Invitation to the students’ End-of-the-year Exhibition 2012 :
Spéos invites you to its End-of-the-Year Exhibition on May 14th 2012, from 4pm to 9pm.
The exhibition is also on show on May 15th from 4pm to 9pm.
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William Nathan’s exhibition “First” is now showing in Paris at the Spéos Gallery.
Exhibition from April 16th to May 9th, 2012 / Opening on April 18th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
The series titled FIRST is part of a larger photographic collection commissioned by the auditing firm Ernst & Young in celebration of the firm’s new headquarters situated at Tour FIRST – at La Défense – where it is part of a permanent exhibition on the 26th and 27th floors. With a brief and after being immersed in the corporate culture of Ernst & Young, three words were distilled from this experience that forms the DNA of each piece created for them. Adaptation. Transformation. Reflection.
William Nathan is the founder and entrepreneur behind Visual Creative Art Studio, Paris, since graduating from Spéos in 2009. His artistic signature is influenced by his interest in contemporary architecture and urban design.
Lorraine Creaser presents her recent work “Mongolia” at the B&B Gallery in Paris.
© Lorraine Creaser - Mongolia
“Mongolia had always been a dream to me: a dream of escape and freedom, with the challenges and discoveries that it entails. While exploring the limits of my own resilience, I got a chance to uncover parts of the great mystique that makes this country so exhilarating to any traveler.
From the rumpled swarming streets of Ulan Baatar to the immensity of the steppes, I’ve experienced the warmth of the ger during howling snowstorms, the tiring endurance required to ride a half tamed horse, the hypnotic drum beats of a shaman’s trance, vodka fueled nights in youths, the stomach-churning smell and taste of mutton, the scarce forests at the edge of southern Siberia, the impenetrable language barrier, the sense of pride and powerful heritage nourished by the imperceptible and immemorial traces of the Mongol empire.
Mongolia is a land of contrast, sometimes in complete contradiction with our western way of thinking, where freedom seems within reach but at the cost of great many efforts to leave your beliefs behind. It is a land where possibility doesn’t rhyme with simplicity, nothing is easy there, nothing ever goes the way you expected it to. It is a land of adventure and adversity where your own strength and limits are constantly being put to the test. In these circumstances, taking photos was a challenging as trying to understand the Mongolians ways. I endeavored to capture the ardor and energy of this land and its people, and go beyond the clichés to show the Mongolia I had uncovered.” Lorraine Creaser
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About Lorraine Creaser
After studying history and geography and obtaining a Bachelor’s in journalism, Lorraine enrolled at Spéos, where she graduated in 2010. She is working as a freelance photographer and is currently packing for a one year trip to Asia!
Caroline Gavazzi’s exhibition “Murmures d’hiver” (White Wisper) is now showing in Paris at the Spéos Gallery.
Exhibition from March 20th to April 13th, 2012 / Opening on March 21st from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
© Caroline Gavazzi
Caroline Gavazzi is a Franco-Italian photographer based in London.
Tehran’s Gallery Etemad shows Niloufar Banisadr’s recent work : “There…” Paris, 2009-2011. “Here… “ Tehran, 2009-2012.
The show opened on March 2nd, 2012 and continues until March 13th.
© Niloufar Banisadr - "Here…, There…"
© Niloufar Banisadr
Niloufar Banisadr was born in Iran in 1973. She lives and works in Paris. After obtaining a Master in Photography in Iran, she moved to France to pursue her studies: a Master in Fine Art in Strasbourg, followed by the Spéos diploma in 2004-2005. She currently teaches in the black & white lab at Spéos for the part-time students while further developing her photographic work.
Alexei Moskalenko presents “Backstage” at the Spéos Gallery, Paris. Exhibition from February 22nd to March 16th, 2012 / Opening on February 22nd from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
© Alexei Moskalenko - Italian Bluebell dancer, Laura Canduso performing in "Bonheur" at the Lido de Paris.
