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Putin, the Pop Star

As the war continues in Ukraine and many Russians try to leave their own country, we look back at photographer Bela Doka’s series on the motivations of the Russian youth that historically supported the president.

Laurent Monlaü

In Perche, photography serves the environment 

The third edition of the “Le champ des impossibles” festival includes the works of 32 artists about trees, mixing paintings, sculpture and photography. It is an event with a rural atmosphere to raise awareness among its public, the locals and its guests about modern visual languages.

Le Sphynx, 1956, Paris, France © Frank Horvat

Photo London in Five Acts

Eight months after the previous iteration, which was postponed till the fall due to the pandemic, the art fair Photo London returns to Somerset House

Joe Rosenthal

The Making of War Photography

The Musée de l’Armée in Paris offers a first glimpse into its photographic archives in an exhibition that traces the representation of war and the evolution of images of combat from 1849 to the present. This essential event shares some important lessons.

Waiting for the War

Photographer Ismail Ferdous has documented the daily life of the Ukrainian soldiers stationed in the west.

Tetyanax with her young daughter, in Chop. March 15, 2022 © Ismail Ferdous / Agence VU' for Blind

The Daily Lives of the Ukrainians Displaced by War

In the Zakarpattia Oblast region of Ukraine, to the far west of the country, lies the city of Chop. This railroad hub is an easy access to the borders with Hungary and Slovakia as those displaced by the war in the East flee to safety in Ukraine’s West and the NATO countries beyond the borders.

A Ukrainian controller walks on the platforms in the train station in Lviv, western Ukraine. © Rafael Yaghobzadeh

The Ukrainian Rail in the Dark

Trains in Ukraine are an indispensable means of transport for millions of refugees. The photographer Rafael Yaghobzadeh has documented the railway network in Ukraine during wartime — at night, when there are fewer wandering souls.

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”

At 72, Patrick Chauvel covers the war in Ukraine for Paris-Match. A few hours before his departure, he welcomed Blind at his home to look back on his 50 years of war photography. Half a century of history told in an album published for the 30th anniversary of Reporters Without Borders, entitled 100 photos for freedom of the press.

A Weapon Of Peace

Photographer Mark Neville’s anti-war book on Ukraine turns documentary work into activism

From A Basement In Kyiv

Ukraininan photographer Lisa Bukreyeva keeps a war diary during the first days of Russia’s invasion in her country.

Local residents came for the Sunday service to the Saint Paraskeva church in Kalynivka, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine on February 27, 2022. © Oksana Parafeniuk

How Ukrainian Photographers are Covering The War

As the war in Ukraine continues to spread fear throughout the world, Blind collected testimonies and images from Ukrainian photographers on the ground. They tell their personal story.

Sergeï Bubka, 1996 © Gérard Rancinan / Courtesy Galerie Jean-Denis Walter

Sergueï Bubka: An Ukrainian Icon

Sergey Bubka is the most famous Ukrainian champion in history. In this period of support to his country, Jean-Denis Walter, former editor-in-chief of French sports newspaper L’Equipe Magazine tells the story this picture, made by the photographer Gérard Rancinan.

Territory and Memory: Four Road Trips across Forgotten Russia

Territory and Memory: Four Road Trips across Forgotten Russia

Today’s Russia is known mostly for its politics, the splendor of Saint Petersburg, and Moscow’s monuments. To get into the heart of the largest nation on the planet, Blind hits the road with four young photographers who explore their country’s territory and memory.

Corentin Fohlen: “I am like a stage director”

Corentin Fohlen: “I am like a stage director”

Corentin Fohlen has worked as a photojournalist since 2005. Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan: he has crisscrossed the world documenting conflict and poverty. To take a break from reporting, he often does celebrity portraits in France: political figures, filmmakers, actors, and singers; every time the subject must be “managed,” as he puts it, to create original, surprising images.

Yegan Mazandarani, The Pariahs of Donbass

Yegan Mazandarani, The Pariahs of Donbass

In September 2018, photographer Yegan Mazandarani traveled to the secessionist, self-proclaimed, unrecognized Donetsk People’s Republic on the Russian-Ukrainian border to photograph its inhabitants. His images, taken with empathy, are now brought together in a book.

Photographing derelict sites, by Jonk

Photographing derelict sites, by Jonk

Jonk travels around the world in search of derelict sites he likes to photograph. He has just published a book, Goodbye Lenin, featuring places in the former Soviet Union and its satellite countries. He offers us advice and shares some thoughts on the art of photographing decay.

FOAM’s photographers to watch

FOAM’s photographers to watch

For a third consecutive year, FOAM (or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam) showcases emerging talents at the Red Hook Labs Gallery in Brooklyn.

In Vichy, a thousand variations on the portrait

In Vichy, a thousand variations on the portrait

The Portrait(s) Vichy Photography Festival is launching its 7th edition this summer: a panoply of faces captured by a bevy of artists. We bring you a sneak preview of their work.

La Gacilly Photo Festival: Eastward ho!

La Gacilly Photo Festival: Eastward ho!

Every summer, La Gacilly Photo Festival takes over a small Breton town. For its 16th edition, the festival focuses on Eastern European and Russian photography. Here we provide a sneak peek at some of the works featured among the 26 exhibitions.

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