mambomag-en: April 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Soon in Mambo#15: Photographs by Tallyton Alves

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Dragomir Krasimirov's "SHELTER" by FDimatge

Backstage photographs of bulgarian designer Dragomir Krasimirov's catwalks, by FDimatge. More information: fdimatge.com and: www.facebook.com/pages/FDimatge-Photo-Video/119576094808225

Monday, April 23, 2012

Soon in Mambo#15: Photographs by Edwin S. Freyer

From the book "Sôlus"
© Edwin S. Freyer
www.edwinsfreyer.org

Hannah
© Edwin S. Freyer
www.edwinsfreyer.org

Sarah
© Edwin S. Freyer
www.edwinsfreyer.org

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Soon in Mambo#15: Photographs by Rafa Cabal

El Escorial (Spain), 2011
Digital
© Rafa Cabal
www.rafacabal.com

Valmayor (Spain) 2011
Digital
With Paloma Iglesias (www.palomaiglesiaslugris.com)
@ Rafa Cabal
www.rafacabal.com

Guadarrama (Spain), 2009
Digital
@ Rafa Cabal
www.rafacabal.com

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Soon in Mambo#15: Photographs by Anna Cavalo

Exhibition: "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style", at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Herb Ritts (American, 1952–2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who earned an international reputation for his unique images of fashion models, nudes, and celebrities. From the late 1970s until his untimely death from AIDS in 2002, Ritts's ability to create photographs that successfully bridged the gap between art and commerce was not only a testament to the power of his imagination and technical skill but also marked the synergy between art, popular culture, and business that followed in the wake of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

The exhibition "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style" includes the artist’s photographs in fashion, figure studies, and celebrity portraits.

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Man with Chain", Los Angeles, 1985
Gelatin silver print, 47.5 x 38.5 cm (18 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Tatjana, Veiled Head", Joshua Tree, 1988
Platinum print, 48.3 x 36.8 cm (19 x 14 1/2 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Cindy Crawford, Ferre 3", Malibu, 1993
Gelatin Silver print, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Herb Ritts Foundation

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Versace, Veiled Dress", El Mirage, 1990
Gelatin Silver print, 55.5 x 44.1 cm (21 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Gift of Herb Ritts Foundation

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Djimon with Octopus", Hollywood, 1989
Gelatin Silver print, 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.Gift of Herb Ritts Foundation

Herb Ritts (American, 1952 - 2002)
"Versace Dress, Back View", El Mirage, 1990
Gelatin Silver print, 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
© Herb Ritts Foundation
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.Gift of Herb Ritts Foundation

J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 3–August 26, 2012
More information: www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/ritts

Monday, April 16, 2012

Exhibition: "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations", in the Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) will show from May 10th to August 19th the exhibition Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations. The exhibition explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition features fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work. Iconic ensembles will be presented with videos of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how both women explore similar themes in their work through very different approaches.

Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations will showcase approximately ninety designs and thirty accessories by Schiaparelli (1890–1973) from the late 1920s to the early 1950s and by Prada from the late 1980s to the present. Drawn from The Costume Institute's collection and the Prada Archive, as well as other institutions and private collections, signature objects by both designers will be arranged in seven themed galleries: "Waist Up/Waist Down," "Ugly Chic," "Hard Chic," "Naïf Chic," "The Classical Body," "The Exotic Body," and "The Surreal Body."

Schiaparelli, who worked in Paris from the 1920s until her house closed in 1954, was closely associated with the Surrealist movement and created such iconic pieces as the "Tear" dress, the "Shoe" hat, and the "Bug" necklace. Prada, who holds a degree in political science, took over her family's Milan-based business in 1978, and focuses on fashion that reflects the eclectic nature of Postmodernism.

George Hoyningen-Huené (Russian, 1900–1968)
Portrait of Elsa Schiaparelli, 1932
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hoyningen-Huené/Vogue; © Condé Nast

Guido Harari (Italian, born Cairo, 1952)
Portrait of Miuccia Prada, 1999
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guido Harari/Contrasto/Redux

Images are from the exhibition catalogue, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
More information: http://bit.ly/wfY4vN

Tomorrow: Arouse's first issue

Tomorrow, april 17th, we are launching the first issue of Arouse digital magazine. This first issue includes portfolios by Mimí Mitsou, Neil Craver, Pedro Rodríguez, Luismi Villaescusa, Liliana Contrera and Angel Caraballo. The cover photographs belongs to the serie: "Por aire" ("By Air"), by the mexican photographer Pedro Rodríguez.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Exhibition in Berlin: Metamorphosis of Japan after the War. Photography 1945-1964

