Photographie / Photography

Photographer of Year: Eduardo Lopez Moreno, Kenya. © 2020 Budapest Foto Awards LOS ANGELES, CA.- The winners of the Budapest International Foto Awards 2020 edition have been announced. Even though this year was a tumultuous one, the jury panel has seen exceptional creativity and a truly stunning representation of personal stories. Through their work, the photography community shows the power of images in shaping how we see the world. BIFA is once again proud to support and honour these photographers who have such... [Lire la suite]

The Sphinx, the Great Pyramid and two lesser Pyramids, Ghizeh, Egypt (1862), Francis Bedford (1815-94), Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020. Pyramids, temples, sphinxes and shrines: breathtaking images of these ancient and often iconic landmarks, captured by pioneering photographer Francis Bedford, provided new insights for Victorians into the historic and biblical sites of the eastern Mediterranean. Generously lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, these remarkable photographs feature in the... [Lire la suite]

Ren Hang, Untitled, 2015. Courtesy OstLicht Gallery and Ren Hang Estate. PRATO.- One of the first new projects to go on show in an Italian museum after the closure brought about by the health emergency runs from 4 June to 23 August 2020 at the Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, which is exhibiting for the first time in Italy a corpus of works by the acclaimed Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang (1987- 2017), who tragically died before turning thirty.Curated by Cristiana Perrella, the exhibition... [Lire la suite]

 Rob and Nick Carter, Pink, Portrait of a Woman, 2013, Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium and framed, 30 × 25 cm; after Michiel Jansz van Miereveld, 1567–1641, Portrait of a Woman, 1618, oil on oak, 20 × 24 3⁄8 in, 51 × 62 cm, National Gallery, London. © Rob and Nick Carter 2020. Rob and Nick Carter, Orange, Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar, 2013, Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium and framed, 30 × 25 cm; after Michiel Jansz van Miereveld, 1567–1641, Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar, 1632–35, oil on wood,... [Lire la suite]

Karen Knorr, The Journey, Hie Torii, Tokyo, 2012, Monogatari 2012 - 2017. © Karen Knorr. A series started in 2012, imagines animal life and Japanese cultural heritage referencing buddhist Jataka tales and Japanese stories. Photographed in temples, shrines, ryokans and gardens in Kyoto, Nara, Ise and Tokyo, animals and women in traditional kimonos evoke screen art of the Edo period. Knorr, inspired by Japanese art (ukijo-e, screen painting) has produced a series of photographs of Japanese animals which appear in temples and shrines... [Lire la suite]

Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Blauwe Bergen, 2016. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Blauwe Hemel, 2016. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Blauwe Nacht, 2016. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Blauwe Onschuld, 2016. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Blauwe Tranen, 2016. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix

Karen Knorr, The Wedding Guests, The Lanesborough 2015. © Karen Knorr. “The Lanesborough” (once a hospital closed in the 1990’s) is one of the most expensive hotels in the world, where the wealthy 1% strive to live the celebrity lifestyle. Rooms come with butlers and the hotel is a themed fantasy palace where the special few can find happiness and fulfil all their desires of a perfect weekend in London. The animals here are undressed to kill and are all very willing subjects for Knorr’s camera. They pose, fly, flaunt their... [Lire la suite]

Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Stilte, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix. Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Miss Jekyll, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix. Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Opium, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix. Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Shanghai 1967, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix. Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Lily, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix. Chinnoe & Vlemmix, Firebird, (Stil)leven. © Chinnoe & Vlemmix

Karen Knorr, The Winds of Change, Villa Farnese, Caprarola, 2014, Metamorphoses 2014-2018. © Karen Knorr. Metamorphoses, a new series in progress explores Italian legacy in Europe using Ovid’s Metamorphoses as frame in which to consider heritage and mutability in today’s Europe. Pagan stories overlap with christian ones, as an anxious response to recent global migrations that may transform the remnants of old Europe into a pluralistic dynamic federation or a closed fortress.   Karen Knorr, Heaven’s Vault, Villa... [Lire la suite]

Karen Knorr, The Queen's Room, Zanana, Udaipur City Palace, India Song 2008 - 2020. © Karen Knorr Karen Knorr’s past work from the 1980’s onwards took as its theme the ideas of power that underlie cultural heritage, playfully challenging the underlying assumptions of fine art collections in academies and museums in Europe through photography and video. Since 2008 her work has taken a new turn and focused its gaze on the upper caste culture of the Rajput in India and its relationship to the "other" through the use of photography,... [Lire la suite]