Alexei did not arrive at the theme of his “Backstage” exhibition by accident. Having spent the last 6 years performing in ”Bonheur” at the Lido de Paris, he wanted to create a photographic “Tribute to the World of Show Business”. Portraying artists and costumes from the Lido and the Cirque du Soleil, this project has been a personal journey of self reflection.
The portraits of the famous “Bluebell Girls” taken backstage at the Lido remind us all that beauty and grace will always be art. In order to capture the intimate moments of artists in their own environment, Alexei spent 2 weeks on “Alegria” and “Varekai”, two productions at Cirque du Soleil, working every day with the artists to create his most recent series of photos.
Alexei Moskalenko – trained at the St. Petersburg Music Hall – toured the world extensively before settling in Paris, where he has worked as a dancer at the Lido de Paris, the Moulin Rouge and Paradis Latin. In order to further develop his photographic skills, he enrolled at Spéos, where he graduated in 2010.
French photographer Christophe Cufos presents an exhibition at the prestigious Studio Rouchon in Paris from January 30 to March 31, 2012.
© Christophe Cufos - "Alimentation générale"
It could be a praise of slowness, of timelessness.
It could be a spiritual quest.
It could be a tribute to splendour, to inner beauty.
It could be an hymn to freedom.
It could be a long walk, a thought, a meditation.
It could be an enchanted interlude, a discreet rendez-vous.
It could be a mixture of modesty and boldness.
It could be a fleeting moment, the grace of the ephemeral.
It could be signs, those left by time.
It could be as strong as a memory and as fragile as a chalk drawing.
Christophe Cufos, 2012
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BERLIN (AFP) – AFP photographer John MacDougall has won one of Germany’s most renowned photography prizes with a photo taken on the sidelines of a military funeral for soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
The winning photo of a German female soldier embracing a relative of one of the three victims brought home the human aspect of the tragedy, judges of the “Rueckblende” award for political photography said.
Unidentified relatives of a German soldier killed in Afghanistan comfort each other following a funeral ceremony outside the Evangelische Epiphanias Church during a memorial service in the northern German city of Hanover, June 3, 2011. The three were killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on May 28, 2011 © AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL
“Of the four photos I selected to put forward for the prize, I’m glad it was this one that was chosen because, for me, it was the strongest,” the Berlin AFP photographer said.
MacDougall, 46, who is French-American, began his career as an editor and translator for Paris publishers after studying literature in New York but switched to photography in 1989 when he joined Agence France-Presse in Paris. After the international photo desk, he went on to work as an AFP photo editor in Hong Kong and then as chief photographer in Indonesia, also covering south Asia. In 2003, he joined the Berlin bureau, helping to establish AFP’s German photo desk.
His photo was chosen from among 247 entries for the Rueckblende, which was created in 1995 and carries a 7,000-euro ($9,200) prize, and which also awards a prize for political cartoonists.
John gratuated from Spéos in 1990.
Until February 11th, 2012, the Brazilian online magazine A REVISTA calls for submission for its second issue themed “What remains”.
A REVISTA is an online magazine, with a theme by issue. Conceived, designed and produced by modobulb blog and independent publisher. Presents 5 to 6 portfolios per issue of Brazilian and foreign artists accompanied by texts and interviews. They aim to create a starting point for discussions around contemporary issues, using photography as the main vehicle of communication.
The theme of the first edition is City. Issue #1
A REVISTA #2
For more information on how to submit your work please visit this link.
A REVISTA is made by Felipe Russo and Lua Cruz [modobulb independent publisher and blog] with the collaboration of La Fototeca Guatemala (Clara de Tezanos, JJ Estrada Toledo).
Felipe Russo and Clara de Tezanos studied together at Spéos Paris Photographic Institute (2006-2007).
Alexandra Guyot presents “Tanger en Transparence” at the Spéos Gallery, Paris. Exhibition from January 19th to February 17th, 2012 / Opening on January 19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
© Alexandra Guyot - Tanger en Transparence
Tangier is a mystical, vibrant & bustling city, fabulous for inspiration to the photographer. Scenes of life and lights can be captured in an instant. There is everything from abandoned, derelict buildings and strange alleyways, to transformed and beautiful places.This series of photos resulted from a moment of observing a patio scene, the reflection on water. I wanted to show through my own eyes my passion for light and its poetic transparency across simple elements such as windows, mirrors, water, perspectives and the environment.“Tanger en Transparence” was created.
