Mincéirs or Irish Travellers in the photographic documentation of Joseph-Philippe Bévillard
In the photography of Joseph-Philippe Bévillard, the world of the Mincéirs – officially known as Irish Travellers – appears not as an exotic spectacle, but as a space of intimacy…
Arthur Fellig (Weegee), Time Is Short, 1942
Lower East Side, Manhattan Taken months after America entered World War II, this photograph captures young men headed to war and the women who linger beside them, acutely aware of…
Sebastião Salgado, A Photographer in Search of Paradise Lost (2)
Known for his intense blue eyes and rapid-fire speech, Mr. Salgado was remembered by his colleagues as a champion of documenting the human condition who respected the people…
Sebastião Salgado, A Photographer in Search of Paradise Lost (1)
May 23, 2025 marks the tragic death of Sebastião Salgado for the world artistic and cultural community. Considered a giant of photography, Sebastião Salgado gave shape to…
Creator of alien worlds or the zoomorphic uncanny of Dariusz Klimczak
A complex Polish artist, Dariusz Klimczak (born 1967, Sieradz), who died in 2023, left behind a vast body of work that contains a multitude of visual compositions in…
The Central Social Institution in Prague, the largest vertical letter depository in the world (1937)
The offices of the Central Social Institution in Prague (Czechoslovakia at that time) in 1937 contained the largest vertical letter cabinets in the world. The office consists of…
Winner of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 with the theme of domestic abuse and torture in South Asia
Motto: I started working on this series because I had to process the pain of growing up in the midst of domestic abuse. It was a personal journey…
The history of a photograph: The kiss in the middle of street riots
Vancouver, Canada, 2011. A Stanley Cup ice hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins turned the city’s streets into a real battlefield. Vancouver officials said…
Art Dedicated to Joy: Philippe Halsman’s Jump Book
Motto: When you ask a person to jump, their attention is mostly directed to the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears. …
The “Water Mirror” from Bordeaux – tribute to the waters and sky of the Mediterranean
Mirroir d’Eau (Water Mirror) is a spectacular art installation created in 2006 by Jean-Max Llorca, Pierre Gangnet and Michael Corajoud, which alternates a mirror effect and artificial fogging…