Photography at First Sight

ARCHIVES

Discovering Sudanese Photography

Destination Sudan, accompanied by photographer Claude Iverné, who in 2005 founded Elnour, a not-for-profit that is both a photo agency and a library with a collection of more than 20,000 photos, books, films, and other documents. Objective: the conservation and dissemination of this little-known chapter in the history of African photography. 

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EXHIBITION

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. The Polka Factory invites viewers to the exhibition 

American Stories, 

featuring previously unseen photographs.

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STORIES

Photographing Rugby: Eyeing the Mud

Former editor in chief at the newspaper 

L’Equipe Magazine

, turned gallery owner specializing in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for 

Blind

. His second essay is devoted to rugby photography.

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MASTERCLASS

Masterclass with Duane Michals

The poetic work of American artist Duane Michals, famous for his existential photo series and for his wacky personality, is punctuated by portraits. Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, writer Stephen King, the father of dadaism Marcel Duchamp, painter René Magritte. He tells here in video his approach to the genre.

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TUTORIAL

Using Natural Light for Portraits, by Olga Kravets

A member of NOOR Images, Olga Kravets started to take photographs as an alternative means of expression in Russia, where press freedom continues to be a struggle. In this 4-chapter course, she will take you with her to the city of Saint-Denis, near Paris, and give you advice about portraiture in raw conditions.

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Blind financially supports the production of visual stories and invites all photographers to submit their portfolios.

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