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London: Art, Science and Early Photography at James Hyman Gallery

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Fox Talbot, Baldus, Negre, Fenton - earliest examples of photography on display at James Hyman Gallery, 3 Feb - 6 March James Hyman Gallery is a leading specialist in British Photography and represents many of the most important British photographers working today, especially those engaged in forms of subjective or contemporary documentary practice. Contemporary British photographers represented include Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Mark Power, Andy Sewell and Jon Tonks . The gallery also works with the Estate of André Kertész and represents the celebrated French New Wave photographer Raymond Cauchetier . The exhibition takes as its starting point one of William Henry Fox Talbot ’s greatest works and one of the finest prints outside a museum, Veronica in Bloom (1840) - an exceptional print dating from the very moment in which the birth of photography was announced. The show traces the development of photography both through technical advance and through the forging of a ...

Patrick Morarescu at the Goethe Institute in Munich

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If you are in Munich, do not the miss the exhibition of Patrick Morarescu. He will be showing his series " My Home is the Sea".   All about Patrick Morarescu: HERE

Photo Workshop at les Rencontres d'Arles in France

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The famour French Festival les Rencontres d'Arles offers all year long photo worshops. - Weekend Workshops: The Rencontres d'Arles Discovery Courses are for amateur photographers as well as beginners. For two or three days you are totally immersed in the business of setting up photo shots and honing your critical eye. These photo weekends are co-ordinated by professional photographers with a gift for teaching, all of whom are graduates of the top photography or art schools. One of these courses can also be an excellent way of preparing for the 4 to 6 day courses that take place through the Spring and Summer. -Spring Workshops:  With the seven photo workshops planned for April and May, springtime in Arles promises to be a wonderful season for discovering things and getting involved in an exciting exchange of ideas. It all takes place in uncommonly beautiful surroundings. Everyone will be developing their techniques and honing their way of seeing things – wi...

Foundation Henri Cartier Bresson

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Established by Henri Cartier-Bresson, his wife Martine Franck and their daughter Mélanie, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson opened its doors in May 2003. It now preserves Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck’s archives. Check out the NEW website:  here Contact Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 2, Impasse Lebouis, 75014 Paris Tel : 01 56 80 27 00 Fax : 01 56 80 27 01 contact@henricartierbresson.org

In Bogota: HYBRID MEMORIES

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International ArtExpo , in collaboration with  BAC – Bogotá Arte Contemporáneo , is proud to announce the opening of HYBRID MEMORIES , international exhibition of photography, video art, installation and performance art, which will be held in Bogotá (Colombia) at BAC – Bogotá Arte Contemporáneo , from January 14 to February 13, 2015 . All about the exhibition

MICHAEL ACKERMAN + JACOB AUE SOBOL

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Ackerman’s radical and unique approach allowed him to create his own unmistakable style. He will be at Micamera on Friday night for an open evening, a special opportunity to see the new version of the video he presented at Micamera last May. Over the weekend, Ackerman will teach a workshop limited to 13 students. Michael Ackerman: Anna, 2014 I try to escape the traps of reality all the while conserving a link to the real. Because photos aren’t inventions but meeting points  – Michael Ackerman Michael Ackerman   is an American photographer born in Tel Aviv in 1967. He moved to New York in 1974 with his family. Today he lives and works in Varsaw. He is represented by Agence VU He has published three monographies: End Time City (Nathan Delpire / Scalo 1999), Fiction (Delpire / Gena Kehayoff, 2001), Half Life (Delpire / Dewi Lewis / Lunwerg / Peliti, 2010) Jacob Aue Sobol. Mongolia, 2012 Jacob Aue Sobol was born in Denmark in 1976 and grew...

Grand Prize AFD/Polka Winner: Massimo Berruti

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Massimo Berruti won the prestigious AFD Prize for his series Drops, water crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. The AFD / Polka Grand Prix for the Best Photo Report Project was won by Massimo Berruti for his project: “Drops. Water crisis in Gaza and the West Bank” He won 15,000 euros to be able to finance a reportage and its publication in the magazine Polka.   Massimo Berruti is an Italian photographer born in 1979 in Rome where he presently lives. After a few photography courses, Massimo Berruti stopped his biology studies in 2003 to delve deeper into photography. A freelance photographer since 2004, he started to work in Eastern Europe and mostly Italy. There he focused on immigration, suburbs and the industrial crisis plaguing the region. "It is very rare that one experiences so directly, before a photographic work, the feeling of what inspired it and of what from day to day was its purpose. It is especially so as this feeling is completely contrary to wha...