Tag: Photography
The photographer Raymond Depardon in a word, a gesture and a silence
01:57 Born in 1942 on a farm in the Saône valley, he left for Paris at the age of 16, proud of his photographer operator certificate. Co-founder of the Gamma…
Depardon – Daoud, crossed views on Algeria from independence to today
Cultural meeting 60 years ago, on March 18, 1962, France and the provisional Algerian government signed the Évian Accords, which ended the Algerian war and opened the way to independence.…
A soldier photographer during the Great War in Amiens
A history professor unearthed more than 400 photos taken by a French officer in 1915 in Amiens. These pictures are an exceptional testimony to what life was like behind the…
The photographer Samuel Fosso in a word, a gesture and a silence
The self-portrait virtuoso was born in 1962 in Cameroon and grew up without a photo of himself. Torn between his identities and his multiple homelands – Cameroon, Central African Republic,…
“In the shade of the trees”, the 6th edition of the PhotoBrussels Festival
Trees are in the spotlight at the 6th edition of PhotoBrussels. The Festival unfolds in 45 places in the Belgian capital around its flagship venue, the gallery and art center…
The photographer Samuel Fosso, virtuoso of the self-portrait
He is one of the greatest exponents of the self-portrait. Samuel Fosso, born on July 17, 1962 in Kumba, in the south-west of Cameroon, has enriched the history of photography…
Application ends for iPhone 13 Pro-centered macro photography competition
Apple recently announced that it is holding a macro photography contest among iPhone 13 Pro / Pro Max owners. Here is the application for this competition it’s ending. iPhone 13…
Argos documents “the little story that humanizes big problems”
This collective of freelance photographers and journalists is a pioneer in media coverage of climate change and its consequences. Extracts from their work are exhibited in Brest (Brittany) on the…
At the Center Pompidou, the Gaston Paris exhibition plunges us into the world of entertainment in the 1930s
The Rendez-vous culture takes us today to discover a photographer reporter whose pictures tell of a pivotal period, that of the 1930s. His name is Gaston Paris. His images were…
The Algeria of Raymond Depardon and Kamel Daoud, the pen and the grain
Until July 17, the Institut du Monde Arabe presents an unprecedented exhibition that brings together two visions of Algeria. A cross look, that of the writer Kamel Daoud and that…