline, traveling more than 82,000 miles and visiting more than 5,000 locations, to “photograph this beautiful and very unique coastline,…
Carl de Keyzer’s Intriguing Photographs of the Congo Belgian photographer Carl de Keyzer has traveled the world capturing glimpses of life in all kinds of settings, from a Siberian prison camp to a village in the Congo, to the stage of a movie set in Hollywood. As a member of Magnum for almost 20 years,…
A surprising and exciting set of images from Carl de Keyzer, a photographer whose work has always challenged and fascinated me, particularly since he produced the wonderful God Inc. Now come a set of images of the Congo that are lovely for their sharp contrast to the conventional ‘dark Africa’ depictions of the pathologies and…
: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris 29 January – 13 April 2008 Photography project on world power inspired by the history of classical painting. Each part refers to painting by its subject and format and tries to explore in a conceptual way the mechanisms of power and history. Most things come in three. A trinity…
