PHotoEspaña 2009 will take place from 3 June to 26 July. The Festival of Photography and Visual Arts will offer at this twelfth edition a proposal comprising 74 exhibitions, 31 in the Official Section, 7 in other venues and 35 in the Off Festival, spread in a total of 60 exhibition spaces such as museums, art galleries, art centres and exhibition rooms. 259 artists and creators of 40 nationalities will participate at the Festival.
Celebrating 20 years of award-winning photography, Remi Benali reveals his sensibility for light and color at his gallery in the heart of Provence. Located in the historic city of Arles, the Nature & Cultures Photographic Gallery offers a rotating selection of 25 prints as well as the possibility to order from an online portfolio and an extensive collection photographed in over 80 countries. Nature & Cultures was formed as a means of sharing Remi's enthusiasm for the diversity of our civilizations and the wonders of our natural world.
Munem Wasif, is in Perpignan (France), until September the 14th, for "Visa pour l'image 2008". He presents "Bangladesh, standing on the edge."
Laurent Geslin photographer of urban wildlife.
View Laurent Geslin's website
Photographer Alain Pons has released a serie of photo guides of Tanzania, Namibia, Kenya, Botswana, and India. His models are tigers, bears, oryx and elephants. He is one of six animal photographers (Tony Crocetta, Vincent Munier, Michel et Christine Denis-Huot, Dominique Delfino) showing their work int the exhibition "Latitude Animal" in Drancy (France ) until march the 30th.
Michał Szlaga lives and works in Gdansk.
"Gdansk Shipyard has always been my biggest interest: since 2002 I have been taking pictures to show the changes it is going through, its workers and beautiful architecture."
He works for Newsweek Poland, Przekroj, Twój Styl...
Michał Szlaga
Travel Images, a visual journey through Europe.
France - Perpignan - until Septembre the 16th.
PR : Visa pour l'Image is now 19 years old.
And these nineteen years have been devoted to promoting a certain type of photography analyzing events around the world and going beyond the coverage presented by the traditional medial. Some people may find this attitude provocative, but that is the goal, as this is the only way of exposing and speaking out against so many negative forces in the world.
After the Depardon maelstrom, our joy at the success achieved (52,000 visitors, 20% of them foreign; overall, a 50% rise on 2005) was tinged with concerns: what future could we invent so as not to lose the impetus generated and the movement that had carried us along. This perplexity definitely has a starry-eyed “forever onwards and upwards” side to it.
“Alive” is not only beautiful pictures of animals. It is also about our lifestyles, with facts and figures, and presents the paths we should follow in the future. We are all responsible for our planet. It is up to each and every one of us to realize that we must act by taking some simple and obvious measures. Let us all adopt more meaningful everyday gestures. Now is the time.
Paris - France
Quai Branly : from 21st may to 22nd august 2007