Alexandra Guyot was born in France and grew up in Germany, where she studied graphic design.
In 2006, she returned to France to study photography at Spéos-Paris Photographic Institute.
Today, she lives and works in Morocco, where she created her agency PICA-PHOTODESIGN. Alexandra has exhibited in several galleries in both Tangier and Paris.
“Murmures d’hiver” (White Wisper) is the fifth solo exhibition by photographer Caroline Gavazzi. The exhibition runs from December 17th 2011 to March 11th 2012, at the Médiathèque in Megève.
© Caroline Gavazzi - "Murmures d'hiver".
© Caroline Gavazzi
Caroline Gavazzi is a Franco-Italian photographer based in London.
After her training at Spéos photographic school in Paris in 1991, she graduated from the Sorbonne in 1994 (Maîtrise in Geography and Urbanism). In 1995 Caroline moved to London and obtained an MA in Professional Photography Practice (PPP) at the London College of Printing and Communication (LCC) while working as a freelance assistant to a number of well known photographers, including Michael Thompson, Hiromasa, Jean-Jacques Castre and Martyn Thompson as well as photographic studios in Paris and London.
Caroline worked full time as Picture Coordinator in the Art Department at Vogue UK in 1996 and as Picture Editor at Harvey Nichols Magazine (HN Magazine) in 1997. In 1998, Caroline began to work as a full time freelance photographer, focusing on interiors, still life and portraits, and has since then been published in many magazines including Vogue, House & Garden and Elle.
In parallel to her commercial career, Caroline has always avidly pursued her passion for artistic photography, leading to the production of several collections. Her work explores themes inspired by her heritage, culture and childhood. In particular, she is drawn to every day objects, landscapes and scenes which through her lens acquire a soul of their own, stunning the spectator.
During a private viewing, the jury of the “Concours du Royal Monceau pour la photographie” (“Royal Monceau Competition for Photography”) revealed the prize winner’s name. Cerise Doucède was selected for a special commission for the Royal Monceau-Raffles Paris. She’ll be awarded 20,000 Euros for the creation of her photographic project, destined to join the Royal Monceau collection, which currently hosts 320 works, spread throughout the rooms and suites of the hotel. Cerise was one of five finalists along with Emile Hyperion Dubuisson, Laura Henno, Cara Phillips and Ofer Wolberg, all of whom were chosen last May for their work on the theme of portraiture. The “Royal Monceau Competion for Photography” was established in 2011 to highlight and support young French photography. On this occasion, the five finalists expose their works at the “Art District”, the gallery of the Royal Monceau-Raffles Paris — on view until January 28th, 2012.
© Cerise Doucède. "Egarements".
After graduating in graphic design, Cerise Doucède launches into photography and graduated from Spéos Photographic Institute in 2010. With her series of photographic installations “Lost”, Cerise shows a varied panorama of small daily hallucinations, in which we all can be the protagonists. Lost in thought, the characters are projected onto the sets and the objects around them, their fears, fantasies and obsessions.
About the series “Egarements” (Lost):
“In this series of portraits called “Lost” (2010-2011), I wanted to focus on small hallucinations, those moments of absence, silence, being lost in thought — which turn the characters into a remote vacuum, evaporated of all their essence. The decorations come to life, objects fly, piling up, coming together … These brief moments create a confusion between reality and fiction.
Each portrait is a reflection of the desires, fears, obsessions, fantasies of the central person — and how they affect their imagination.” Cerise Doucède
“The intimate moment ” solo exhibition of photographer Yian Huang at the Galerie Steph, Singapore, until November 30th, 2011.
