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Category Archives: European photography
November Photo Madness in Paris
November has always been THE big photographic month in Paris, but this year is looking like it will be a record breaker. Here’s a list of some of the big events happening in Paris this month. I don’t know how I’m going to make my way to all of these, let alone blog about all [...]
Also posted in Art Fairs / Festivals, Events, eyecurious News, Photo-books Tagged art fair, Eikoh Hosoe, Fotofest, Hiromi Tsuchida, Offprint, Paris Photo, Photo-books, portfolio reviews Leave a comment
Review: Hijacked Vol. 2, Australia/Germany
When I first saw Hijacked Vol. 2, I did a double-take. With an Australian mother and German father, you don’t come across many photobooks that appear to be you in book form. I had missed Hijacked Vol. 1, Australia/America when it came out two years ago so I was excited to discover the Hijacked ‘format’. [...]
Book of the Week #2: Erik Van der Weijde / Der Baum
I wrote about Erik van der Weijde‘s eclectic publishing activities before over on eyecurious books etc. The title of his latest book, Der Baum (The Tree), is taken from Der Baum im Bildde der Landschaft, a 1931 photobook published as part of a series which aimed to “provide cheap educational tools for the uneducated masses.” [...]
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Space is the place: Vincent Fournier
Earlier this week Obama signed the NASA 2010 Authorization Act into law, which guarantees NASA a decent chunk of change, although the specifics of how it’s going to be spent are still up in the air. However, we do know that the moon is passé and now the focus is firmly on Mars. I suppose [...]
Review: Anonymes @ Le Bal
Paris must have one of the highest densities of museums exhibiting photography of any major city. So it could be considered surprising that a new venue, Le Bal, has just opened behind the Place de Clichy, slightly off the beaten track for the Paris art crowd. The space gets its name from the fact that [...]
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Seasonal picks
As the French art world shakes of the last of its summer tan, here’s a list of some of the exhibitions to look out for in Paris this autumn, including (shock, horror) some non-photographic selections: Harry Callahan: Variations, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, 7 Sep. – 19 Dec. William Kentridge: Breath Dissolve, Return, Marian Goodman Gallery, 11 [...]
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Review: 10 years of in-public
Street photography is a strangely controversial photographic genre. When I started blogging, I was a little surprised at how divisive it seemed to be within the photo community and its ability to get people worked up, whether they were in the ‘for’ or ‘against’ camp. As with many other photographic genres ‘street photography’ is a [...]
Also posted in Book reviews, Contemporary art, Photo-books, Tangents Tagged Blake Andrews, Jeffrey Ladd, Nick Turpin, street photography 3 Comments
Carlo Van de Roer capturing the essence
One of the most worn clichés in the realm of photography is the notion that a photographic portrait can somehow “capture the essence” of its subject. This has always struck me as pretty problematic; the idea that there is a moment that can be captured on film that encapsulates some fundamental truth about us, about [...]
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Ben Roberts: The Gathering Clouds
Summer has well and truly arrived. Every second email I get is trying to sell me my cut-price but nonetheless VIP place in the sun and thousands are hitting the congested roads towards the south for their annual holidays. This got me thinking about Ben Roberts’ series The Gathering Clouds which I came across a [...]
Book of the Week #4: Michael Wolf, Tokyo Compression