•  Exhibition : Yann Arthus-Bertrand: “I Photograph the French at Eye Level”
•  Festival : In Deauville, the Photography of Intimacy Takes Center Stage
•  Exhibition : The Songs of the Sirens
•  Exhibition : Adrien Boyer: “I Seek to Create an Inner Landscape”
•  Exhibition : Weimar’s Irreverent Lens
•  Festival : Photo Days Opens in Paris
•  Archives : Dave Heath: King of the Street
•  Archives : Anders Petersen at Café Lehmitz: The Jukebox Plays On

Yann Arthus-Bertrand: “I Photograph the French at Eye Level”

In Paris, the photographer set up his traveling studio — the culmination of an intimate yet monumental project, now unfolding as a book, an exhibition, and a film: a portrait of plural France.

By Guénola Pellen

In Deauville, the Photography of Intimacy Takes Center Stage

Under Deauville’s shifting skies, the 16th edition of the Planches Contact festival this year celebrates the photography of intimacy — a genre shared, in one way or another, by all photographers, who often begin by photographing family and friends before exploring more complex subjects.

By Jonas Cuénin

The Songs of the Sirens

Under the spotlights of Normandy’s cabarets, Frédéric Stucin ventures into the backstage of metamorphosis. Between glitter and solitude, he portrays a fragile world, suspended between stage and life, where identities dissolve and reassemble in the glow of neon lights.

By Jonas Cuénin & Frédéric Stucin

Adrien Boyer: “I Seek to Create an Inner Landscape”

With his series “Un Balcon Sur l’Infini” (A Balcony on Infinity), exhibited at the Planches Contact Festival in Deauville (France), Adrien Boyer continues his dialogue with the maritime landscape. After exploring the coasts of Var and Finistère, he turns his gaze this time to Normandy, in a continuity that is both geographical and interior. Rather than representing a specific place, he captures forms, textures, and breaths of light in which a silent emotion can be felt.

By Jonas Cuénin

Weimar’s Irreverent Lens

Robert Mann Gallery presents “ringl + pit”, an exhibition rediscovering the rarely seen work of a groundbreaking creative duo from Germany’s Weimar Republic: Grete Stern and Ellen Auerbach.

By Gaia Squarci

Photo Days Opens in Paris

In six editions, Photo Days has become one of the major photographic events of Parisian autumn. Beginning on November 3, the festival brings together museums, galleries, foundations, and unusual venues around a simple ambition: to make the gaze circulate. For a month, photography takes over the city — from its most prestigious institutions to hidden spaces — revealing the breadth and vitality of contemporary creation.

By Jonas Cuénin

Anders Petersen at Café Lehmitz: The Jukebox Plays On

Anders Petersen’s legendary work at the bar Café Lehmitz, taken in 1960s Hamburg, Germany, was being re-released in 2023.

By Elyssa Goodman