Photography

Masai Mara … two words that evoke the senses and inspire bucket list dreams. It is a vast, magnificent and game-filled landscape in Kenya that has been frequented and made famous by intrepid explorers, royal families, A-list celebrities, wildlife photographers and award-winning filmmakers. It features prominently on wanderlust travellers’ wish lists and if you haven’t witnessed it yourself, then now is the time. In addition to these 10 bucket list things to do in the Masai Mara, we have some fantastic news that will make you want to visit even more!

Waking up covered completely with a fluffy, white duvet in a cosy, warm flat I groaned and pulled the cover over my face and tried to flick the alarm off with as little effort as possible. It was 7am and the phone case prevented stopping the alarm that penetrated my sleep and shot me into the waking world with little remorse. I had no excuse, I was supposed to be up to catch the best snow and enjoy whatever powder lines were still intact from the previous night’s snow.

It was a bitterly cold morning in the southern Bulgarian ski town of Bansko and the instant coffee on the balcony had chilled at an alarming pace. In the distance the vague plumes of steam could be seen coming from the figure of a muscular brown horse pulling a cart. On top of the cart was a man with a dark complexion holding the reigns loosely and bobbing up and down as the cart moved forward. The snow was thick with a slight crust on the surface as it had rained a little the previous night.

Helena Bonham Carter in a Glass Elevator, Karen Elson with a crocodile on her bed  and Boris Johnson sat on a girder at the Olympic Park are amongst the eye-catching juxtapositions on show at Manchester Art Gallery in the free exhibition Vogue 100: A Century of Style.

…visit the EAT ME! Exhibition (8th Nov 2013 – 7th Jan 2014)
If you are on a diet or trying to stay away from indulgence before Christmas then this exhibit is definitely one you want to attend with a full stomach. As a winner of the ‘Prix Gourmand’ and ‘Best Food Photographer’ award, it is no surprise that >frenchartstudio has decided to showcase highly regarded and distinguished photographer Jean Cazals solo exhibition.

 
On 31 October 2013 the double exhibition Helmut Newton: Paris-Berlin. Exhibition Grand Palais
2012 // Greg Gorman: Men will be opened at the Berlin-based Helmut Newton Foundation.
This retrospective exhibition had been shown at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2012; it was the first
comprehensive presentation of Newton’s work since his death in the French capital city where he lived
and worked since 1961 for two decades. The show includes more than 200 photographs in black &

Royal Ballet Dancer to release book of photographs revealing a unique insight into the Company and its dancers.
 
Royal Ballet dancer Andrej Uspenski’s passion for photography began as a child when he would spend hours in his father’s photographic studio. A love for photography flourished in parallel with his dancing career and over the last two years he has been taking photographs of Royal Ballet dancers in rehearsal and on stage.

The Armory Show New York 2013
and New York Arts Week
March 6 - 10
New York Arts Week opened Wednesday, March 6 and continued through March 10. 
Besides The Armory Show 10 satellite art fairs took place in New York during The New York Arts Week.
The Armory Show celebrated 100 years since its legendary show of 1913.
For the first time we saw a fair dedicated to contemporary Russian, Baltic, and East European Art – 
The Russian Pavilion NY.

There is a lot of talk in various newspapers about the Best Digital Cameras, claiming that they are for good amateurs or professionals when they are in fact point and click cameras.
There is nothing wrong with point and click cameras. In fact the technology and processing software has developed so much in the last decade that you could shoot both magazine editorial and for fine art purposes on an automatic camera and no one would be the wiser.