Carole Naggar

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Unraveling a 70-Year-Old Photographic Mystery

'Tereska' is one of David 'Chim' Seymour's most famous photographs

By Carole Naggar

Rediscovering the Genius of Sabine Weiss, the Last Humanist Photographer

“You are way too young!” Museum of Modern art curator Edward Steichen exclaimed as he was looking through Sabine Weiss’s portfolio in her tiny studio, without heat or running water, in a Paris courtyard in...

By Carole Naggar

Discover the Genius of Philippe Halsman's Surrealist Portraits

A retrospective opens in Paris

By Carole Naggar

Meet Florence Henri, One of Photography's Unsung Influencers

A Parisian museum looks back at Florence Henri's impressive career as a surrealist photographer

By Carole Naggar

Surrealist Photographs of the Spanish Civil War

Inspired by early surrealism and the power of photojournalism, photographer Kati Horna turned her poetic and poignant lens on the Spanish Civil War

By Carole Naggar

Beyond Cartier-Bresson: A History of a Master's Early Work

A new retrospective of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work at the Centre Pompidou allows us to look beyond the Frenchman's famous concept of the "decisive moment"

By Carole Naggar

Report from Paris Photo: 13 of the Best Exhibitions from the Fair

Photo historian and poet Carole Naggar writes for LightBox on some of the top exhibitions at the 17th annual celebration of Paris Photo — from Daido Moriyama and Sylvia Plachy to Malik Sidibé and more.

By Carole Naggar

Stark Close-ups on Europe's Late-Night Regulars

A 320-picture career retrospective of renowned Swedish photographer Anders Petersen's work made wandering through Europe's bars, prisons, asylums, old age homes and elsewhere opens at the at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

By Carole Naggar

Nature Within the City: Bruce Davidson's Los Angeles

For his latest exhibition, the Magnum photographer pairs two parallel series he shot in Los Angeles over 44 years apart, documenting the natural landscape of a city best known for anything but.

By Carole Naggar

Women Unveiled: Marc Garanger's Contested Portraits of 1960s Algeria

Marc Garanger’s portraits of Algerian women in 1960s regroupment villages are strong reminders of the power of the photograph as historical record.

By Carole Naggar

Here Far Away: The Visual Fables of Pentti Sammallahti

In Pentti Sammallahti’s world, man is not the center. His images are almost fables, where animals act as our guides.

By Carole Naggar

A Second Look: Chim's Children of War

In 1948, Magnum photographer David Seymour was given a mission by the newly founded UNICEF: report on the fate of the 13 million children across Europe who have been left homeless and/or in dire need by the Second World War. 'Children of War', a new book by Umbrage Edition, highlights his incredible photographs of European children taken in the aftermath of the war.

By Carole Naggar
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