Festival preview: 10 shows & workshops to check out at Les Rencontres d’Arles this summer

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 1981. Black River Productions, Ltd. / Galerie Thomas Zander / Mitch Epstein If you ask this editor what’s better than summer in Europe, the only acceptable answer is summer in France, specifically. Throw in a legendary photography festival and that might just be la crème de la crème. This summer, Les Rencontres… Continue reading Festival preview: 10 shows & workshops to check out at Les Rencontres d’Arles this summer

This $15 million Leica 0-series is the most expensive camera ever sold

This Leica 0-Series Model 105 is one of just a dozen left today. When PopPhoto first reported on the 40th Leitz Photographica Auction, the former camera of Leica founder Oskar Barnack was up for grabs and expected to fetch a nice little $3 million. Well, the gavel has fallen, and Barnack’s Leica 0-Series Model 105… Continue reading This $15 million Leica 0-series is the most expensive camera ever sold

On Location: A photographer’s guide to Venice

Reading Time: 5 minutes Mantas, Floater, Green Fortuny, Cochinilla & Kinsaccuchu Dyed Yarn, Wood, Body in Forte di Mezzo, 2019 © Lorenzo Vitturi. The azure lagoons and golden light of Italy’s floating city have charmed visitors for centuries. Louise Long looks beyond the touristic sites and bustle of the Biennale to uncover Venice’s photographic highlights… Continue reading On Location: A photographer’s guide to Venice

Why you should experiment with gels in your next Licensing studio shoot

Last year, Pinterest named “vibey lights” as one of their top trends of the year, with searches for “neon room,” “blue lights bedroom,” and “LED light signs” all rising year-on-year. It was official: the neon aesthetic was back. Throughout the year, neon-lit rooms trended over on TikTok, while Kendall Jenner showed off her neon pink… Continue reading Why you should experiment with gels in your next Licensing studio shoot

Is this prototype Leica the world’s most expensive camera?

Leitz Photographica Auction The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction (which also celebrates the auction house’s 20th anniversary) is taking place this June. It’s the biggest opportunity for photographic collectors to drop five-, six-, and seven-figure sums on important, weird, and otherwise wonderful camera gear. At the 39th Leitz Auction, for example, the headline Leica MP Black… Continue reading Is this prototype Leica the world’s most expensive camera?

The 2022 Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie investigates an entanglement of issues affecting humanity today

Reading Time: 3 minutes © Felipe Romero Beltrán, aus der Serie Dialect, 2020–fortlaufend “Choices we make as humans about our bodies, choices we make about the technology we develop, choices we make ‘for’ the environment, are all intertwined. We can’t look into problems from just a single perspective.” “I have defined the leading theme with… Continue reading The 2022 Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie investigates an entanglement of issues affecting humanity today