Tag: Photography
“The Salt Road” by photographer Lazare Mohamed in northern Mali
La Route du sel is the title of Lazare Mohamed’s photo book which has just been published by Autre Monde. The Franco-Algerian photographer crisscrossed the north of Mali in the…
Photograph: “The world of Steve McCurry” at the Maillol museum
Many of you are probably familiar with one of her most famous shots: that of a young Afghan girl with green eyes, immortalized more than 30 years ago on the…
a traveling exhibition of young photographers in working-class neighborhoods
In Goma, two young photographers from the Goma Oeil collective exhibit their works outdoors. From the Paralympic stadium to the volcanic lava fields, “Without limit” is a traveling exhibition which…
Samuel Fosso, the “chameleon” of African photography
He is, with Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keïta, one of the biggest names in African photography. Samuel Fosso exhibits his self-portraits, his trademark, at the European House of Photography in…
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth seen from the heart
The photographer and president of the Good Planet Foundation Yann Arthus-Bertrand publishes his intimate and committed autobiography “Legacy, the heritage of a life”, with editions of La Martinière, as well…
[Vidéo] Photographer Vivian Maier, worlds of resistance and freedom
The American Vivian Maier, deceased at the age of 83 and unknown until her death in 2009, has nevertheless become an icon of 20th century photography. Anne Morin, curator at…
“The Afghan with green eyes”, famous thanks to the photograph of Steve McCurry, refugee in Italy
Her portrait toured the world in the 1980s. The famous Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, immortalized by photographer Steve McCurry on the cover of “National Geographic” magazine, was evacuated to Italy.…