Lisette Model: A Photography Lesson

EXHIBITION

Lisette Model: A Photography Lesson

Featuring a selection of images from the 1930s through the 1970s, an exhibition at Baudoin-Lebon gallery in Paris allows us to rediscover some landmark series in the career of the pioneering street photographer, Lisette Model. 

By Sophie Bernard

DISCOVERY

Magic, Poetry and the Wild Thrills of the Road

Marseille photographer Théo Giacometti spent the month of August traveling across France with his family in a brand new van. Destination: Brittany, the land of the korrigans.

By Théo Giacometti

EXHIBITION

Antonin Personnaz: Impressionist Photographer

Between 1907 and 1914, Antonin Personnaz took advantage of a new photographic process, the autochrome, to immortalize the Oise Valley in color. An exhibition in Pontoise puts these impressionist images in the spotlight.

By Laure Etienne

OPINION

Righting Auto-Rotate and Crop

Kim Beil, a professor of visual culture at Stanford University in California, questions the usefulness of the automatic cropping tool offered by the cameras in our cell phones.

By Kim Beil

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INTERVIEW

Gaia Squarci: "Opening a Door to the Experience of Others"

Gaia Squarci is a photographer and videographer who divides her time between Milan and New York, where she teaches multimedia at the International Center of Photography. In this interview, she tells us her approach to documentary photography and its importance in our society.By Jonas Cuénin

INTERVIEW

Matt Eich: “I Don't Dress Loud, I Don't Walk Loud, I Don't Talk Loud”

Among many other gifts, Matt Eich has been blessed with a long attention span. His eye for moments loaded with emotion, combined with a considered approach to the role—and limits—of documentary photography, has led to frequent assignments from the likes of the New York Times Magazine, Time, and National Geographic, among others.By Bill Shapiro

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Rediscovered Stories From the Zambian Fine Art Studios

In 2018, photographer Sana Ginwalla visited Fine Art Studios in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, to buy some film camera batteries. In the studio, she found cupboards full of neglected prints, slides and negatives from the time the studio was run by Ratubhai Somabhai Patel and Hirabhai Lalbhai Patel.

By Colin Pantall

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