© Yian Huang - Fly for Me Series, Paris, 2004
The intimate moment was inspired by Yian Huang’s collaboration in Paris with a group of dancers from Studio Harmonic. Enthralled by their passion and commitment to their craft, the pictures reveal Yian’s ability to capture both the subtle gestures and the dramatic actions. It is through Yian’s innate ability to connect with his subjects in a sensitive and intimate manner that allows him to capture moments otherwise gone unnoticed. Visitors will be able to see the personal relationship between the photographer and the subject to get that perfect shot. Formerly based in New York and Paris, the intimate moment is his homecoming exhibition in Singapore.
Yian Huang is an award-winning international photographer whose works have been exhibited at the Palais du Louvre in Paris, the Singapore Art Museum and galleries in Russia, Italy and the USA; and published in The Economist, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated. Yian has notably documented the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2004–2005; as well as photographed festivals and pilgrimages; and portraits of politicians and common people around the world. He has been lauded for his ability to capture the elusive narrative of his subjects — often random strangers — and, together with them, create portraits of great sensitivity and surreal intimacy.
He is currently an independent photographer based in Singapore after stints as a photographer with the Newark Star Ledger (USA) and as a printing apprentice with Magnum Photos (Paris).
Nov 042011
On the occasion of its 26th anniversary, Spéos organizes a group exhibition of all its alumni – past to present.
After being shown in the Galerie Arlatino in Arles during the Rencontres as part of the Voies-off Festival, the exhibition is on view in the Spéos Gallery during Lens Culture FotoFest Paris, from November 7th to December 31st, 2011. Opening night on November 8th, from 6 to 9pm!
Spéos 26 ans - All images © the respective photographers
V U E will be on exhibit at Science Club from November 4 – 12, 2011 in conjunction with the FotoWeek DC 2011 Festival. Opening: Friday November 04, 2011, 6 – 9pm.
Chez Onze aims to create whimsical and thought provoking exhibitions to promote photography and photographers. Founder, Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah is an independent curator and photographer living in Washington D.C. A recent graduate of SPEOS Photographic Institute in Paris, she has curated a number of local exhibitions including: The Breadth and Beauty of Photography, Peter Karp: Mostly Grey and Le Graffiti Parisian a Washington for the inaugural Art All Night DC.
V U E is an eclectic exhibit that captures life through the wandering eyes and minds of an international collective of photographers. Photographers from Canada, England, India, Mexico, Portugal, and the U.S. come together to explore elements of space, nature, and time captured through a variety of photographic styles and traditions. From questioning the relationship between human and location, to examining the human body in animal form and contemplating the fictitious and realistic qualities of the photographic process, these eight photographers have traveled the world in search of answers to all questions, big and small.
The following photographers studied together at Spéos Paris Photographic Institute (2009-2010):
Rossana Mendes Fonseca (Portugal), Dominic Hatcher (UK), Brianna Hughes (Canada), Deephshikha Jain (India), Valeria Castillo Mendoza (Mexico), Cara Tobe (USA).
Zaklina Radovanovic presents “Nudes III” at the Speos Gallery, Paris. Exhibition from October 4th to November 4th, 2011 / Opening on October 4th from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
© Zaklina Radovanovic. Nude III, 2010.
Zaklina Radovanovic is a Slovenian photographer who studied in Ljubljana, Chicago and Paris at Speos Paris Photographic Institute. During her years in Paris she worked as a fashion and commercial photographer and as a teacher at Speos Paris Photographic Institute and Parsons Paris. She has been published internationally and has exhibited her fine art, notably in Paris and Arles. She now lives in London, where she is continuing to work on her “Nudes” series.
(1)ne Drop: Conversations on Skin Color, Race, and Identity. A Photography project in Philadelphia, PA by Yaba Blay & Noelle Théard.
(1)drop © Noelle Théard
Africana Studies scholar Yaba Blay, Ph.D. and photographer Noelle Théard are collaborating on an innovative new project: a photo essay book that explores the “other” faces of Blackness – those who may not immediately be recognized, accepted, or embraced as Black in this visually racialized society.
More about the Project on kickstarter.
About the Photographer
Noelle Théard is a freelance photographer and educator. She holds an M.A. in African Diaspora Studies from Florida International University, a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and a certificate in advanced studies from the Spéos Photographic Institute in Paris, France. She is currently pursing an MFA in Photography from Parsons The New School for Design.
