Laurent Ballesta: Son of the Sea

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023

Summary

•  History : Laurent Ballesta: Son of the Sea•  Exhibition : Women Have Their Say at Photo Elysée•  Book : Gloryland, Robert LeBlanc’s Bible•  Exhibition : The Forgotten Images of the Spanish Civil War•  Book : Bud Lee and Newark during the Long, Hot Summer of 1967

A diver-photographer, heir to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Laurent Ballesta has been scouring the abyss for over twenty years in search of the attainable. His images of astonishing creatures owe as much to his technical prowess as to an artist’s soul.By Jonas Cuénin

Women Have Their Say at Photo Elysée

With GLORYLAND, Robert Le Blanc takes us into the rare world of ancient America, a mystical religion on the verge of extinction.By Max Hirshfeld

The Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier features the first exhibition in France of photographs by the Spanish Civil War artist-photographer Antoni Campañà, which had been hidden away for years in two mysterious red boxes.By Michaël Naulin

In July of 1967, after the arrest and beating of African American cab driver John Smith by the local police force, the city of Newark, New Jersey erupted. Over 5 days, 26 people were killed by police gunfire, hundreds more were injured, thousands were arrested, and millions of dollars of property was destroyed. Photojournalist Bud Lee captured the urban war zone the city became in those fateful days. His photographs have now been published in The War is Here: Newark 1967.By Robert E. Gerhardt

The Galerie de l’Instant will be in Nice all summer. An opportunity to discover Andrew Birkin’s family album. Around a hundred photographs reveal the intimacy of Jane Birkin’s life. Until 01 Oct 2023

Beach photography: How to Shoot Great Beach Pictures?

Alex Prager: “You Need to Die to Be Reborn”

In “The Mountain,” Alex Prager takes us on a journey to the peak for a series of portraits of profound, cathartic release.

By Miss Rosen

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