On August 15th, 1945 the Pacific War came to an end and with it fourteen years of bombings, of deprivation and of great sacrifice for the Japanese people. The collapse of Japanese militaristic rule and the arrival of the US occupation forces thrust the nation into a new and uncertain era. It was in this context that photography took on a central role in the nation’s rediscovery of self and it soon became a vital contributor to Japanese society in the immediate postwar years. Metamorphosis of Japan after the War.
"Photography 194 -1964" reveals the changing face of life in Japan from the end of the Pacific War in 1945 to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 through photographs by 11 of Japan’s leading post-war photographers. By observing the role of photography in the evolution of post-war Japan, this exhibition shows how photography was able to play a crucial role in the search for the nation’s new identity. The works of these 11 photographers are an extraordinary document of the birth of a new Japan and of a new photographic generation whose dynamism and creativity laid the foundations for modern Japanese photography. The exhibition is divided into 3 thematic sections based around the major periods of the postwar years: The aftermath of war, Tradition versus modernity and A new Japan.

Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Tokyo, 1962
© Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Ihee Kimura
Young woman
Omagari, Akita 1953
© Naoko Kimura

Shigeichi Nagano
Completing management training at a stock brokerage firm
Ikebukuro, Tokyo 1961
© Shigeichi Nagano

Ikko Narahara
Domains. Garden of Silence, No. 52
Hakodate, Hokkaido 1958
© Ikko Narahara

"Metamorphosis of Japan after the War. Photography 1945-1964" shows in the Museum für Fotografie (Berlin). It is an exhibition of the Japan Foundation in collaboration with the Art Library, kindly supported by the Japanese-German Center Berlin

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Arts Santa Mònica (Barcelona) dedicates an exhibition to Remi Ochlik's work

From May 3rd to June 2nd, Arts Santa Mónica (Barcelona) will be hosting a monographic exhibition to Remi Ochlik, the french photojournalist that was killed in Homs, Syria this past February 22nd.

Remi Ochlik was born in Eastern France on 1983. After graduating high school, he moved to Paris in order to study photography at Icart Photo School, around the same time, he interned for photography agency Wostok.

In year 2004, at the age of 20, he travelled to Haiti to photograph the riot scenes during the fall of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. For Remi, this was his first experience in an armed conflict. His photos earned him the Francois Chalais Award for Young Reporters and was projected at the Visa pour l'Image International Photojournalism Festival.

In 2005, Remi founded his own photography agency, IP3 Press, with the intention of covering news in Paris and conflicts around the world.

In 2011, Remi photographed the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the uprising and war in Lybia. His work has been published on Le Monde Magazine, VSD, Paris Match, Time and The Wall Street Journal.

In Mambo#15: the winners of the World Press Photo Contest

The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. The picture shows a woman holding her wounded son in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011. Samuel Aranda was working in Yemen on assignment for The New York Times. He is represented by Corbis Images.

In this photograph (the first one under these lines), Fatima al-Qaws cradles her son Zayed (18), who is suffering from the effects of tear gas after participating in a street demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, on 15 October. Ongoing protests against the 33-year-long regime of authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh escalated that day. Witnesses said that thousands marched down Zubairy Street, a main city thoroughfare, and were fired on when they reached a government checkpoint near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some demonstrators retreated, others carried on and were shot at again. At least 12 people were killed and some 30 injured. Ms Qaws—who was herself involved in resistance to the regime—found her son after a second visit to look for him, among the wounded at a mosque that was being used as a temporary field hospital. Zayed remained in a coma for two days after the incident. He was injured on two further occasions, as demonstrations continued. On 23 November, President Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia, and signed an agreement transferring power to his deputy, Abdurabu Mansur Hadi. Saleh’s rule ended formally when Hadi was sworn in as president, following an election, on 25 February 2012.

World Press Photo of the Year 2011
Samuel Aranda, Spain, for The New York Times
Sanaa, Yemen, 15 October 2011

2nd prize Arts and Entertainment Singles
Vincent Boisot, France, Riva Press for Le Figaro Magazine
“Dakar fashion week”, Dakar, Senegal, 9 July 2011

1st prize Nature Stories
Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for National Geographic magazine
“Rhino Wars”, Mount Kenya, Kenya, 13 July 2011

2nd prize Sports Stories
Adam Pretty, Australia, Getty Images
“World Aquatics Championships”, Shanghai, China, 17 July 2011