by Nicolas Genty | May 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
I took the opportunity of a visit to the remarkable Museo Carmen Thyssen of Málaga to discover two Spanish photographer artists I did not know about at all: The first one is Antoni Arissa Asmarats (1900-1980) who was one of the most influencal Catalan photographers. A...
by Nicolas Genty | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Moroccan photography is alive and well. The Cobra museum demonstrates that fact in a wider exhibit of Moroccan art. Young and old photographers are present under the injonction “Photography, Now!”. Several artists are present, like Mous Lamrabat and his hilarious...
by Nicolas Genty | Apr 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
If I tell you Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez… does it ring any bell? Not really! If instead, I call him Alberto Korda… or simply… “Korda”? Any better? If I tell you: the author / photographer of the most iconic picture ever taken? Do you now get...
by Nicolas Genty | Apr 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
The MFAH is giving a large exhibit of several projects by American Photographer Dawoud Bey. Bey has been exploring the lives of ordinary black people in the USA for more than 40 years. These people stare back at us, the viewers. We cannot really fathom what it is to...
by Nicolas Genty | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
The charming Menil collection gives an exhibit of the most significant photographs of Bruce Davidson, under the title “Collection Close-Up: Bruce Davidon’s Photographs”. Bruce Davidson, an American photographer, was active between 1956 and 1995. Like...
by Nicolas Genty | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since 1949, the Zilveren Camera is the Dutch price for photojournalism. The Hilversum museum gives a platform to show the winners of the last edition of 2021. We can admire on three levels the different categories rewarded: news, local and international, documentary,...
