Three Ways of Looking at Russian Youth

DISCOVERY

Three Ways of Looking at Russian Youth

What’s it like being ten, twenty, or thirty in Russia? 

Blind

 has picked three young-generation, not to say new wave, photographers, who take on subjects such as national history, the disparities between rural and big-city cultures, as well as partying.  

By Charlotte Jean

ARCHIVES

Neil Leifer: The Wonders of Sport

Former editor-in-chief of 

L’Equipe Magazine

, now a gallery owner specialized in sports photography, Jean-Denis Walter writes a regular column for 

Blind

. This fourth installment is dedicated to one of his most illustrious unknowns.

By Jean-Denis Walter

EXHIBITION

Atget’s Paris in Sepia

The name Eugène Atget is synonymous with the Paris of yesteryear, the world of small trades and picturesque streets. The photographer’s oeuvre now is the core of a collaborative project that includes a book published by Atelier EXB, entitled 

Voir Paris 

and an exhibition at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris

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By Laure Etienne

BOOK

Inside New York’s Radical Punx of Color Scene

In her first book, Destiny Mata revisits the New York’s avant garde punk scene over the past decade.

By Miss Rosen

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TUTORIAL

Using the Smartphone for Storytelling, by Jon Lowenstein

Jon Lowenstein, from NOOR Images, specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary explorations that confront the realms of power, poverty, racial discrimination and violence. In this 4-chapter course, he will give you his advice on using your smartphone to create visual stories.By NOOR Images

PODCAST

Podcast: Sarah Blesener on Documentary Photography

Sarah Blesener's latest work revolves around issues of youth culture and movements, focusing on Russia, Eastern Europe, and the United States. In the following podcast, she discusses her most recent project, the essential role of ethics behind her work, being a woman in the photo industry and she gives advice to emerging documentary photographers.By Aurélie Jouan

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Stephen Shore: “Photography Isn’t Very Good at Explaining”

Stephen Shore’s latest publication, 

Steel Town

, released by MACK, depicts the fragility of the region in the United States known as the Rust Belt, devastated by the closing of steel mills in the 1970s.

By Brigitte Ollier & Jonas Cuénin

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

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