Photography Now

Given an unedited batch of photos from a recent family vacation, Google+ can narrow the images down to what it determines are the best shots.

We take thousands of pictures nowadays, but do we still cherish them?

William Mortensen (1897 - 1965) was one of the most well known and respected photographers in America in the thirties. He worked primarily in Southern California as a Hollywood and studio portraitist and later taught his methods and ideas to younger generations. (See Larry Lytle's online biography of Mortensen.) Mortensen's obscurity today is mainly due to his championing of Pictorialism, a force within photography that promoted retouching, hand-worked negatives, chemical washes, and an artistic, painterly approach that soon faded with the advance of modernism.

Brakhax2. It is a formation of two people, father + son, 4 eyes and 2 brains, that choose to express ourselves at every level. From the right side of reality. The strength and expression of our relationship starts there.

Paris Match has lost one of its finest photographers. He had that rare quality of knowing how to do everything: war, politics, the magazine, even celebrities.

The Fiaf has invited Tunisia for the fifth edition of its World Nomads festival, conceived as a forum for dialogue between cultures.

Mr. Winogrand was so prolific that he could hardly be bothered to edit his work. A new retrospective explores the relentless output of a complicated artist.

The screen has become the primary access point for much information. How are screen devices being used, and what are the implications for visual storytellers?

Broomberg & Chanarin: It began with a lucky accident. We stumbled across a remarkable object - Brecht’s personal bible. It caught our attention because it has a photograph of a racing car glued to the cover.

Creative Director: Stephen Scoble

Design Director: Patricia Sanchez

Director of Photography: Fredrika Stjarne

Deputy Photo Editor: Anthony LaSala

Photographer: Martin Morell

In 1955, Marc Riboud left for what was to become a three-year trip east, vers l’orient, traveling to Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Japan… Thirty years old, Henri Cartier-Bresson became a mentor during that time. “I often found letters from Henri waiting for me at General Delivery in Kabul, in Jaipur, in Madras, in Ahmedabad, or in some Indonesian city whose name I forget.”

Through June 1, 2013, the Galerie Particulière is presenting the series Sleeping Beauties (under the title “Museums” by German photographer Friederike von Rauch.

Since his teen years, Hoshi has been obsessed by the nightlife of the urban entertainment districts of Tokyo; the vulgar neon signs, the dark trash-filled alleys, and the backdrop of human drama taking place both inside and outside the clubs and bars.  Haruto Hoshi was born 1970 in Kanagawa and educated at Contemporary Photography Research Institute.

Zoos are born with intent informative to know and understand animal breeds otherwise unattainable. I wonder today what sense the life of an animal that is born, grows and dies in a cage by the boundaries.

«Erreur d’Impression. Publier à l’ère du numérique» présente en ligne des œuvres d’artistes autour des médias papier et de leurs avatars.

La série In the Playroom présente des enfants qui rejouent les événements les plus brutaux de notre génération, du meurtre de Jon Benet Ramsey au 11-Septembre.

Une grande partie de l’histoire du cinéma est une histoire d’empire des sens où se côtoient, depuis les premiers balbutiements aux tentatives cont...

At Visa pour l’Image next September, the photographer Michel Setboun will present Génération Sygma, a book designed and organized in the same way as Génération Sipa (Editions La Martinière). This large project has kept Setboun busy for a long time.