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Andrea Gandini Vernissage Exhibition December 3, 2008
Thursday, 4 DECEMBER 2008
at 19h30
at PISTON PELICAN
20, RUE DE BAGNOLET
75020 PARIS
VERNISSAGE
Andrea Gandini, 7 Stenopeic Images Exhibition
Kathy Le Sant December 1, 2008
Kathy Le Sant is well known in the fashion industry as a prominent makeup artist. She has worked with such photographers as David Bayley, William Klein, Paolo Roversi, Terry Richardson, Bettina Reims and Ellen von Unwerth among others.
She has also worked on the projects of various artists and photographers: Peter Beard and Bianca Li, Deborah Turbeville and Victoria Niarchos, Jan Saudek, Alberto Garcia Alix.
But her fruitful collaboration with Juergen Teller remains the peak of her career as a makeup artist.
Although an autodidact, photography has always been an important part of Kathy’s life, a part that grew to become her main professional activity.
In the last few years, Kathy has contributed to various magazines such as Dazed & Confused and GQ and made a few portraits for Libération, a French daily newspaper.
She is currently working on a project around transgenerational memory that will be the subject of a book and an exhibition.
The cinema is one of Kathy’s main sources of inspiration; she is particularly touched by the work of Andrei Tarkovski, Bela Tarr and Robert Bresson.
Petri de Pità November 14, 2008
Petri de Pità, was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1971, he lived in Verbier, Switerland since 1994. From literary education, he worked in the restaurant business until 1999 and then in the field of electronic communication.
Photography is a passion that he practiced for more than fifteen years. Considering that one just has to change its point of view to realise the beauty of all things, he likes to highlight the details of everyday life. It focuses on the photo report, with a predilection for unusual customs or those practiced by a small amount of people.
Education:
Bachelor philo-languages. University Certificate in electronic communication. Hotel & restaurant management certificate.
Photographic experiences:
1996-2006
Media Reporter for Sujeeva, a humanitarian association helping orphans in Sri Lanka www.sujeeva.org.
Photo essay for donors, editing videos and website.
2003-2005
Photographer for the service of the Protection of Cultural Property in Val de Bagnes, Switzerland. Initiation of a project to establish a database of monuments and art works of the valley.
2006
Member of the jury of the international picture "Humanity Photo Award" contest specializes in reporting cultures on the verge of extinction.
www.china-fpa.org
2006-2008
Articles published in magazines such as Gustav, Vision and Abitare
Exhibitions:
1997 and 1999
Sujeeva solo Exhibitions in La Pause, Verbier, Switzerland
2003
Group exhibition on ethnic tattoos, Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble , Switzerland
2006
www.coquille.org, the official website of Petri Pità has over 5000 visits per month.
2006
Group exhibition of black & white portraits, PIP Festival, Ping Yao, China (www.pipphoto.com)
2006
Solo exhibition on the Swiss cow fights in Kaili, China
2008
Roi de Chine et Reine du Valais, solo exhibition, Sembrancher, Switzerland
2009
Kings of China and Queens of Switzerland, China Tour, solo exhbition in 7 cities.
"The future of handbag photography" November 7, 2008
"Our long national nightmare is over," wrote Richard Lacayo on November 4th. But the Time Magazine critic was referring to art, not politics. Noting the miserable results of a recent Christies auction, Lacayo sounds almost giddy. "We will be entering upon a time when we won't have to spend so much mental energy putting aside the market value of a work before trying to think about it in any other way."
The critic Jerry Saltz also foresees major change. In a recent article on ArtNet he predicts the closing of 40 to 50 galleries and at least one major art fair. But I was particularly interested to read his take on how this will affect artists. "Many younger artists who made a killing will be forgotten quickly. Others will be seen mainly as relics of a time when marketability equaled likability." Like Lacayo, he sees an upside. "The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists -- especially emerging ones -- won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand."
few years ago a major collector pulled me aside to offer some advice. "If you want success in the art world," he told me, "the key is to find your thing and never change." His advice almost had me vomiting on his Hirst, but he was probably right. The commerce of art isn't much different than the commerce of handbags. It is all about showing off the brand.
One wonders how the collapsing markets might affect the larger universe (or is it a ghetto?) of the photography world. Will gimmickry and branding become less prominent? Will documentation take precedence over decoration? Will people start caring less about the bag than the stuff it is carrying?
Discover Italian Photography at Paris Cultural Institute November 7, 2008
From 7 to 19 November 2008 at the Paris Italian Cultural Institute there will be a series of meeting with some italian photographers.
First meeting, 7 Nov 2008 at 18h:
Paolo Verzone, Guia Besana, Claudio Gobbi, Valerio Vincenzo, Marina Della Valle, Paolo Woods
Second meeting, 14 Nov 2008 at 18h:
Mimmo Jodice
Third meeting, 17 Nov 2008 from 11h to 13h and in the afternoon from 15h to 17h
Marco Delogu, photographer, director of "FotoGrafia", International Rome Photo Festival, editor Mario Peliti, editor Massimo Vitali , photographer Pio Meledandri futur director of "Museo per la Fotografia in Bari" Elio Grazioli, artistic director of "Fotografia europea Reggio Emilia" Walter Guadagnini for Unicredit collection project and Biennale of Photography in Milan Roberto Koch, Contrasto Agency CEO and "Forma" director in Milan Andrea Pacella, « Luccadigitalphotofest » Jean Luc Monterosso, General director of "Mois de la Photo" in Paris François Hébel , director of "Rencontres d’Arles"
Fourth meeting, 19 Nov 2008 at 18h:
Gabriele Basilico
Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Hôtel de Galliffet 73, rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris Tél. 01 44 39 49 39
For more informations (in french):
http://www.italieaparis.net/actualite/10523-photographie-italienne-institut-culturel.html
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