dinsdag, november 09, 2004
At Paris Photo, a focus on the power of women
The loss of three towering 20th-century figures - Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon - casts a somber shadow over Paris Photo. But the international photography fair, which opens on Thursday at the Carrousel du Louvre, puts the recent deaths of these famous and iconic photographers into a historical perspective.
The spontaneous record of 20th-century life from the French photographer and Newton's steely, sophisticated eroticism have left their thumbprints on photography. Yet a young generation has long since been searching for a fresh approach after the tyranny of photojournalism in the postwar years. Nor does this generation aspire to a glossy, stylized perfection.
Lees meer in de International Herald Tribune.
The spontaneous record of 20th-century life from the French photographer and Newton's steely, sophisticated eroticism have left their thumbprints on photography. Yet a young generation has long since been searching for a fresh approach after the tyranny of photojournalism in the postwar years. Nor does this generation aspire to a glossy, stylized perfection.
Lees meer in de International Herald Tribune.
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