Tag: Photography
With Lee Shulman, Omar Victor Diop slips into anonymity
The beautiful book Being There, by director Lee Shulman and portraitist Omar Victor Diop, plunges us, not without humor, into the segregationist America of the 1950s and 1960s. An artistic…
Death of famous South African photographer Peter Magubane, chronicler of apartheid
Black South African photojournalist Peter Magubane, who for decades chronicled the violence of the racist apartheid regime, including the 1976 Soweto student uprising, died Monday at the age of 91,…
The humanist photography of Javier Arcenillas in the spotlight – L’Express
Very discreet, even secretive, Javier Arcenillas doesn’t really like people to unroll his curriculum vitae. He repeats it over and over again, for him, only the image must speak. Let…
Thandiwe Muriu, the new colors of the African woman
The 193 Gallery in Paris presents the first exhibition of Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu. Entitled “You thought you could throw me away”, it offers the public bold and colorful works,…
On the path of pregnant virgins
We set off to discover an original path, traced by the photographer Viviane Lièvre and the French nomadic writer Jean-Yves Loude. Together, the two ethnologists set off from Puy-en-Velay to…
Marin Karmitz, from Bucharest to Padre Padrone
We only know him and we know nothing about him. If I say MK2 to you, you immediately have the image of a local cinema and perhaps the poster fore…
Paris Photo 2023, a push towards the digital era
Paris Photo 2023 is the first art fair in Europe to create a digital sector specifically for photography. Nina Roehrs, the director of the new section, the two artists Aleksandra…
Thirty years of conflict in eastern DRC seen by African photographers
Through the work of Congolese and South African photographers, the Bayeux War Correspondents Prize traces in an exhibition three decades of violence in the regions of Ituri, North and South…
Photography: Thandiwe Muriu, the African woman beyond the clichés
Without direct influence from pop art, despite appearances, the arty photographs of Kenyan Thandiwe Muriu focus more on the heritage of African black and white masters, Malick Sidibé or Seydou…
Thandiwe Muriu, the new colors of African women
The 193 Gallery in Paris presents the first exhibition of Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu. Entitled “ You thought you could throw me away », she offers the public bold and…