Ed Kashi has just completed an assignment for Jyllands-Posten, one of Denmark’s major daily newspapers. Covering the first 30 days of a 100-day journey across America in the run-up to the election, the journey took Ed and staff writer Heidi Ploughsgaard Jensen from Los Angeles and Southern California to Arizona, then New Mexico, Texas, finally ending in New Orleans, Louisiana.
With stories ranging from politics, the border wall, immigration, the homeless, the LA porn industry, the weed industry, religion, culture, school reopening, and what daily life during the pandemic is like in this troubled nation, Ed’s journey across America took the pulse of a country preparing for its upcoming election.
In “Telework,” Jérôme explores the especially relevant topic of the transformation of working methods, and poses the question “what trends and behaviors will emerge on the side of companies and their employees?”
The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award, sponsored for the sixth time by LaScam (société civile des auteurs multimedia), is designed to help a photographer carry out an original reporting project through an 8,000€ endowment.
This award was established by the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association to promote the creation of documentary work with a social purpose. Formed in the memory of Pierre and Alexandra Boulat by friends and family after the death of VII founding member Alexandra Boulat in 2007, the Association seeks to keep the spirit of father and daughter alive through making their work available to the public and creating an annual grant to a photographer and sponsoring the education of young photographers.
This year’s jury members included Dimitri Beck from Polka Magazine, Jean-François Camp, Cyril Drouhet from Figaro Magazine, Delphine Lelu from Image Evidence, Noël Quidu, freelance photographer and Tomas van Houtryve, a photographer from VII Photo Agency, representing La Scam.
The exhibition is intended to provide an overview of contemporary Algerian photography in its plurality, richness, and diversity against the background of its currently limited international reach.
“From mask-wearing to rule breaking, the coronavirus is still coloring our daily experiences. But life goes on—and our photographers are capturing it, from historic protests against police brutality to the launch of a new era of spaceflight.” Click here to see National Geographic’s best photos from 2020 so far, including images by VII’s Danny Wilcox Frazier and Nichole Sobecki.
Musician Daniel Owino, who goes by the name Futwax, performs his latest song “Have you sanitized?” — written and recorded in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — with his four-year-old son Julian Austin in their home in Nairobi’s informal Kibera community, on April 1, 2020. “I’m a community leader and icon here, and people listen to my music across Kenya,” said Futwax, also the former Mr. Kibera. “So it’s my duty to make sure that everyone knows what’s happening, and are doing what they can to try and stay safe. We have to be our own solution.” Futwax also said: “Many people are still taking this too lightly. But if you’ve followed the situation in Italy, or Spain, we can assume that it’s going to get much, much worse here. So I’m asking people, before they greet me, or say hello to my son, ‘Have you sanitized?’
Daniel Owino, a musician who goes by the name Futwax, and his 4-year-old son, Julian Austin, perform his latest ballad, “Have you sanitized?” After learning about the havoc COVID-19 has caused in Europe, Futwax, who also lives in Nairobi’s Kibera settlement, thought his music could help people. “It’s my duty to make sure that everyone knows what’s happening and are doing what they can to try and stay safe. We have to be our own solution,” he says.
Jerry Lovett releases a dove after the funeral service for his brother, Chester Lovett, who died of COVID-19 complications at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit. Father to 10 children, Chester Lovett’s family members had to rotate in and out during the service held at Wilson-Akins Funeral Home.
Photographers Eric Bouvet and Yan Morvan will have their work on view at the Paris Gare de Lyon and Avignon TGV train stations until September 1st. The exhibition includes over 80 portraits of French women and men who are a part of Eric and Yan’s photographic campaign about French people on the move that they carried out over 2 years throughout France.
Eric Bouvet and Yan Morvan are photographers and journalists. Their involvement in documenting political, social, and economic events since the ’80s, their knowledge of difficult terrain, and their notoriety as photographic authors make them important key witnesses of our history. The HEXAGON exhibition was originally scheduled as part of the 2020 edition of the Rencontres d’Arles festival that was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Les photographes Eric Bouvet et Yan Morvan exposent plus de 80 portraits de Françaises et de Français issus de leur campagne photographique menée pendant 2 ans sur le territoire, à Paris Gare de Lyon et à Avignon-TGV du 25 juin au 1er septembre.
Eric Bouvet et Yan Morvan sont photographes et journalistes. Leur implication dans la documentation des faits politiques, économiques et sociaux depuis les années 80, leur expérience des terrains difficiles, leur notoriété en tant qu’auteurs photographes font deux des témoins privilégiés de notre histoire. L’exposition HEXAGONE devait se tenir dans le cadre de l’édition 2020 des Rencontres d’Arles, annulée en raison de la pandémie.