Her photographic work on hip-hop culture has taken her to South America, South Africa, and Europe. Her images of Latin American hip-hop are featured in the Miami Herald’s award-winning series “A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans,” and her images of hip-hop in South Africa are published in the anthology Native Tongues: An African Hip-Hop Reader. Her professional practices are wide ranging and include co-directorship of FotoKonbit, a non-profit organization created to engage and empower Haitians to tell their own stories and document their communities through photography. She also founded a photography program at the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art.
Noelle is currently an adjunct professor in the African Diaspora Studies program at Florida International University, where she teaches two classes: “Africa in Films” and “African Visual Arts.”
Japanese photographer Momi Crouzet shows her work “Night Reveries” at the Bon Marché store (youth library, at floor level -1) in Paris from September 1 to October 15, 2011.
Momi invites you to her world through a photographic series unveiling the mysteries and anxieties felt by children at bedtime.
Her photos combine tenderness with concern, as close to reality as possible, reminding the onlooker of their own long-buried childhood memories.
© Momi Crouzet -"Songes de la nuit"
Momi Crouzet is a Japanese photographer based in Paris. Her work focuses on the universe of childhood. Publications include Pooka, Paris Mômes, Madame Figaro Japan, Hao Japan…
Laurent Guichardon shows his photographies at the B&B Gallery (6 rue des Récollets, Paris 10, M° Gare de l’Est) up to October 2nd, 2011 (including week-ends from 3pm to 7pm).
© Laurent Guichardon - Kpele-Tsavie, Togo, 2011
Laurent Guichardon is a free-lance photographer based in Paris. His work focuses on corporate, events and still-life (jewellery).
For a personal project, he went to Togo for a reportage on a solidarity project for children. Instead of traditional African topics, his current exhibition “Kpele-Tsavie, le savoir” (knowledge) focuses on colors and matter, highlighting children’s serenity and their eagerness to gain knowledge.
Johnny Santo Domingo & Edouard Nicollas have been selected for the cover of Réponses Photo Magazine
N°235, October 2011. Model Lenka Tekeljakova.
© Johnny Santo Domingo & Edouard Nicollas - Réponses Photo n°235, October 2011
Johnny Santo Domingo is an American freelance photographer and filmmaker working on architecture and portraits. A Spéos graduate from 2011, he works between Los Angeles and Paris.
Edouard Nicollas is a French Photographer specialized in still life, fashion and portraits. A Spéos graduate from 2011, he is based in Paris.
Sep 152011
Indian photographer, Mahesh Shantaram, shows his work in Paris, as part of the PHOTOQUAI photography biennial.
Mahesh Shantaram – Photoquai 2011.
Since its founding at the instigation of the musée du quai Branly in 2007, the PHOTOQUAI photography biennial has been spotlighting non-Western art and introducing an international audience to artists so far not shown in Europe. From 13 September to 11 November 2011, the third PHOTOQUAI, under the artistic direction of photographer/filmmaker Françoise Huguier, will be showing the work of 46 photographers from 29 countries.The exhibition on the banks of the Seine will continue in the garden of the musée du quai Branly and at the Eiffel Tower, as well as in eleven partner galleries and institutions in Paris.
© Mahesh Shantaram, Matrimania © Musée du Quai Branly, Photoquai 2011
Born in 1977, Mahesh Shantaram lived abroad for many years. After studying at the Spéos School of Photography in Paris, he returned to his home city of Bangalore, in Karnataka state, and in 2006 decided to specialise in wedding photography. As can be seen in the series Matrimania, on show here, he draws on his professional work for more personal projects. As the most commercially successful segment of the photo business in India, wedding photography holds up a magnifying mirror to Indian society, for better and for worse. Mahesh Shantaram, however, is a special case. After an unsuccessful attempt at going freelance, he realised that weddings were the surest way to live off his skills, even if the job commands little respect: “In India,” he says, “wedding photographers are considered unrefined, naive and unintelligent.” Despite family pressure he went ahead, determined to revitalize the genre. And now his approach – subjective but honest, witty and human – has made him one of his country’s most esteemed wedding photographers. ”Weddings are a space-time zone where people are out to impress but can behave in the most horrendous ways. At a wedding society’s strengths and weaknesses are laid bare. In India a wedding ceremony is taken extremely seriously for the impact it can have on thousands of guests who waste no time in pegging the family’s social status.” Fascinated by these short-lived scenes, Mahesh Shantaram approaches them in a documentary spirit. The decors that loom so large in Matrimania are highly revelatory of the urge to impress with appearances and of the money people are ready to spend on this. In these images close attention to detail highlights “my country’s penchant for order and chaos, for colour and noise, together with a very particular sense of design and ‘good taste’ — or of the latter’s absence.”
