Mar 19 2008
Fishermen from Togo
© Matteo Deiana
Matteo Deiana from Milano, Italy presents on his myspace a beautiful work made in Togo.
Archive for the 'photographer' Category
Mar 05 2008
Wolrd Press Photo 2008
© Philippe Dudouit, Switzerland, for Time magazine.
PKK fighters, Northern Iraq
The winners of World Press Photo 2008 will be presented from 8/05 to 1/06/2008 at the galerie Azzedine Alaïa (18,rue de la Verrerie, 75004, Paris, France)
Feb 09 2008
Post office
Jean-Luc Cramatte, a swiss photographer, presents his recent work: Post office , my love.
He has shot around 150 post office in his country, as a documentary project.
Jan 22 2008
Niger Afghanistan
I’m really glad about the freedom for the two french journalists working on the tuareg rebels in the North of Niger. But since they’re back in Paris. No more news from this country. Not a single line in the newspapers. Not a word on TV.
It’s was exactly the same for Afghanistan before 9/11.
I think people don’t realize what’s happening in Niger. I don’t think people understand that if our western countries don’t help Niger others will do it …
My friend Jean-Marc Durou, a photographer, falled in love with Niger 30 years ago. He has published more than 40 books about Sahara, and still wants to convince our politicians to help Niger … Just as Christophe de Ponfilly did for Afghanistan.
You can discover his work and take a few minutes in Niger.
Jan 18 2008
Skateboarding in the suburbs of Barcelona
“This shot was taken in the suburbs of Barcelona . Me and my skateboarder friends had taken the metro out here because it was good for skateboarding , so while the guys were busy getting tricks filmed I was wandering about looking for good photo oppurtunities . I eventually came across these steps which were absolutley huge , I knew they had potential for a great picture so i waited for a while.
I took several shots here that were ok , but then these 4 guys came and started to climb the steps so I waited for a while longer . Then as they reached the top of the steps they all seperated into this perfect composition , I just could’nt believe my luck . So I took the shot and here it is.
I guess all good things come to those who wait”
Dan Wood
Jan 16 2008
Dan Wood
“I shot this picture in the Barcelona suburbs while crossing a bridge , I was with my friends and they had walked on and left me behind , but I had to stay and take the shot , I just could’nt let this one get away .
It was after dark and I did’nt have a tripod and after an exposure test I realised that I needed a 1 second exposure , so I balanced the camera on the bridge handrail and took it , I was so pleased with the way it turned out.
I think the little girl in the picture creates the perfect composition and I feel that without her the picture would not have worked . I just wonder sometimes why she was sitting there ? And what she was thinking about ?
But sometimes its good to wonder.”
Dan Wood
Jan 11 2008
Branislav Kropilak
Never seen landings like the ones shooted by Branislav Kropilak
“Born in Slovakia, Branislav spent most of his childhood in Belgium, travelling a lot around the world with his parents from an early age. He graduated at the renowned Private Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and later on completed studies at the Institute of Digital Photography in Prague. He spent several years working for the leading creative agencies such as BBDO, McCann-Erickson or Saatchi & Saatchi.
The main theme of his work is investigating the way in which modern technology has shaped the human environment and our lives. He is inspired by industrial design, architecture and urbanism in general. It has been said that his work betrays his roots as an advertising professional; the images produced being cool, stark and unforgiving.
The utopian bent of his work with its appreciation of geometry and perspective have already earned him a solid base of collectors and recognition from critics worldwide.”
Jan 10 2008
Israelis and Palestinians portraits past on the separation wall
FACE2FACE a project by JR:
“When we met in 2005, we decided to go together in the Middle-East to figure out why Palestinians and Israelis couldn’t find a way to get along together. We then traveled across the Israeli and Palestinian cities without speaking much. Just looking to this world with amazement. This holy place for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This tiny area where you can see mountains, sea, deserts and lakes, love and hate, hope and despair embedded together.
After a week, we had a conclusion with the same words: these people look the same; they speak almost the same language, like twin brothers raised in different families. A religious covered woman has her twin sister on the other side. A farmer, a taxi driver, a teacher, has his twin brother in front of him. And he his endlessly fighting with him.
It’s obvious, but they don’t see that. We must put them face to face. They will realize.
We want that, at last, everyone laughs and thinks when he sees the portrait of the other and his own portrait. The Face2Face project is to make portraits of Palestinians and Israelis doing the same job and to post them face to face, in huge formats, in unavoidable places, on the Israeli and the Palestinian sides.
In a very sensitive context, we need to be clear. We are in favor of a solution for which two countries, Israel and Palestine would live peacefully within safe and internationally recognized borders. All the bilateral peace projects (Clinton/Taba, Ayalon/Nussibeh, Geneva Accords) are converging in the same direction. We can be optimistic. We hope that this project will contribute to a better understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.Today, “Face to face” is necessary.
Within a few years, we will come back for “Hand in hand”.”
Jan 09 2008
Utopia is the place of nowhere
Christophe Boete presents “Utopia is the place of nowhere”.
This photographic project tends to give us some insight about this non-place. In an urban universe from which man is always away, we meet a Nature with various forms and shapes. In its diversity, the Nature seems to take possession of territories characterized by the oppressing uniformity of buildings. The aim of this work is to modify the perception of the city but also to change the representation of the relation between City and Nature.
Finally, this work is an affirmation of the subjectivity of the photographer and it invites the spectator to get into the image and to question the link between the photographic representation and the reality.
