15 October 2024 – Watch! Watch! Watch!

While in Barcelona for work, I was thrilled to discover that a major Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition was taking place at Fundación Mapfre. For years, his work has been a source of inspiration for me; I have explored his books and attended exhibitions of his work...

21 September 2024 – Hoho! Fan of Fan Ho

Fan Ho is one of these photographers making iconic photos while breathing, a second nature for him and a definite coup de coeur every time I see his images for me. Born in Shanghai, emigrated to Hong Kong in 1949, he relentlessly chronicled the life in his new home...

21 September 2024 – Unnoticed or Unseen?

Unseen is a feast for the eyes; more than 60 exhibitors from around the world gather in one place over a long weekend to showcase what’s new, in the world of international photography. The spectacular gasometer is the host of the large-scale exhibition area. The...

19 September 2024 – Toujours plus Haute

The bar is set always higher by Roy Kahmann: It is with renewed pleasure that I visit the Haute Photographie events in Rotterdam or in Amsterdam. High quality display and presentation, top notch photographers, beautiful setup. I don’t pretend to like everything but...

14 September 2024 – Killip’s Humanity

I am still wondering how it is possible, after so many years of attending exhibitions, reading about it, and being immersed in it, the name of a contemporary photographer of importance remained completely unknown to me? And that of “one of the most influential British...

21 June 2024 – Across The Pacific

Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012), a Japanese photographer, may not be as well-known in France as Daido Moriyama, but he is nonetheless also a significant figure in the annals of Japanese photography. Ishimoto, who studied at the Institute of Design in Chicago from 1948...