2021 In Review

Blind writers and editors look back at the events, images, and stories that shaped the year.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Stephen Shore: “Photography Isn’t Very Good at Explaining”

Stephen Shore’s latest publication, 

Steel Town

, released by MACK, depicts the fragility of the region in the United States known as the Rust Belt, devastated by the closing of steel mills in the 1970s.

By Brigitte Ollier & Jonas Cuénin

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June Newton, Portrait Photographer Also Known as Alice Springs, Dies at 97

Remembering art director, curator, and portraitist June Newton, whose photography career began one day in 1970 when her husband Helmut fell ill with the flu and sent her in his stead.

By Miss Rosen

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Fascinating Japanese Photography

Maison Européenne de la Photographie’s exhibition 

Moriyama–Tōmatsu: Tokyo

, in Paris, brings together two great Japanese figures, to be discovered also in a catalogue published for the occasion. 

By Sophie Bernard

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Erik Madigan Heck’s Spellbinding Works of Fashion, Fantasy, and Fine Art

In “The Garden,” artist Erik Madigan Heck transports to a magical realm where photographs are transformed into timeless scenes from picture book fairytales.By Miss Rosen 

The Rising Stars of Ethiopian Photography

Ethiopia’s enormous capital, Addis Ababa, is currently undergoing unprecedented urban change. In the wake of gargantuan modernization work, a new generation of photographers is jumping energetically on this evolving subject: the city and its people. By Charlotte Jean

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Gilles Caron: A Witness to an Imperfect World

The book 

Gilles Caron, Un monde imparfait

 accompanies the eponymous exhibition. 

Blind 

invites you to discover Gilles Caron’s remarkable work through his photographs and the testimony of Robert Pledge, director of the agency Contact, who was close to the photographer who died suddenly at the age of thirty. 

By Michaël Naulin

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Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson”

The photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of Magnum Photos, publishes a beautiful photo book on India with Atelier EXB: it’s an immersive experience with a touch of mystery.

By Jonas Cuénin

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World Press Photo: the Shocking Images of 2020

The results of the 64th edition of World Press Photo were announced on April 15. Six nominees were in the running for the prestigious and coveted world photo of the year. The World Press Photo of the Year was awarded to Mads Nissen for his photograph of a hug between a nurse and an old lady during the covid pandemic, in São Paulo, Brazil.

By Michaël Naulin

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The Anonymous Project: Our Big Family Album

Since 2017, Lee Shulman, a filmmaker and founder of The Anonymous Project, has been collecting photographic slides of anonymous people. He has unearthed forgotten gems in attics and lent a second life to family memories captured in Kodachrome.By Joy Majdalani 

Is This the World We Created?

Describing and portraying today's world in pictures: that, in a nutshell, describes the exhibition “Civilization - What an era!” presented at the MUCEM in Marseille, France. An opportunity to explore photographic art from the past twenty years and to reflect on the world around us.By Sophie Bernard

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