Rencontres d´Arles 2024 and a very down-to-earth approach to portraits
Photography festival Rencontres d´ Arles 2024 in France and a very down-to-earth approach to portraits with a camera minutera.
Instantart Arles 2024
At the photography exhibition InstantArt Arles 2024 photographers from around the globe are exhibiting their original polaroid photography. The exhibition during the Rencontres d`Arles shows an exciting spectrum of contemporary artistic Polaroid photography including people photography.
Encounters in Paris and some thoughts about photo shoots
In addition to exhibitions, vernissages and many encounters in and around the art fair Paris Photo, I also used my stay in Paris this year for my own photographic activities …
Rencontres d´Arles 2023 - Some impressions on film
Every year, I try to spend a few days in Arles, where the international photo festival Rencontres d'Arles takes place. This year (2023) I was in Arles in the second week of July to see exhibitions and meet other photo enthusiasts …
"So etwas überhaupt machen zu können, macht mich glücklich." - Der Kurator Jens Pepper im Gespräch mit Thomas Berlin
Jens ist Autor, Interviewer und Kurator. Sein Interesse gilt der Erkundung nationaler Fotoszenen. Mit Thomas Berlin sprach er über die Tätigkeit des Kurators im Kunstbetrieb am Beispiel der von ihm kuratierten Fotoausstellung "Ausnahmezustand. Polnische Fotokunst heute".
"Ich versuche das tiefste Gefühl meiner Seele in Fotografie zu übersetzen." - Erwin Olaf im Gespräch mit Thomas Berlin
Erwin Olaf ist der erfolgreichste Fotograf der Niederlande. Mit seinen inszenierten Bildern zeigt er Einblicke in seine Gefühle und gibt uns gleichzeitig Rätsel auf. Wir sprachen über seine fotografische Entwicklung, die Bedeutung freier Arbeiten, wie seine Shootings ablaufen und warum die Menschen vor seiner Kamera mehr als Models sind.
Rencontres d´Arles 2018
As in the summer of 2018, the international photography festival Rencontes d'Arles in Arles in the south of France will take place for over 40 years. I participated in the opening week in July. Despite the intense heat in the Provence, the festival is an Eldorado for photo art lovers and …
Great portraits by Vincent Peters in Berlin
The man has his own handwriting, seen photographically. Fashion and portrait shots by Vincent Peters are often recognizable at first glance. I have appreciated his work for a while. So I was especially pleased when I had the opportunity to …
Irving Penn Centennial
The exceptional photographer Irving Penn would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. The C/O Berlin Foundation shows the breadth of his work with a large retrospective with 240 exhibits. Last weekend I really enjoyed …
Paris in the light of two photo festivals
In November 2017, the annual photo art fairs "Paris Photo" and "fotofever" took place again. See me impressions …
Blue Moments in Hong Kong. Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze in conversation with Thomas Berlin
I met Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze in November 2017 in Paris for an interview at the photo art fair "fotofever", where he was presented by …
Portraits and Fashion from Sibylle. My view of the current exhibition.
The magazine for fashion and culture "Sibylle" was a women's magazine founded in 1956 in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The exhibition in Opel Villen presents the Sibylle photographers with about 200 photographs.
Three photo festivals in Paris 2013
Since 1996 Paris has been the world capital of photography every November. Then the biggest European fair for photographic art takes place …