In 2021 the French Ministry of Culture launched a vast arts project, selecting 200 photographers for what they called la Grande commande photojournalisme (literally, The Large Photojournalism Order) with a designated theme – Snapshot of France: visions of a country having traversed a pandemic. It turned out to be the biggest governmental photo project in Europe, with a budget of 5.46 million euros. The exhibition France in Their Eyes – 200 photographers look at the 2020s at the French National Library (not far from our hotels) shows 450 photos from the project, selected from the 2,000 brand n ..read more

Paris’ Fashion Museum has a new exhibition of the famous Italian photographer Paolo Roversi, with 50 years of iconic imagery on view – the first ever Parisian exhibition of his work. Born in Italy but a Paris resident since 1973, Paolo Roversi created his own style of fashion photography over the years, using odd colours (thanks to innovative development techniques), blurring effetcs (from long exposures) and a hybrid of black & white and sepia tones that make his work unique. You probably know his photos from the biggest fashion magazines, showcasing the most famous models wearing cloth ..read more

Photographer and publisher Philippe Cicchero presents 8 x 10″ but not only… at the gallery of the Hotel & Spa la Belle Juliette, photos of Parisian architecture taken mostly with a 8×10″ film camera, but also (which explains the title) Polaroid® 600 shots on different special films stock… © Philippe Cicchero Photographer and publisher Philippe Cicchero is fascinated by special film and unusual development techniques, as well as old and ‘basic’ cameras supposedly too simple for fine photography. But the random aspect introduced by using these elements is exactly what he is interested in, as ..read more

Now a popular series of books, the colorised photos of John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley are featured in a new free exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre very close to our hotels. All rights reserved The Old Ireland in Colour books have become quite the phenomenon since the first volume was published back in 2020, and have now sold tens of thousands of copies. Using archive images from the collections of museums and libraries, academics Sarah-Anne Buckley and John Breslin add colour using new digital techniques. Meticulous research goes into choosing the colours used for the clothes, hai ..read more

Photographer Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and John Barry, and unfortunately died ten years ago after falling from her apartment window. She was 46. In tandem with a new book showcasing her work, Quai de la Photo (not far from our hotels) has a free exhibition of her photos on offer that we recommend seeing. © Kate Barry Quai de la Photo is an unusual arts space that opened last summer. Moored on the Seine (or rather, solidly attached), the venue includes an exhibition space, boat tours, a restaurant, two bars and a specialised bookshop (you may remember that we went down to che ..read more

Here’s a lovely Christmas present for photography lovers – the Grand Palais Éphémère, not far from our hotels, is hosting the largest exhibition ever of photos by Juergen Teller. Don’t tarry though – surprisingly the event only lasts three weeks and finishes early January 2024, just before the photographer’s 60th birthday, and will next be shown in Milan. Since the early 1990s, Juergen Teller has created a very personal, no-holds-barred style of photography, producing portraits, themed series and fashion shoots. More recently, he and his family have increasingly become the focus of his work ..read more

The Cartier-Bresson Foundation has two new exhibitions on offer, one of the work of American photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976), and the other juxtaposing shots of Mexico from Cartier-Bresson and Helen Levitt (1913-2009). © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive. Fundación MAPFRE Collections The exhibition of photos by Paul Strand explores not only his much commented ‘direct photography’ style (with many striking portraits) but also his political activities, as these eventually led to him leaving the USA (more or less forcibly) to live in France. You’ll be able to scrutinise ..read more

La Fondation Cartier-Bresson propose deux nouvelles expositions, l’une du photographe américain Paul Strand (1890-1976), et l’autre juxtaposant les images de Cartier-Bresson avec des scènes mexicaines de Helen Levitt (1913-2009). © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive. Fundación MAPFRE Collections L’exposition des photos de Paul Strand explore sa photographie directe (des portraits saisissants) mais aussi son engagement politique, qui l’a poussé finalement à quitter les États-Unis et s’installer en France. Vous verrez environ 120 tirages prêtées par la Fundación MAPFRE de Ma ..read more

The Croatian-Bulgarian-American photographer Nadezda Nikolova has a new show of her intriguing photos, or rather her ‘wet plate collodion photograms’ at the lovely Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, not far from our hotels! © Nadezda Nikolova courtesy Esther Woerdehoff With a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science & Conservation and a Master’s degree in Policy Analysis, Nadezda Nikolova is not your everyday photographer, and neither is her creative process. Niklova uses printing processes dating from the 19th century in order to create imaginary landscapes, not quite photos but not paintings ..read more

The prestigious and venerable Roger-Viollet photo agency opens a new exhibition in its presentation space near our hotels, showing women in the 20th century, their emancipation and the struggle to achieve it. Astonishingly, it’s only at the beginning of the 20th century that girls (“the weaker sex”) started to receive the same education as boys in France, giving the possibility of aspiring to be something other than a wife or mother. Over the decades (and two World Wars), women’s role in society changed, generally through struggles led… by women – suffragettes, female political activists, ph ..read more