Tag: photographer
“Find yourself”: a humanist score by Willy Ronis, the musician turned photographer
The photographic destiny of Willy Ronis has played out in very few things. Born in Paris in 1910 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Eastern Europe, he was introduced…
Smallpox, teaspoons and a bird’s nest: photographer explores family history in images
One was poisoned, another was researching a smallpox vaccine, yet another was a supporter of an Indian guru. Photographer Cara Louwman comes from a colorful family and has delved into…
the resistance fighter Adolfo Kaminsky, photographer and king of forgers, buried in Paris
The photographer Adolfo Kaminsky, a man of a thousand lives who was the “king of false papers” in the service of the Resistance and then of the anti-colonial movements, is…
Funeral attendant Bunschoten convicted of hindering photographer: ‘I had to choose between two evils’
Wrong pills The incident between Aart K. and photographer Caspar Huurdeman took place on November 4, 2021 against the background of two mysterious deaths in Bunschoten. Stories quickly circulated in…
The street photographer waited for the perfect moment: “He was almost like a fly on the wall”
He waited for the right moment and then he snapped a picture. Ralph Nykvist’s pictures capture everyday life in Helsingborg, London, Paris and other places in the world. – Ralph…
The Bâmiyân cliff after its destruction seen by the photographer Pascal Convert
Pascal Convert photographed the Bâmiyân cliff in Afghanistan, 15 years after the destruction of the monumental Buddhas by the Taliban. His photos are published today in a very beautiful book…
William Klein, death of the famous “punch” photographer
The most famous of American photographers in Paris has influenced generations of photographers around the world. Saturday September 10, William Klein died “peacefully”, at the age of 96, in his…
Visa for the image: photographer Alain Ernoult facing the “sixth extinction”
Since 1970, vertebrate populations have declined by more than 60% and more than 600 million birds have disappeared in Europe. According to researchers, a sixth mass extinction is underway. The…
Ukrainian war photographer is praised for Mariupol images
Jevhen Maloletka was in Perpignan, France to receive the award, which he dedicated to the people of Ukraine. The 35-year-old, who works for the news agency AP, was, together with…
Discovering the Planet of the Apes
Orangutans, gibbons, macaques, chimpanzees. Worldwide there are more than 500 species of primates. Extraordinary wealth. But, according to scientists, 60% of these species are now in danger of extinction. The…