About Matrimania
Sep 092011
“8 Women In Madison” Ebba Lidvall by Yasunari Kikuma for Vogue Japan October 2011.
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Yasunari Kikuma is a fashion photographer based in Tokyo. His work has been published in WWD, Numéro, Dazed & Confused Japan, Vogue Nippon…
Olivier Timbaud shows his photographies from July 8th to September 16th 2011, Galerie Joseph Antonin, 40 rue Emile Barrère in Arles, as part of the Voies Off Festival.
Olivier Timbaud has photographed the Middle East for twenty years (Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Koweit, Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran). He specializes in portraiture and photos of spaces influenced by geometry (urban architecture, buildings, environments). His photographic approach combines news and documentary in a highly sensitive way, developping around notions of the “close relative” and the “poor other”, which remain just and human.
Olivier also wrote “In Search of Ali Nasser H.“, a confidential text mourning a childhood sweetheart, to whom a part of the current exhibition is devoted.
Nicola Formichetti & Ella Kandyba by Alex Alfaro | Vogue Russia July 2011.
© Alex Alfaro for Vogue Russia, July 2011
Alex Alfaro is a professional editorial, beauty and fashion photographer.
Starting as an assistant to Mario Testino, he now works as a freelancer between New York, Cape Town and Paris.
Jul 042011
We are happy to invite you to the 26-year anniversary exhibition of Speos. We asked all our alumni — now photographers — to submit a selection of their best works. The final selection by Gabriel Bauret, Bernard Derenne and Marc Prüst is on view in the Galerie Arlatino during the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles from July 4th to 10th, 2011. We look forward to seeing you at the gallery for a glass of wine from 6 to 8pm!
Spéos 26 ans - All images © the respective photographers
American photographer Taryn Simon talks about her new exhibition at Tate Modern, ”A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters”. A multimedia production from Tate Shots.
Tate Modern| Current Exhibitions | Taryn Simon.
© Taryn Simon - "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters".
“A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters”, exhibition at the Tate Modern, London from May 24 to November 6, 2011.
Alexandra Rowley won the PDN PhotoAnnual 2011 in Advertising.
© Alexandra Rowley
Alexandra Rowley was born and raised in New York City, and studied photography at the Speos Paris Photographic Institute, Paris, France and at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. She has exhibited her work internationally, including Dina Mitrani Gallery in Miami, Clamp Art in New York, Rose Gallery in Santa Monica and Geukens and de Vil in Belgium. Alexandra has had fellowships at the UCross Foundation and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and she is represented by Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, for artwork, Faucher Artists, New York, for commercial work and Getty Images for reusage.
Ruben Brulat presents “Immaculate and Primates”, at the Promenades Photographiques de Vendôme, from June 17 to August 31, 2011.
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For Brulat, photography is about capturing humanity expressing convictions – as was evidenced in Immaculate and Primates, his series of images of a business area and the relationship between human beings and their environment by day and by night, using his naked body to create those powerful scene. Brulat says “I want to understand why people, groups and societies behave the way they do.”
“What shocked me with Immaculate was that this neighborhood lived just for a system, and when at night the system stops, when there is no need to activate it, it simply dies, a system created by humans, sustained by humans leave absolutely no love, no happiness, no sadness. No place to any kind of living.
I am fascinated by places where the beauty of human beings has gone.”
