A beautiful discovery, in a perched village of Crete, the house and studio of Manousos Chalkiada. A fabulous ceramist, but also a painter and photographer. And such a nice, welcoming person :)! Some shots of his studio: And of course we couldn’t leave empty handed… The Cretan ceramics found their place with ease […]
A little game of guess who that is… I’ll only help with the ones I don’t know 😉 And the much more moving series of just people.. The original set up On « Nuit blanche » evening
Clergues not only is a great photographer, he is also the founder of the « Rencontres d’Arles » and is the man behind the first photography collection in a French museum, at Arles’ Reattu Museum. He was also a friend of Picasso, Cocteau and numerous artist of the time. Lucien Clergues, Les Saltimbanques Lucien Clergues, illustration of
The « Rencontres » d’Arles photographie run since 1970. They showcase famous or yet unknown photographers in different parts of taown, mainly historic buildings: desacralised churches, cloister, abandoned industrial sites sometimes only open their doors to this manifestation. This years « Rencontres » were (mainly) black and white. Amongst the wide offer that I had the chance to visualise,
Mon île de Montmajour, an awesome location and sublime production by Christian Lacroix, running now until November 3, do not miss it !!
La Vieille Charite, one of Marseille’s architect Pierre Pujet’s masterpiece used to be a shelter house for the poor. Abandonned, it was refurbished in the 1980’s. It now houses the Mediterranean Architectural Museum. It’s peaceful courtyard is a welcome stop on a hot day after a stroll through the Panier, or now, through the sea
A pier belonging to the harbour of Marseille, for MP2013 European capital of culture, the J1 is being lend to the city of Marseille and hosts events and exhibitions. Its metallic industrial-looking structure, harbours different pop-ups (a cafe, a shop/library, a photo studio and a concert/theatre scene) and galleries, all enjoying the incredible views over