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Interview with Ralph Gibson
Ralph Gibson: “Does the Camera Inform How You See, or Do You Inform the Camera How You See?”
Friday June 26, 2026
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• History: Ralph Gibson: “Does the Camera Inform How You See, or Do You Inform the Camera How You See?”
• Exhibition: Elton John, the Collector Who Stared Back
• Exhibition: Vincent Catala’s Situationist Drift in Brazil
• Book: The Great Inventory of British Trees
• Archives: Paris, Land of Exile and Creation
• Archives: The Space Between Two Sisters
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This June 2026, MPB — Europe’s leading camera reseller — partners with Blind and legendary American photographer Ralph Gibson for an unprecedented contest. Blind readers are invited to enter to win the Leica M Typ 246 owned and used by Gibson himself for the past 15 years with its Summilux 50mm lens, along with a signed and numbered print from his 1996 series “Light Years.” The chance to hold a piece of photographic history.
By Jonas Cuénin
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Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish’s magisterial photography collection is on view at the Jeu de Paume, in Paris. On the menu: sex, glamour, and reportage.
By Guénola Pellen
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In Charleroi, the photographer is showing “Île Brésil,” the fruit of ten years spent wandering on foot, by bus and by motorbike through the outskirts of the country’s three great cities: São Paulo, Rio, and Brasília. A drift, in the sense Guy Debord gave that word: a voluntary surrender to the pull of the terrain.
By Guénola Pellen
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As the World Tree Day approaches, on June 28, Blind looks back at a treasure for tree lovers and historic photography alike: seven forgotten volumes, recording the tallest trees of the kingdom, photographed like cathedrals by anonymous hands, one of whom combined the trades of postmaster, druggist and motor engineer.
By Guénola Pellen
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This is a Paris we rarely hear about. The Paris of voluntary or forced exile, of suitcases left in transit, of words cast like anchors into the Seine.
By Norah Auger
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In her book Sistermoon, artist Siri Kaur presents over 30 years of photographs documenting her family, with a focus on her youngest sister Simran.
Photos by Siri Kaur
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