It makes sense then that Brulat focused his attentions on a series of photographs about the human in the environment, depicting ‘the vulnerability and the smallness of our species.’ Showing a small figure facing the threats of an hostile environment. In ten years’ time, he hopes to have brought both happiness and sadness to people via his work, but most of all hopes that not all his expectations will come to fruition.
‘Otherwise, in a way, it will be really boring!’ And that’s one adjective we would not associate with Brulat.
Nancy Aslop
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Nicolas Héron in Elle China, June 2011, with his series “9 months”.
© Nicole Héron for Elle International
About “9 months”
“The 9 months pregnancy journal” is a co-production between Elle International and Clarins. Photographer Nicolas Héron started shooting his wife Vanessa at the 3rd month of her pregnancy, and on the 15th of each month, she bravely struck a pose until the last moment.
This “Beauty and Health” Editorial has already been published in Elle Bulgaria (March 2011) and Elle Hungary (January 2011).
Nicolas Héron is a French documentary photographer. He is also a photo editor for international editions of Elle magazine.
After graduating from Spéos in 2003, Nicolas Héron started to work in the digital section of the Hachette Filipacchi Group, in charge of retouching and restoring pictures for several magazines, such as Paris Match, Télé 7 Jours and Isa.
In 2009, Nicolas joined the team of Elle International. “Today I have a job that I like and which gives me enough freedom to choose my photo subjects.”
He published two books on the artisans of the Sèvres National Manufactory and the Saint-Louis Crystal Manufactories: “Gestures & Trades”.
Jun 142011
Deepshikha Jain – “Abandoned” solo exhibition in Mumbai from May 10th to July 4th.
About “Abandoned“:
In 1988, the building project of the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra state commissioned the office of Raj Rewal to design 1048 housing units. Despite a very low budget Rewal set out to develop a home environment that was simple and of high quality.
23 years later, many of the units remain vacant. Most are facing practical problems of leakages, inadequate light and ventilation in houses, unused open spaces, lack of transportation, lack of medical facilities, etc. Since the Income Tax department bought most of the buildings, this colony was nicknamed the Income Tax Colony.
These pictures are not the entire story, they are just a part to create awareness and re-tell a forgotten tale. Abandoned spaces are a postlude to a life once lived and therefore make for good stories.
Abandoned, whilst capturing the mood of the space raises the inevitable question about why such a well-intentioned and designed project has come to be largely unoccupied and fallen to disrepair, in a city severely lacking in low cost housing.
Deepshikha Jain is an architectural photographer based in Mumbai. After graduating in Architecture from Bombay, she pursued a Master’s in Photography from Paris. Deepshikha has toured widely across France and India capturing Le Corbusier’s and other architects’ works.
May 312011
Valérie Servant in Ninja magazine #20 – No Sex Last Night / The Summer issue.
A series of artist portraits introducing: Tobias Morgan Director, Regis Vidal aka The Prince of Plastic Artist, Gleb Kosorukov Photographer, Bertrand Bonhomme Photographer & Dee Jay.
Simon van Meervenne by Marcus Mam for Common & Sense Man Spring-Summer 2011 Issue 10.
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Marcus Mam was born and raised in Southern Ohio. He moved to Paris after studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he established his photography career.
Marcus shoots for American Vogue and In-Style regularly and his work has appeared in Visionaire, The New York Times Magazine, Butt, Fantastic Man, Another Man, Dazed and Confused, Arena, Out, Blast, Madame Figaro, Italian Vanity Fair, Italian Elle, French Vogue, British Vogue, Marie Claire, Interview, Commons and Sense, Italian Rolling Stone, Spin, Tokion, Rodeo, and Playboy.
Today, Marcus divides his time between Paris and New York.
Marcus Mam is represented by See Management. Syndication Contour Photos by Getty Images.
© Nicolas Khayat/ENIGMA - Cannes 2011
Enigma’s Cannes 2011 Trailer
In 2002, French photographer Nicolas Khayat co-founded the US branch of the international Abaca Press photo agency. Being one of the lead photographers for Abaca Press, covering numerous world renowned events (Cannes, Venice and the Berlin film festivals), and daily features of news, politics and celebs, Nicolas then set up his own company: Enigma.
