Chicano Photography
Los Angeles, with its deep-rooted Latino heritage, has long been a stage for powerful visual storytelling. Through the lenses of Chicano photographers, the struggles, triumphs, and everyday moments of this … Read more
Emotional Images
Moody Photography: How to Turn Shadows into Stories
The first time I fell in love with moody photography, it wasn’t because of a sunlit meadow or a perfectly lit portrait. Standing outside an abandoned Brooklyn diner, I watched … Read more
The Aesthetics of Portrait Photography
Portrait photography remains a celebrated form of visual art, capturing the essence of individuals through the lens of a camera. Its aesthetics are influenced by various elements, including facial expressions, … Read more
Luigi Mangione: Hero? Neutral? No Hero? | A Narrative Shaped by Photography
Is Luigi Mangione a hero, or not at all? Or perhaps he’s just a regular guy? At this moment, all three narratives clash, with photography as their weapon.. Indeed, photography … Read more
Understanding Emotional Images | 8 Master Examples
What do we call today Emotional Images and how do they work? This is a key question nowadays, as emotional content on Internet results more attractive for the users: it … Read more
Rhetoric of the Image, Roland Barthes
It is to Roland Barthes that we owe the notion of “Rhetoric of the Image”. Rhetoric is the “technique of using the means of expression to persuade”. The hallmark of … Read more
How Photography Manipulate Our Emotions
The diversion of the real operated in the photographic image has the capacity to lead the spectator towards confusion, astonishment, laughter. Indeed, these images suggest a paradoxical, strange reality, which … Read more
Pour la défense de l’image pauvre
Hito Steyerl, 2009. Lien vers l’article originel : https://www.e-flux.com/journal/10/61362/in-defense-of-the-poor-image/ L’image pauvre est une copie en mouvement. Sa qualité est mauvaise, sa résolution inférieure à la norme. En s’accélérant, elle se détériore. … Read more