Saturday, September 19, 2015

R.I.P Christophe Agou

Few days ago I read in social media  very sad news. Christophe Agou has passed away. So young, only 46 years old, so talented, so many more to give us. I didn't know Cristopher in person we had only communication through social media but I feel I knew him as a person, I feel I know his soul through his photographs. I can tell just one thing, he made this world a bit less boring with his work and his vision.

Few words from his bio.

"He was born in 1969 in montbrison, a small town at the foot of the forez hills, in the loire department, france, christophe agou left france in 1992 and settled in new york. this early voluntary exile, an urge to immerse himself in a completely different world, is typical of the work that christophe agou has been developing over the last twenty years: an intuitive and empirical exploration of universes, situations and people that he comes to understand by a gradual process of absorption, not realizing it has happened until he finds himself resonating intimately with them.

working with equal ease from black and white to color, from landscape to portrait, he does not favor any style, ensuring constantly to renew his statements and the forms of his own vision. he came to the notice of international critics for several works, particularly his series of images on subway passengers in new york. the photographs evoke a sense of longing and isolation. the result of this work has been carried out in a book and published life below in 2004.

over the years, christophe agou has been extending his expression into other media, always working intuitively, making assemblages, multimedia installations, films and writing short stories. in the winter of 2002, christophe agou returned to his native forez and roamed around the harsh landscape there; it had never left his mind. over time, and through the gradual process of building trust and friendship, the farmers and their families accepted him and allowed him to both photograph and film their daily existence. the resulting body of work, titled face au silence (in the face of silence), was awarded the 17th european publishers award for photography.

in 2010, his new photographs of people and places explore the theme of impermanence to its glowing limits. he self-published les faits secondaires (secondary facts/side effect) in 2013. the limited edition book brings together sixty photographs, a text by john berger, and poems by daniel de bruycker.
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His website for more of his work  christopheagou.com

R.I.P Christopher  



















                                                      All photos © Christophe Agou




Thursday, February 20, 2014

Animal Planet

One more selection that I have made from the flickr group called Beyond Obvious-Photomind. The group is curated by Lukas Vasilikos and me. We believe that in the group there is great photography of all kinds (Street, portraits, nudes, abstracts, family etc) .

Here is an edit I made from the group's pool  with theme "Animal Planet".

You can always find more here www.flickr.com/groups/beyond_obvious/

Australien Bulldogs
Andrea Zubani

Untitled
Ksenia Tsykunova

Untitled
Ksenia Tsykunova


Georgia Poniakou

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Stavros Stamatiou

Untitled
nina zivkovic

Polar Bear
Arian Camilleri

Electric donkeys
Sakis Dazanis


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Stavros Stamatiou

 Marine Drive, Mumbai - 2012
Nicolas Portnoï

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Lesley Ann Ercolano

The Creation of Adam | Kolkata
Arindam Thokder

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Przemek Strzelecki

might as well jump
paolotinari

Untitled
Aleksandra Perovic


Sergi Bernal

Mark Alor Powell

 

Kate Kirkwood

John Goldsmith


Chema Hernández

Don Hudson

Mark Alor Powell

 

Justin Vogel


Laurent Filoche



Andy Kochanowski

Kate Kirkwood


Justin Vogel

Jack Simon


Andrew Christanto

Kate Kirkwood

Shin Noguchi

Chuck Patch

Crucifix
John Goldsmith


Costas Lycavittos

Don Hudson

Kate Kirkwood

Paolo Rabuffi

Ian Grivois

Camilo Delgado Castilla

London Zoo
David Solomons


Anastasia Rudenco


Regina van der Kloet


Ed Peters



James NYC


diadà

Zisis Kardianos

Nils Jorgensen


Justin Vogel


Isa Marcelli

Luca De Marchi


Untitled
chris moxey


Untitled
Lukas Vasilikos


Untitled
Andreas Paradise


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