Exhibition of nude photography around 1900 on view at Berlin’s Photography Museum

BERLIN.- At the dawn of the last century, photographs of nudes could be found everywhere. The exhibition „The Naked Truth and More Besides“ presents the astonishing diversity of photographic depictions of the disrobed human body that existed around this time. It was an age in which the foundations were laid for the development in the public domain of an extremely varied type of image, which, more than any other continues to inform the world in which we live today. Most striking [...]

Phillips announces highlights from its London May vintage and contemporary photographs auction

LONDON.- Phillips launches its 8 May Photographs sale. The London Photographs department will offer a diverse and exciting mix of vintage and Contemporary works by leading and notable artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries. The viewing will be open to the public from Thursday 2 May 2013. “Once again we are delighted to have such a rich and vibrant mix of photography representing desirable names from the 20th and 21st Centuries attractive to all types of Photo collector from new [...]

New body of work by Bienese photographer, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou opens at Jack Bell Gallery

LONDON.- Jack Bell Gallery presents a new body of work by Bienese photographer, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. His ongoing portraiture project, ‘Citizens of Porto-Novo,’ captures the people of Benin’s capital. Using a daylight studio and a medium format camera, Agbodjelou interprets the experience of a generation caught between tradition and progress. The artist’s studio has become a crossroads for Porto-Novo’s diverse population. This new series looks at the Porto-Novo’s competitive bodybuilders who compete locally and nationally; the subjects aspire to one day achieve [...]

Scandal ’63: The fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo Affair on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London

LONDON.- A display commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo Affair opens at the National Portrait Gallery, London today (30 April 2013). The British political scandal came to a head in 1963 and was named after John Profumo, the then Secretary of State for War. Profumo (married to the actress Valerie Hobson) had a brief affair with the nightclub hostess and model Christine Keeler who was also romantically involved with the senior Russian naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov. The infamous affair took place [...]

Exhibition at Stills focuses on the phenomenon of human migration

EDINBURGH.- Second Sight is part of a three-year series of projects entitled Image/Identity, focusing on the phenomenon of human migration. Conceived to reflect the growing trend of migration as both a differentiated and integrated part of everyday life, the project considers how contemporary society is shaped by the migration of people, what they are drawn to and what they leave behind. The first project in the series is called Second Sight and includes an exhibition, film screenings, events and an online [...]

Paris Photo Los Angeles concludes a successful first edition with over 13,500 visitors

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Paris Photo Los Angeles concluded Sunday with genuine excitement over the inaugural United States edition of the renowned Paris fair for artworks in the photographic medium. Over 13,500 visitors flocked to the historic Paramount Pictures Studios to view works by masters and emerging artists from an international roster of exhibitors, including 60 galleries and 12 booksellers from cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Paris, London, Mexico City, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, St. Moritz, Marrakech, Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin and [...]

An American Story: Photographs by Gordon Parks opens at Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia

MILAN.- Gordon Parks is a narrator who is unique in America, able with his camera and his ability to understand and dig deep into society’s recesses, to reveal injustices and abuses of power, to bring to light the stories of those who have no voice to broadcast them for themselves. One of the twentieth century’s most significant photographers, from the 1940s until his death in 2006, Parks showed the world, particularly through the pages of Life magazine, the difficulty of being [...]

Paris Photo Los Angeles opens to public after successful preview

LOS ANGELES, CA.- More than 4,500 attended the successful preview event for Paris Photo Los Angeles, the inaugural United States edition of the renowned Paris fair for artworks in photographic media, including prominent collectors Michael and Eileen Cohen, Rosette Delug, Cliff and Mandy Einstein, Bob Gersh, and Dean Valentine; important museum curators Quentin Bajac, Simon Baker, Stephanie Barron, Roxana Marcoci, Sam Stourdzé, and Marc-Olivier Wahler; Hollywood notables Roberta Armani, Kevin Bacon, Scott Caan, Sacha Baron Cohen, Trevor Donovan, Minnie Driver, Fergie and [...]

