Richard Avedon: A Century of Icons (Meero)

Summary

•  Exhibition : Richard Avedon: A Century of Icons•  Portrait : Gaia Squarci on Her Experience as a Visual Storyteller•  Book : Over Hill and Dale•  Exhibition : Photography at All Costs•  Discovery :  People and Trains

Following an exhibition at Gagosian New York to mark the centenary of his birth in 1923, some sixty photographs by the master of portraiture Richard Avedon are exported to Paris. The Iconic Avedon exhibition is on view until March 2, at the Gagosian gallery in Paris.

By Iris Mandret

Gaia Squarci on Her Experience as a Visual StorytellerGaia Squarci is a photographer and video artist, a contributor to Blind, who divides her time between Milan and New York, where she teaches multimedia at the International Center of Photography. She produces photographs for the press and personal projects, always with the aim of publishing a story that hasn’t been told. In this interview, she talks about her commitment and her photographic work.By Blind Magazine

Samuel Hoppe conducts a series of self-guided walks over several days each year, in France and elsewhere, from which he draws a series of photographs questioning our relationship with nature and the mountains.

By Benoit Dupuis-Tordjeman

Every year, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France supports various French photography awards. For the past 3 years, this support has led to an exhibition of last year’s winners, highlighting the “creative effervescence of today”.By Benoit Dupuis-Tordjeman

A native of Paris, Augustin Pasquini is used to public transport, and especially to those who use them. In fact, it's his main source of inspiration. Since he was a teenager, he's been capturing these moments of life, finding the unexpected, the unique and the sensual at the heart of everyday banality.Photographs by Augustin Pasquini

The Eyes in Progress Photography Training Centre is offering a 3-day workshop in Marseille with the South African photographer Roger Ballen. Open to both professional and amateur photographers, this workshop will aim to develop a personal psychological identity through photography, as well as through other artistic media such as drawing, painting and sculpture. 

From May 4, 2024, to May 6, 2024. 

Photographing surfing by Jordane Devos

Richard Avedon’s Legendary AscentIn What Becomes a Legend Most, the title of which is inspired by one of the photographer's commercial campaigns, author Philip Gefter looks back at the career of Richard Avedon, one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century.By Christina Cacouris

Blind financially supports the production of visual stories and invites all photographers to submit their portfolios.Please send us your work at:[email protected]