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Left: Peter Hujar, Boy on raft, 1978, Gelatin silver print, The Morgan Library & Museum, purchase in 2013 through the Charina Endowment Fund, © Peter Hujar Archive, LLC, courtesy Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Right: Peter Hujar, Dana Reitz's Legs, Walking, 1979, Gelatin silver print, © Peter Hujar Archive, LLC, courtesy Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

PHOTO REVIEW:Peter Hujar-Speed of Life

One of the most impressive photographic exhibitions in Paris is “Speed of Life” with works by Peter Hujar at Jeu de Paume.  The life and art of Peter Hujarwere rooted in New York, Hujar inhabited a world of Avant-Garde dance, music, art, and drag performance. His mature career paralleled the …

Solène Gün, from the series Turunç, 2018, © Solène Gün, Courtesy the artist

PHOTO:Solène Gün-Turunç

Solène Gün is a young photographer whose work focuses on the realities and representation of immigrant youth. Turning her poetic and optimistic …

Left: Jitka Hanzlova, untitled from the series Horse, 2007–14, © Jitka Hanzlova, Courtesy the Artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan. Right: Jitka Hanzlova, untitled from the series Water, 2013–19, © Jitka Hanzlova, Courtesy the Artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

PHOTO:Jitka Hanzlová-Silences

Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová uses photography to address the ways in which one’s homeland and surrounding environment shape identity. Having experienced the …

Left: Dora Maar, Model in Swimsuit 1936, Photograph, gelatin silver on paper, 197 x 167 mm, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019. Right: Dora Maar, Untitled (Hand-Shell) 1934, Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper, 401 x 289 mm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019

PHOTO:Dora Maar

Dora Maar is often shrouded by Pablo Picasso’s monumental shadow, ardently depicted in his paintings, she became reductively known as his lover, …

Left: Andres Serrano, “Black Dolls - Larry” Vintage Rag Doll (Infamous), 2019, Pigment print, back-mounted on dibond, wooden frame, 115,6 x 96,5 cm, Edition of 7 + 2 AP, © Andres Serrano, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Center” Andres Serrano, “Malcolm X - Car Air Freshener” Circa 1970’s (Infamous), 2019, Pigment print, back-mounted on dibond, wooden frame, 115,6 x 96,5 cm, Edition of 7 + 2 AP, © Andres Serrano, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Right: Andres Serrano, ““Klan Spirit II” 1930’s Ku Klux Klan Robe and Hood (Infamous), 2019, Pigment print, back-mounted on dibond, wooden frame, 115,6 x 96,5 cm, Edition of 7 + 2 AP, © Andres Serrano, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

PHOTO:Andres Serrano-Infamus

Andres Serrano is notorious for the controversial content of his photographic works. His best-known pieces are large format images of objects (frequently …

Thomas Joshua Cooper, Uncharted Dangers, Clear—Prime Head Ice Wall, Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land, the Antarctic Peninsula, the North-Most Point of Continental Antarctica, 63°13´ S, 2008, selenium- and gold-toned chlorobromide gelatin silver print, 26 3/4 × 38 3/4 in., Collection Lannan Foundation, © Thomas Joshua Cooper, photo courtesy of the artist

PHOTO:Thomas Joshua Cooper

Thomas Joshua Cooper is one of the most celebrated and distinctive landscape photographers working anywhere in the world today. He was born …

PHOTO:Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has …

Mitra Azar, DoppelGANger poster (woman #6), 2019, Paris Iteration, from DoppelGANger.agency, 2019, © Mitra Azar

PHOTO:SITUATIONS-Deviant

SITUATIONS is an experimental exhibition format at Fotomuseum Winterthur that reacts dynamically to current photographic and cultural developments. A SITUATION may take …

Zineb Sedira Lighthouse in the Sea of Time, 2011, Video Installation, © Zineb Sedira / ADAGP, Paris, 2019, Courtesy the artist & kamel mennour, Paris/London

PHOTO:Zineb Sedira-A Brief Moment

Zineb Sedira’s multiple identities as a French-born Algerian living in England and work in Paris, London and Algiers, inform her haunting photographs …

Thomas Struth, Mountain, Anaheim 2014, Chromogenic print, 212.1 x 332.4 cm, © Thomas Struth

PHOTO:Thomas Struth

The images of Thomas Struth receive their signature character from the questions they raise about the relevance of public space, family ties, …

Reiner Riedler, Wild River, Florida, 2005, From the Fake Holidays series, type C photograph, 100.0 x 120.0 x 4.0 cm, © Reiner Riedler, Courtesy of the artist

PHOTO:Civilization The Way We Live Now

In this increasingly globalised world, the exhibition “Civilization: The Way We Live Now” explores photographers’ representations of life in cities as its …

Brassai, View through the pont Royal toward the pont Solferino, c 1933, © Estate Brassai Succession Paris

PHOTO Brassaï

Brassaï (Gyula Halász), was one of the most prominent members of the group of European and American photographers whose work between the …

William Wegman, Constructivism 2014, Pigment print photograph, © William Wegman, Courtesy the artist

PHOTO:William Wegman-Being Human

A key figure in the West Coast Conceptual Art Movement, William Wegman has been recognized internationally for his videos, photographs, paintings and …

Carment Winant, Collage from the series “Pictures of Woman Working”, 2016 © The artist

PHOTO:Foam Talent 2019

Foam Talent is an internationally renowned programme for young artists under the age of 35, which has been organised by the Foam …

Pascal Blondeau, from the series: Swimming Pool, Tribute to David Hockney, 2015, © Pascal Blondeau, Courtesy the artist and IAMY

PHOTO:Pascal Blondeau

A renowned photographer Pascal Blondeau, was born in Paris and grew up in the Saint-Germain des Prés on the Left Bank. He …

Martin Parr: Knokke, Belgium 2001, © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

PHOTO:Martin Parr Retrospective

Martin Parr’s favorite motif is the human being in their everyday or individually chosen environment. His photographs often seem exaggerated, shrill, colorful, …

Marc Pataut, Apartheid, Le Blanc-Mesnil, 1988, © Marc Pataut, Courtesy the artist and Jeu de Paume

PHOTO:Marc Pataut

The work of Marc Pataut is structured around the formulation of research projects which address those political and human issues which often …