The city of Paris, which claims to be the photography capital of the world, is hosting a show called “Photographier Paris,” a free exhibition at the Hôtel de Ville, with the intention of avoiding clichés about the city and showing … Read More
So It Was in Old Russia Photo © Procoudine-Gorsky/Bibliothèque du Congrès Washington The current exhibition at Paris’s Musée Zadkine, “Voyage dans L’Ancienne Russie,” reminded me of a passage by Roland Barthes in La Chambre Claire. He wrote that the sadness, … Read More
An Artist’s Unsparing Self-Portrait/Shrine to Herself “Tête Pliée” (2002), from the series “Le Livre des Têtes,” by Esther Ferrer. “Face B. Image/Autoportrait” is an interesting and funny exhibition of edited photographs, videos and sculptures by Spanish artist Esther Ferrer at … Read More