New photographs by Jane Hilton on view at Eleven in London

LONDON.- Eleven presents new photographs by Jane Hilton. Hilton first encountered Madam Kitty’s Cathouse in 1998. In 2000 she was commissioned by the BBC to make ten documentary films in this brothel and the Moonlite Bunnyranch, both situated in Nevada, USA. In 2010 Jane decided to return with her plate camera for her latest exhibition and accompanying book, Precious, a collection of intimate nude portraits of working girls. Although prostitution is one of the oldest professions to have been made legal in [...]

A master photographer at Maxxi: Luigi Ghirri: Thinking through Images”

ROME.- Over 300 shots, above all vintage prints, in a major retrospective presenting an undisputed master of Italian photography. The exhibition Luigi Ghirri. Thinking through images, at MAXXI from 24 April to 27 October 2013, has been organized by MAXXI Architettura, directed by Margherita Guccione, and curated by Francesca Fabiani, Laura Gasparini and Giuliano Sergio. Born out of a collaboration with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and the Biblioteca Panizzi, which conserves many of the original documents from Ghirri’s archive (photographs, proofs, books, [...]

Unique exhibition of photo maquettes by Chuck Close on view at Eykyn Maclean

NEW YORK, NY.- Eykyn Maclean presents a unique exhibition of photo maquettes by Chuck Close. Spanning the artist’s career to date, this is the first exhibition to focus solely on his maquettes and their relationship to his large-scale painted portraits. As curator Kristy Bryce notes “this show will allow a deeper understanding of the technical process behind Close’s work while also opening an important line of enquiry into the relationship between the distinct practices of painting and photography.” The photographs are overlaid [...]

Never before seen photographic portraits by Mario Testino on view at his cultural institute in Lima

LIMA.- Last Thursday, 18th April 2013, saw the opening of Mario Testino‘s exhibition Alta Moda, at his cultural institute in his home of Lima, Peru. Testino’s Alta Moda (2007–2012) is a series of never before seen photographic portraits of Peruvians in traditional and festive dress from Cusco, one of the highest regions of Peru. Guests at the opening included model and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova, and American Vogue’s International Editor-at-Large, Hamish Bowles. The exhibition Alta Moda – literally “high fashion” in Spanish – [...]

Pacific Asia Museum announces new Contemporary exhibition Takashi Tomo-oka

PASADENA, CA.- Pacific Asia Museum presents the new exhibition Takashi Tomo-oka in the Focus Gallery from April 19 through July 28, 2013. This exhibition is the first in a year-long series of contemporary Asian art exhibitions in this gallery. Takashi Tomo-oka features six scroll-mounted photographic works that combine the classical and contemporary. As a young artist, Tomo-oka became interested in nihonga (neo-traditional Japanese painting) but was drawn to photography, adopting the digital camera as his medium rather than a brush. Tomo-oka eliminates [...]

Hannah Starkey: In the company of Mothers opens at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery presents exceptional new photography by Hannah Starkey. Entitled In the company of Mothers, this is the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Quietly contemplative yet intensely evocative, this new series of photographs builds on Starkey’s exploration of the physical and psychological connections between the individual and her everyday urban surroundings. Since the beginning of her career, the artist has worked predominantly with women as her subjects, collaborating closely with actresses as well as anonymous acquaintances [...]

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado exhibition opens at the Natural History Museum

LONDON.- The world premiere of Sebastião Salgado’s photographic exhibition Genesis opened at the Natural History Museum in London. The majesty of nature and the balance of human relationships with our fragile planet are explored through over 200 spectacular black and white photographs by the world-leading photographer. The culmination of 8 years’ work, Sebastião Salgado: Genesis draws together images of landscapes and wildlife, alongside depictions of human communities that continue to live in accordance with their ancestral traditions and cultures. The exhibition builds on [...]