Category Archives: Photography

6 May 2025

“Feeling the sport through the images”: Interview with photographer Alexander Aguiar

Joao Fonseca photographed by Alexander Aguiar Beyond the aesthetic attributes of what is often hailed the most elegant sport, beyond the star power of the best players in the world, beyond the nuanced and off-the-wall images, beyond the stoic … Read More →

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23 April 2025

Friends for three days that spring

Romy Schneider photographed by Helga Kneidl, Paris, 1973. For original format and size, visit the Kai Middendorff Galerie When I asked artist Marianna Gefen to create a portrait of Romy Schneider, she made this abstract painting in two versions, … Read More →

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21 October 2024

“There Are Not Many Rules in Art, but Being Honest Is One of Them”: In Conversation with Photographer Sarah Fuchs

Photograph by Sarah Fuchs In the photography of Sarah Fuchs, light and shadow have a poetic function. Sarah has the ability to bring a subject to light, while leaving room in the shadows for seductive curiosity and imagination. Spare … Read More →

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1 October 2024

Back to the Future: The New Visual Inspiration

I have always liked large scale magazine pages: the impact of that visual storytelling is unequalled. But just as the screens have gotten smaller and smaller and films can now be watched on one’s phone instead of the big … Read More →

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18 August 2024

Once Upon a Photograph, Once Upon a Lifetime: Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer

Alain Delon photographed by Jean-Marie Périer, 1966 (from the book “Alain Delon: Amours et mémoires”, by Denitza Bantcheva with Liliana Rosca) “The first time a friend said to me: ‘Now you are a star’, it was after the release … Read More →

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