by Nicolas Genty | Oct 4, 2023 | Blog
Serendipity is one of the nice words of the English language. It is an unplanned fortunate discovery. This is exactly what happened while on a clothing spree at Saint-James. This small town in Normandy should be pronounced Saint-Jââââm and not Saint-Djèèèèmsssss. It...
by Nicolas Genty | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
Undoubtedly, Robert Doisneau stands as France’s most renowned and celebrated photographer. I stumbled across a large exhibit of his work in Caen this Summer titled “The crossing of a Century”. Although his photographs are well known and visible...
by Nicolas Genty | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
I discovered the photographs of Steef Zoetmulder at the occasion of an exhibition in the Rotterdam Kunsthal. After moving through the different levels and corners of the building, we finally found the small room dedicated to his work. Zoetmulder photographed a wide...
by Nicolas Genty | Sep 3, 2023 | Blog
To complete the survey of “Women at the front”, I cannot not mention the last three photographers presented: Susan Meiselas, Carolyn Cole, both still active, and Anja Niedringhaus who lost her life tragically at an Afghan checkpoint way too early and was robbed of...
by Nicolas Genty | Sep 2, 2023 | Blog
These are Catherine Leroy, Christine Spengler and Françoise Demulder. All three born just after WWII. All three left a name as photojournalists, all before their time, a the top of a profession, supposedly reserved for men (the others). Catherine Leroy is well known...
