1- Not being there at the right time If you're wondering how to get better at photography, maybe it's time to go back to the basics of this art. Even if a good shot is the result of several parameters such as framing, decisive moment or even contrast, the basics of photography consist in capturing ...
The meeting of enthusiasts The Month of Photography has been organized every two years in Paris since 1980. It takes place in November during even-numbered years. Each edition is dedicated to a specific theme and allows the public to discover between 70 and 80 exhibitions. It also offers the oppor ...
Presentation of this festival Planches Contact is a contemporary photography festival that takes place every year in Deauville. Since its creation in 2010, this event has set four objectives: • Invite photographers to focus their gaze on Deauville in order to create a photographic heritage. • ...
pes. He has a lot to live up to since he is the great-grandson of painter Auguste Renoir, the grandson of actor Pierre Renoir, the son of director of photography Claude Renoir and the nephew of director Jean Renoir. Faithful to this heritage, Jacques Renoir, born in 1942, was very early passionat ...
1- What is minimalist photography? In photography, as in decoration or other fields, minimalism is characterized by the extreme simplicity of the image. Practicing minimalist photography involves taking clean shots where only the elements essential to understanding the scene appear in the frame. T ...
Presentation of the festival The Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles, more simply called Rencontres d'Arles, is a summer photography festival held annually. This internationally renowned event aims to be a place of discovery through exhibitions, screening evenings, symposiums, ...
A year of photographic awards For the exhibition La photographie à tout prix, the Bibliothèque nationale de France offered the winners of the 2021 photography awards the opportunity to present their latest work to the public. The BNF is indeed a partner of two prestigious awards in the field o ...
Presentation The Montier-en-Der Wildlife Photography Festival is an event that combines photography with nature conservation. Since its inception, the festival has been sponsored by public figures committed to environmental protection or by renowned photographers whose works reflect the wonders an ...
Presentation of Nicephore + Nicephore +, the Clermont Photography Festival, has been organized for more than ten years by the Sténopé association with the support of the City of Clermont. The Sténopé association was created in 2000 by a group of image lovers. In order to promote photography ...
More than 200 photos to discover The Charles Nègre Museum of Photography in Nice invites you to discover 238 photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. This retrospective entitled Legacy gives an overview of the whole work. It traces his 40-year career and highlights the evolution of his style and en ...
1- Practice photography again and again Having a photographer's eye is first and foremost about properly composing your images. Composition is essential to attract and direct the viewer's eye. In short, to make an image interesting. But to succeed in composing a good photo, you still need to see ...
A floating cultural center Good news for photography lovers: in May 2023, a new place dedicated to the image will open its doors in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. This hybrid and floating place, named Quai de la Photo, will settle more precisely on the Seine, at the foot of the National Library ...
A springboard for young talents. The International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories has been organized in Hyères, Var for over 30 years. It takes place every year in the privileged setting of Villa Noailles, a century-old villa with modernist architecture. This festival, directed ...
"The Revealed Body" The European Nude Photography Festival, held annually in Arles, brings together photographers and image professionals around the theme of the body. The festival was founded by Arlesian photographer Bruno Rédarès, who serves as its President. This event seeks to "define the b ...
1- What is astrophotography? Astrophotography is a hobby halfway between astronomy and photography. As its name suggests, it involves photographing all kinds of celestial objects: the moon, eclipses, auroras, planets of our solar system and their satellites, galaxies, nebulae, comets, or even sunsp ...
"A festival with an original concept." The Nights of Photography were created in 2011 to promote film photography. Photographic films can take various forms: slideshows, stop-motion, time lapse, POM, POeM, montages of archival images and even Unidentified Video Objects! More and more artists, crea ...
A teenager with a passion for nature A lover of nature from a young age, Emelin Dupieux, now 15 years old, has been taking up photography for only three years. He explains: 'Photography, I started only three years ago, precisely to extend this pleasure I had to observe the wildlife that lives ar ...
GBTQIA+ cause Zanele Muholi was born in Durban, South Africa on July 19, 1972. He always dreamed of becoming a photographer and completed advanced photography training in Newtown, Johannesburg in 2002-2003, before presenting his first solo exhibition in 2004 at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. Bu ...
and invites photographers to meet their audience. Finally, the Mark Grosset Prize rewards a student from international higher education institutions of photography every year. Edition 2023 translates to "2023 Edition" in English. The 2023 edition of the Promenades Photographiques de Blois will take ...
An annual appointment. Event organized by the Photo Club Mouansois, the Mouans-Sartoux Photo Salon invites all photography enthusiasts in the PACA region. Whether you are an amateur, beginner, expert or professional photographer, you will find tools and advice to guide you in choosing your equipme ...
