“I wasn’t trying to be like the guy who photographed my Bar Mitzvah, someone who comes in to please everyone. I wish it was Diane Arbus who took the pictures of my Bar Mitzvah,” says Jewish-American photographer Godlis, remembering the 1974 trip to Florida that changed his life — pictures from which have just been published in the new book Godlis: Miami.
On November 4, 2021, as part of Leica‘s celebration of photography, American photographer Ralph Gibson received the Leica Hall of Fame Award 2021 for Lifetime Achievement. He is also being honored with a retrospective exhibition, on view through the end of February 2022, at the Leica Gallery in Wetzlar, Germany.
An exclusive look at the early work of Patrick D. Pagnano, who used photography to uplift the working class.
She is one of the world’s most iconic portrait artists who, over five decades, has consecrated some of America’s biggest celebrities. Recipient of the William Klein Photography Award from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Annie Leibovitz is the subject of an exhibition at the Institut de France, in Paris, while simultaneously releasing her first book devoted entirely to the world of fashion.
A new gallery show in La Jolla, California showcases Estabrook’s images from the 1970s, taken from multiple road trips across the country.
A captivating new book celebrates the role photography played in the life and work of Barkley L. Hendricks, who made pioneering contributions to Black portraiture and conceptualism.
For nearly 60 years, Joel Meyerowitz has been drawn to the flower in its many splendored forms. Here he looks back at its role in his storied career.
Print is rumored to be dead, but there’s something about the allure of a magazine, of holding a glossy publication in your hands, that keeps
Magnum Photos member Peter van Agtmael shares his journey as a conflict photographer, and the importance of adopting an open, questioning approach to photojournalism.
For sixty years Japanese photographer Shisei Kuwabara has been documenting the city of Minamata and those who suffer from the disease that bears its name.
Recently rediscovered photographs from Todd Webb’s five-month trip to Africa offer a look at the relationship between independence and imperialism in the Global South.
Native New York Godlis celebrates his hometown in a new book documenting alternately humorous, surreal, and poignant scenes of everyday life.
The peculiar thing about documentary photography is that, since the inception of the medium, documenting has been the very purpose of photography as a whole. Here, historian Guillaume Blanc continues his in-depth look at what many consider to be the nobility of photography. Read the first part of the course here if needed.
In this second part of our lesson on the history of portrait photography, the historian Guillaume Blanc continues his exploration of the genre by theme, starting with the social question. Read the first part of the course here if needed.
In memory of Magnum Photos member Bruno Barbey, who documented the conflict and celebrated beauty around the globe for more than half a century.
In this selection, you will find the most important photo books of photo portrait history. These include the works from the greatest photographers that have highly influenced the art form, from the fashion world to socially oriented subjects. Ranging from different time periods and artistic intentions, this list is a great starting place to dive into the essence of portraiture.
A show of New York native Sid Kaplan’s work is currently on view at Les Douches Galerie in Paris. It’s the first time his oeuvre has been shown in France.
To celebrate an expanded edition of American Prospects (first ed. 1987), released by Steidl in November, the Xippas Gallery is showcasing for the first time thirteen photographs selected by the artist.
On October 17, 2019, photographer Yael Martinez won the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his projet entitled “The House that Bleeds”. It is among the oldest photography awards and it is presented annually to a photographer whose work follows the humanistic tradition of W. Eugene Smith.
The photographer who captured old time American musicians leaves behind an astonishing legacy.
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) has drawn on its impressive collection of 25,000 works to create an exceptional exhibition on the theme of noir, with clear implications for photography!
The best-known German photographer of the interwar period, Paul Wolff is nevertheless a forgotten figure in the history of photography. How can one explain the astonishing disappearance of such a witness to a Germany that was undergoing both renewal and the darkest hours of its history? The first retrospective devoted to his work in France lifts part of the mystery of Paul Wolff, between light and shadow.
American photographer Elliott Erwitt, who dedicated his life to documentary photography, died peacefully on November 29 in his sleep at his home in New York at age 95. He was one of the last living legends of photography.
Opened since July 1, the Newlands House Gallery in England hosts the first Eve Arnold exhibition in 10 years.
The Maillol Museum in Paris devotes a stunning retrospective to the iconic American photographer Elliott Erwitt. The exhibition takes us through a full career made up of moments of fun and turning points in history.
While the cultural world has recently begun opening up to all photographic genres, dismantling the hierarchies between fashion, reportage, amateur, etc. practice, sports photography has been left outside this momentum. For now.
Lee Shulman, the creator of The Anonymous Project, invited Blind to his small Parisian studio. The collector and his team receive, select and sort thousands of slides of unknown people and give them a second life.
Photojournalists Carol Guzy and Farzana Wahidy were also recognized as honorees. In its 8th year, the award is given to women photojournalists who exhibit extraordinary courage and humanity in reporting from areas of instability, oppression, and conflict.
While the stories of what photojournalist Catherine Leroy accomplished in her years photographing the Vietnam War are legendary in certain circles, a new biography for young adults aims to bring Leroy’s story to a new generation.
The photographs of two of Hollywood’s greatest chroniclers are currently on display at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles: a great opportunity to travel back in time to the days of the star system, an era made of glamour, dreams and ideals.
In the 1970s, David Aschkenas photographed Pittsburgh, in classic images that revive the city’s glorious past.
Their stills are among the most shared images and attract film audiences worldwide. However, their names remain unknown to the general public. They are film-set
After its opening last weekend in physical form, Photo London continues in digital form on Artsy until September 28th. The opportunity to buy works directly from the exhibitors via the platform.
The celebrated Dutch photographer and multimedia artist looks back at his 40-year career that poses the age-old question, “What is real?”
Entitled “The Unexpected”, a collection of more than ninety prints by Magnum photographers is available for $100 for one week. It represents the breadth and variety of what photography can convey and capture.
Atlas Gallery in London exhibits images by the photographers Frank Hurley and Herbert Ponting, and the explorer Robert Falcon Scott, taken in the South Pole in 1911.
For over 70 years LIFE has commissioned the world’s best photojournalists. Next Saturday, November 14, at the Cornette de Saint Cyr auction house in Paris, the American magazine is selling 191 photos taken by about sixty LIFE photographers between 1930 and the late twentieth century. These images are featured in a brief, one-time exhibition from November 11 to 14. This is a great opportunity to revisit a historical legend.
The American street photographer died yesterday at the age of 79. Blind pays tribute to this eternal observer of the world by republishing this profile who appeared in Camera magazine in 2015.
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