Nicolas Khayat at Cannes Film Festival
Enigma provides photography and video for both the press and corporate worlds with a very wide scope of expertise. Enigma also develops consultant services to photo industry professionals on various photographic digital technologies, such as online archival and retrieval systems (DAM) or live photo transmission systems.
Speos – End of the Year Exhibition 2011: May 18-19, 2011.
© Xavier de Torres
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John Conley – “Imminence”. Exhibition at the Spéos Gallery from May 18th to September 23th, 2011. Opening on May 18th-19th from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
© John Conley - Birte Carolin Sebastien, Musée de la Vie Romantique, Paris, 2008
“These images, created within the more-or-less defined constraints of fashion photography, possess a latent energy which evokes potential, imminence, a sense that something is about to happen. Hope, anticipation, impatience or dread … No human experience contains more kinetic promise than the moment of stillness preceding transformation. These instants, and the expressions which accompany them, are more interesting and beautiful to me than any physical attribute could ever aspire to be. Still photography is the perfect medium in which to capture the imminence of change.” John Conley
John Conley was born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He lives and works in Paris, France. Since completing photo studies at Spéos Paris Photographic Institute he has worked primarily in fashion, both as a photographer and as co-founder of online fashion magazine La-Couture.com.
John travels extensively and has a particular interest in extreme and isolated environments, an interest he pursues both independently and in collaboration with several NASA scientific expeditions doing research in some of the driest places on Earth.
He also has collaborated closely with Peter Lindbergh, in 2006 directing a 13-minute promotional film shown at Azzedine Alaia’s for the premiere of Lindbergh’s book Untitled 116, and in 2008 becoming producer of Lindbergh’s feature length fiction work “Everywhere at Once”, a collaboration with experimental director Holly Fisher featuring Jeanne Moreau (expected release 2011).
In addition to photography John has worked in several artistic mediums including music composition, cinema and video, interactive animation and multimedia production.
John is represented by Marie Laranjeira.
May 092011
Koury Angelo’s Rock & Roll photo essay “Soundwaves”, published in the Dirty Durty Diary Magazine (DDD).
© Koury Angelo - Soundwaves - In the Dirty Durty Diary Magazine
Koury Angelo is a Rock & Roll and portrait photographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin, then seized an opportunity to move to Paris, France. He spent one year working as a photographer for Le Figaro and studying his craft at the Speos Institute of Photography. Koury then moved to New York City where he began his career assisting many of the top photographers in the industry.
Currently, Koury is working with high profile clients, magazines and agencies on various photo and video related projects. His art work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows in Paris, NYC, LA and Austin. Koury was selected as one of the Top 160 Photographers in 2010 by MOPLA , Month of Photography Los Angeles. His editorial clients include Elle, Epilogue, Filter, France-Amerique, Gawker, Juxtapoz, KCRW, Los Angeles Times, Movmnt, New York Magazine, Overspray, Redefine, Resource, Spin, Storychord, The Dirty Durty Diary, Transfuge, Tricycle, The Amor Fati, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York and Westlake Magazine.
“Salon de 70s” Natalia Chabanenko by Yasunari Kikuma for Numéro Tokyo No. 44 March 2011.
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Yasunari Kikuma is a fashion photographer based in Tokyo. His work has been published in WWD, Numéro, Dazed & Confused Japan, Vogue Nippon…
May 062011
Juliana Manara in Photo Magazine | Edição # 37. Interview in Photo Brazil.
© Juliana Manara - Photo Magazine Brazil
Juliana Manara was born in Brazil in 1983. She began her career as a documentary photographer in 2006, photographing for Brazilian Magazines and others. A few years later, she moved to Paris to improve her photography skills. It was during this time that she started to give her work an additional facet, turning towards fine arts. Together with her portraiture work, she started to produce images of an unreal world, a transformed landscape based on a surrealistic and contemporary inspiration. Juliana’s projects are thus divided in what she calls “The World I see” and ” The World I Imagine”. Juliana is now based in London UK.
