25 July 2023 – Tender Liza

In the world of photography, tenderness is a delicate and powerful emotion to capture. It involves capturing moments of warmth, vulnerability, and affection that evoke a sense of intimacy and connection between subjects. Photographs that convey tenderness often have...

25 July 2023 – van der Keuken in Rhythm

I had the opportunity to attend a significant exhibition of Johan van der Keuken’s body of work in Rotterdam, hosted at the Photography Museum in November 2022, as reported here. Interestingly, a similar exhibition, under a different title “the Rhythm of...

25 July 2023 – The world of Horvat

The name Frank Horvat, a highly esteemed and widely recognized photographer renowned for his exceptional fashion photographs, is likely to resonate with many. However, what may not be as commonly known is that Frank Horvat was born in Italy, and his family was...

24 July 2023 – A Diamond in Disguise

I did not know of the existence of Julia Pirotte before being made aware of an exhibition at the Shoah Memorial. There is no more impressive place in Paris. The weight of history, the intangible presence of the 75,000 jews deported from France during the war, the...

24 July 2023 – Battaglia’s Battle

The main battle of Letizia Battaglia was against the Mafia in Sicily, where she was from. Born in 1935, she was one of the first female photo reporter of Italy. The Italian Cultural Institute in Paris, located in the beautiful Hôtel de Galliffet, 50 rue de Varenne, 5...