PRESENTATION, Page 17
Considered to be one the important precursors of African photography, Seydou Keita, like many of his contemporaries, nothing particularly predestined him to become a photographer. He was entirely self-trained, fashioned insightful studio portraits of ordinary Malian people, usually posed with intriguing combinations of African and Western clothing and props that …
Thomas Ruff has been a leading figure in contemporary photography since the ‘90s when he emerged as part of the Becher School. …
The Rencontres d’Arles is a Summer photography festival founded in 1970 by Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, author Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice …
The work of Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) played a decisive role in the history of photography and offered a new way to understand …
Photographer, filmmaker, and writer Danny Lyon has over the past 50 years presented a charged alternative to the sanitized vision of American …
The phrase “In the cut” speaks to physical isolation. As an idiom it refers to sites that are removed from dense populations, …
Andreas Gursky studied at the local Kunstakademie with Bernd Becher in the ‘80s. Alongside Thomas Struth, Jörg Sasse, Candida Höfer, and Thomas …
The exhibition “The Memory of the Future”, at the Musée de l’Elysée, opens up a dialogue between the work of the pioneers …
Veronika Kellndorfer explores California modernism and the poetics of presence, creating enigmatic prints on glass using her own photographs of homes by …
Summer is synonymous with water, the water’s edge is a familiar backdrop to all of our favorite summer memories. Robert Mann Gallery …
The Family Acid collective is responsible for some of the most visually intriguing and detailed documentation of the counter cultural movement of …
In Nobuyoshi Araki’s images, Kaori appears in a variety of poses. Effortlessly, she displays an astonishing range of emotions – brashly self-confident …
Tokyo Rumando has started to photograph herself based on her modeling experiences for movies and magazines since 2005. She pursues expressions which …
The first successful road trip in U.S.A. by automobile took place in 1903 by H. Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker. The …
Nan Goldin’s “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends, family, and …
Harry Callahan was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century. His photography is exploratory rather than evolutionary. He chose …
Bas Jan Ader was a unique figure in the art of ‘60s and ’70s. Almost dangerous in its level of seduction, Ader’s …
Helmut Newton worked as a photographer from the ‘50s onwards, but he changed the fashion photography in 1961, the moment that he …
Louis Stettner is an American photographer of the 20th Century, whose work includes streetscapes, portraits and architectural images of New York and …
Cindy Sherman’s own image is at the centre of an inspiring array of character studies, developed over decades. Sherman gained international recognition …
The legendary Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (25/5/40- ), celebrated for his works exploring the theme of Eros and Tanathos, successfully depicting desire, …
Stratos Kalafatis is using the square format, a difficult format because there is no dominant axis, but in his hands gives an …
Bruce Davidson was given his first camera in 1940, when he was just seven years old. It was, he says, “A primitive …
The history of the Canton of Ticino, the Italian-speaking Swiss territory to the south of the Alps, was until recently profoundly marked …
