The possibly true story of the first dialogue of a Dalai Lama with an Westerner from the outer world on 26 February 1923, one hour after sundown ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 14.06.20 Revisioning History: Did Indiana Jones Really Exist ?

This article is published in the occasion of the discovery of a daguerreian self-portrait by Victor Regnault No images? Click here VICTOR REGNAULT  ARBITER EXPERIMENTUM Henri Victor Regnault (1810-1878) was not only a remarkable professor and experimenter in chemistry and physics but also a central figure during the earliest years of photography in Europe: Arago … Continue reading 18.05.2020 Investigating Victor Regnault’s Principle: The Result of any Experiment must be Straightforward and Clear.

Chateauroux est une paisible préfecture du centre de la France dont l'altitude varie de 154 à 164 mètres‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 15.05.2020 Cours improvisé d’expertises de photographies anciennes

Once this place was humming And the air was full of drumming The sound of cymbals crashing Glasses were all smashing ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 05.05.2020 “Paris embellie, Paris agrandie et … Paris assainie”, Souvenirs de l ’embellissement stratégique par un artiste démolisseur

LA PROCHAINE BIENNALE AURA LIEU EN JUIN 2021 - SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 2021 - PROSSIMA BIENNALE GIUGNO 2021 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 02.05.2020 Un anno fa / One Year Ago / Il y a un an : Première Biennale de Senigallia

Louis-Émile Durandelle and Albert Chevojon's photographs of the Grand Hotel Terminus-Saint Lazare, Paris stop of the Orient Express service‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 28.04.2020 Paris, April 1889, all is ready for the arrival of the travellers – the police are on the watch

Vingt-sixième jour de la seconde lune confinée (26.02.0001)‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 20.04.2020 LA MUTA. Le Concours de photographie est aussi un prix de poésie

5 pm, 24th day of the first Moon of the first Year of Confinement ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 09.04.2020 Time for Tea, Time for History of Photography

Un ridicule certain. Une faible chance de succès. Mais qu’attendons-nous ? Prix de photographie La Muta (Cliquer sur le portrait de Gimli)‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ … Continue reading 01.04.2020 Certainty of ridicule. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for? LaMuta Photography Prize

No images? Click here LE TEMPS DES ALGORYTHMES Tel un oracle isolé, en novembre 2018, Daniel Cohen, directeur du département d’économie de l’Ecole Normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm annonçait le grand confinement, ou la solitude au milieu des seuls algorythmes comme un des deux modèles vers lesquels tendait lentement notre société, avant l’arrivée du … Continue reading 21.03.2020. Il y a dix-huit mois l’économiste Daniel Cohen annonçait le grand c onfinement