Photography at first sight

Michaël Naulin

Michaël Naulin is a journalist and editorial coordinator of Blind. Contributor for the Figaro Culture, his articles are published in specialized magazines.

In the steppe near the capital Nur-Sultan, kokparshy, or Kokpar players, compete in an indescribable melee to grab a headless goat body. The communal version of this game sees up to 200 or 300 players competing, each playing for himself. The tribes that descended from Genghis Khan spread their culture throughout Mongolia and Central Asia, but nowhere in this region is the contrast between the contemporary and the ancient higher than in Kazakhstan. And nowhere is the interaction between the two more clearly embodied than in the kokpar.

The Soul of Kazakhstan

January 18, 2023

Bruxelles, 1932 © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos- Collection Szafran, Fondation Pierre Gianadda

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dear Friends

January 16, 2023

Niko J.Kallianiotis

Our Favorite Books for Christmas (2/4) : Documentary Photography

December 13, 2022

©MichaelNaulin

Welcome to The Leica World

December 13, 2022

© Naulin

99 Cameras Club: An Intimate and Unique Collection of Cameras

December 2, 2022

Jim and Sarina's first child, Washington DC, 1990. © Eugene Richards

Eugene Richards, In This Brief Life

November 23, 2022

Kiki and her friends Thérèse Treize de Caro et Lily 1932 © Estate Brassaï Succession-Philippe Ribeyrolles

Brassaï, The Eternal Flaneur

November 21, 2022

Untitled from Days at Sea, 1974 © Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson, Perfect Harmony

November 19, 2022

© The Anonymous Project / Lee Shulman

The Anonymous Project: Slide Attitude

November 7, 2022

Pascal Maitre: The Beauty and Tragedy of the Fulani of the Sahel

October 26, 2022

Love is difficult when you can't touch. Two friends sit in a traditional restaurant waiting for their order in Tabriz, Iran, on December 1, 2014. © Farshid Tighehsaz

Farshid Tighehsaz: “In Iran, Photojournalism is Not Recognized”

October 18, 2022

© Atelier Albert Londres

Albert Londres: Fighting for Truth with Pen and Photography

October 11, 2022

Douglas Kirkland, Photographer of Celebrities, Dies at 88

October 4, 2022

Requiem pour la terre de miel @ Gosette Lubondo

Ruins, History, and the Gaze: When Photography Uncovers Our Past

September 28, 2022

Misty owl (Otus nebula). Able to generate a mist with hypnotic properties, intended to maintain the balance of the biotope on the island Auctus animalis © Vincent Fournier for the Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize 2022-2023

Auctus Animalis : A Visual/Musical Bestiary

September 23, 2022

Santa Barbara @ Diana Markosian

Open-eyed: The Festival Images Vevey

September 14, 2022

March 23, 1950 The Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain greets Winston Churchill at a Guildhall reception, in London. - From a string of US presidents to Lady Gaga, Queen Elizabeth II met leading political and artistic personalities from around the globe during her record-breaking time on the throne. Some were despised dictators, others world-famous guitarists she made polite conversation with. Regardless of the personalities, she always kept her composure. © AFP

Images of Queen Elizabeth II’s Extraordinary Reign

September 9, 2022

Displaced persons who have fled fighting in the east are being served a meal at the Monastery of the Resurrection which comes under the Moscow Patriarchate. Lviv, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. © Lucas Barioulet for Le Monde

Visa pour l’Image in the Shadow of Ukraine

September 7, 2022

Jacqueline Salmon

The Quest for a Blind Spot in Christ’s Iconography

July 8, 2022

Red Cross and Photography: Linked Fates

July 6, 2022

Lebanon, 1984. A Christian Lebanese army tank fires on Muslim militias in downtown Beirut. A cat of undetermined religion flees the fighting © Patrick Chauvel

Patrick Chauvel: “In War Photography, Some Brutality Must Be Shown”

March 16, 2022

Humanitarians and Photojournalists: a Shared Struggle

February 25, 2022

Robin Friend and Igor Tereshkov: Two Ways of Looking at a Disfigured Earth

Robin Friend and Igor Tereshkov: Two Ways of Looking at a Disfigured Earth

February 2, 2022

Happy Pills: The Mirage of Bottled Happiness

Happy Pills: The Mirage of Bottled Happiness

November 23, 2021

La Gacilly: Northward Bound

La Gacilly: Northward Bound

September 28, 2021

Jacob Ehrbahn: On the Roads of Exile

Jacob Ehrbahn: On the Roads of Exile

September 16, 2021

The Visa Pour L'image Festival Catches its Breath

The Visa Pour L’image Festival Catches its Breath

September 5, 2021

Richard Mosse: Image Explorer

Richard Mosse: Image Explorer

August 18, 2021

Fishing Demystified: The Story of a Craft

Fishing Demystified: The Story of a Craft

July 21, 2021

After Us the Deluge: Images of Sinking Land

After Us the Deluge: Images of Sinking Land

May 17, 2021

World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020

World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020

April 15, 2021

Derrière les masques, les visages des combattants du Covid

Behind the Masks: Faces of Those Fighting COVID-19

March 18, 2021

Gilles Caron: A Witness to an Imperfect World

Gilles Caron: A Witness to an Imperfect World

March 9, 2021

Photographic and Musical Road Trip Across Germany

Photographic and Musical Road Trip Across Germany

January 13, 2021

When War Reporters Document Peace

When War Reporters Document Peace

December 28, 2020

Sports Photography: an Art in its Own Right

Sports Photography: an Art in its Own Right

October 7, 2020

Why does film photography continue to be so popular?

Why does film photography continue to be so popular?

September 3, 2020

The magic of photo printing as told by Guillaume Geneste

The magic of photo printing as told by Guillaume Geneste

September 1, 2020

Photography and comics: Mohamed Ali by Abbas

Photography and comics: Mohamed Ali by Abbas

July 21, 2020

“It will live for centuries to come”: Gilbert Garcin’s poetic universe as seen by one of his printers

“It will live for centuries to come”: Gilbert Garcin’s poetic universe as seen by one of his printers

April 25, 2020

Cássio Vasconcellos: “I want to use wonder to touch people.”

Cássio Vasconcellos: “I want to use wonder to touch people.”

April 8, 2020

Coping with coronavirus: Photographers share lockdown stories

Coping with coronavirus: Photographers share lockdown stories

March 26, 2020

The 2020 HSBC Prize: a Focus on Personal Worlds

The 2020 HSBC Prize: a Focus on Personal Worlds

February 26, 2020

Stephen Shames, children & youth

Stephen Shames, children & youth

February 25, 2020

Ouka Leele: Grabbing Life by The Colors

Ouka Leele: Grabbing Life by The Colors

February 11, 2020