The first major retrospective at the Museum of the Art and History of Judaism in Paris devoted to a living photographer, Patrick Zachmann’s Voyages de mémoire is a sweeping, decades-long study of Jewish culture, rooted in the photographer’s search for his own identity. From Paris to Marseille, from the rue des Rosiers to the Buttes-Chaumont...

We’d like to offer our warm thanks to the team at Photo London for devoting an issue of their digital magazine to Inge Morath which was released today. Flip through the full issue here. Morath’s work has recently received much well-deserved attention and we couldn’t be happier to have found it a home in the permanent...

We are pleased to participate again this year in one of Europe’s premiere photography fairs, Photo Basel. We will feature a selection of rare and vintage prints by artists Sigalit Landau, Inge Morath, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Philippe Halsman and Frank Horvat. We are also delighted to unveil the mockup of Thomas Dworzak’s latest book, The Bridge....

In a significant artistic landmark, the National Gallery of Ireland has opened its first-ever photography exhibition, and CLAIRbyKahn is proud to have facilitated the acquisition of many of the works on display. The View of Ireland: Collecting Photography exhibition runs from October 25, 2019 to February 2, 2020 and features images by Irish and international...

In an image by Jacques Henri Lartigue, the nanny Dudu raises her eyes to the sky to follow the flight of a ball before it falls back to earth; weightlessness made visible by the photographic act. Meanwhile, in the work of the painter John M. Armleder, the representation of circular forms on canvas resulted in...

Ever since 1897, when the journalist and activist Theodor Herzl declared, “At Basel, I founded the Jewish State”, the social, territorial, and cultural transformation in Israel has fascinated the world. As a result, the region’s soaring ambitions and extreme conflicts have been under a quasi-permanent media spotlight; yet intimate perspectives rarely emerge above the broader...

There is a subtle, mysterious poetry that emanates from Erich Hartmann’s photography, a play of shadow and light that is captivating yet respectful. Hartmann embraced places, objects, and people with his camera, never unsettling the moment, always capturing it in a way that allowed it to be rediscovered. The Poetry of Daily Life exhibition featured...

May 2, 2019 was the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. His influence on art, invention, and ideas was unparalleled and his work has reverberated through the centuries. Philippe Halsman was one of the legions of artists that were inspired by his work and in the 1950s he paid two renowned tributes the Italian...

A photographer’s regard is informed by a myriad of concerns, from light to line, from color to contrast. Yet how often is profound caring the defining technical element of an image? David “CHIM” Seymour has long been heralded for his sublime sense of humanity, but what is becoming increasingly celebrated is the artistic mastery that...