Disobedient Images: Arles 2025

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 16 July 2025 > Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée What's On

The exhibitions at the Arles photography festival this year are regrouped under the title “Disobedient Images”. They offer a subversive vision of subjects from families to feminism, minorities to mainstream. Here are some of the highlights of the exhibitions depicting subjects from the English-speaking world. Caroline Monnet Echoes from a Near Future Canadian photographer and … Continue reading “Disobedient Images: Arles 2025”

On the Street, On the Road

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 16 July 2025 > Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée What's On

Two of the exhibitions at the Arles festival 2025 look back at four photographers capturing American life and landscapes over the past century. The World of Louis Stettner (1922–2016) Louis Stettner was a skilled practitioner of street photography with a political bent, often photographing protests, workers and countercultural movements like the Beat Generation. He said … Continue reading “On the Street, On the Road”

On Country

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 16 July 2025 > Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée What's On

When Aboriginal Australians say they are, or are going, “on country”, they don’t just mean they are physically on the lands their ancestors have inhabited for 60,000 years. It also implies that they are shaped by the place, connected to it, and recognize a responsibility to care for it. It is this meaningful phrase that … Continue reading “On Country”

In the American West

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 June 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

Richard Avedon was a famous fashion photographer, producing many Vogue covers. But between 1979 and 1984, he took a road trip through the Reagan-era American West to produce a series of portraits of the people he found there. Far from the stereotypes, Avedon photographed workers, some very young, and all sorts of interesting characters. The … Continue reading “In the American West”

Around the World in 80 Photos in Aix

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 26 February 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry may not be a household name but his photos are instantly recognisable, especially one of a young Afghan girl taken in Pakistan where her family had taken refuge in 1984. An exhibition at the Caumont Centre d’Art in Aix-en-Provence takes visitors around the world in his footsteps, to India, Afghanistan, Namibia … Continue reading “Around the World in 80 Photos in Aix”

Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 11 December 2024 > Celebrate

2024 saw the 60th edition of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award organised by the Natural History Museum in London. Entries come from amateur and professional photographers from around the world and three of the categories are reserved for children and teenagers. The winning photo above is just one of the amazing images captured … Continue reading “Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year”

America, America Photography Exhibition in Lyon

Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 22 October 2024 > What's On

America, America is an exhibition of photos by esteemed American photojournalists and street photographers such as Lewis Hine, Gordon Parks and Helen Levitt. They are all part of the Marin Karmitz collection and are on show at the Lumière Institute till 5 January. The forty works on display span the 20th century, starting chronologically with … Continue reading “America, America Photography Exhibition in Lyon”