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           Carreaux        
 
        
          
    
        
           Turn of the century tile and mosaic samples from the Societe Generale de Carrelages in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Slimane        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hedi Slimane was the creative director for Dior Homme. He is currently creative director for Saint L...        
 
       
    
       
           Small Buildings        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Eric Tabuchi, born 1959, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           The end of history - La fin de l´histoire        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Belief in progress is irresistible. In flattering the eye it blinds us. Standing in the middle of t...        
 
       
    
       
           Tamara        
 
        
          
    
        
           Tamara de Lempicka (1898 – 1980) was a Polish Art Deco painter. She was the most fashionable portr...        
 
       
    
       
           Blast        
 
        
          
    
        
           Naoya Hatakeyama was born in 1958 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Hatakeyama, a student of Kiyoji Otsuji...        
 
       
    
       
           Royère        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jean Royère  (1902-1981) worked in the import-export business before working for cabinetmaker Pierr...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Conformity        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...        
 
       
    
       
           Uncanny Bodies        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...        
 
       
    
       
           Trees in Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.        
 
       
    
       
           Woman. Black. White.        
 
        
          
    
        
           Black and white photos of charismatic women.        
 
       
    
       
           Alain Georges Frank Jacquet        
 
        
          
    
        
           Alain Georges Frank Jacquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1939. After studying drama at the Unive...        
 
       
    
       
           Télémaque        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hervé Télémaque naît à Port-au-Prince, le 5 novembre 1937. En 1957, il quitte Haïti pour New Y...        
 
       
    
       
           Observatoires        
 
        
          
    
        
           Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...        
 
       
    
       
           A+A Cooren        
 
        
          
    
        
           A+A Cooren is a Paris-based French-Japanese design studio founded in 1999 and run by husband and wif...        
 
       
    
       
           Nauru        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...        
 
       
    
       
           SCHNAPPVIECHER        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger  encountered during his two-yea...        
 
       
    
       
           Serge Mouille        
 
        
          
    
        
           Serge Mouille (1922-1988) studied under Gilbert Lacroix at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris. ...        
 
       
    
       
           Damien Coupeté images        
 
        
          
    
        
           paintings        
 
       
    
       
           Animated Self-Portrait        
 
        
          
    
        
           A fun .gif avatar experiment        
 
       
    
       
           Pascal Häusermann        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pascal Häusermann was  born 19th of November 1936 in Biel, Switzerland. He studied at the School of...        
 
       
    
       
           Janine Abraham & Dirk Jan Rol        
 
        
          
    
        
           Janine Abraham took classes at the Ecole Camondo, trained at Jean-René and Maxime Old Caillette, an...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Orange mecanique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL  ...        
 
       
    
       
           Excentrique/Beware        
 
        
          
    
        
           Daniel Buren : Excentrique, work in situ, Grand Palais, Paris, 2012. Text: Daniel Buren, excerpts fr...        
 
       
    
       
           André Bloc - Sculptures Habitacles        
 
        
          
    
        
           From 1962 to 1966, André Bloc created his habitable sculptures. This work marks the evolution of th...        
 
       
    
       
           "I’m an outsider"        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...        
 
       
    
       
           Spacecraft        
 
        
          
    
        
           Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...        
 
       
    
       
           Josef Sudek        
 
        
          
    
        
           Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mirrors        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...        
 
       
    
       
           Charles Negre        
 
        
          
    
        
           Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           L´Imparfaite by VLF        
 
        
          
    
        
           VLF studio is Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Life Is Electric. Philippe Weisbecker        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in 1942, Weisbecker studied interior design in Paris. By 1968 he moved to New York. First worki...        
 
       
    
       
           Domestique        
 
        
          
    
        
           Face à une appropriation sous contrôle et une perte progressive des mécanismes d'interaction entr...        
 
       
    
       
           Voiture        
 
        
          
    
        
           C´est un travail sur l´expérience et l´émotion du passager dans une voiture d´un futur proche,...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           Iraq        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           The Other Side        
 
        
          
    
        
           There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...        
 
       
    
       
           France 1661        
 
        
          
    
        
           Views of Renaissance France by Kasper Merian, 1655-1661        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           Hello Winter        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           UN_NATURAL BESTIARY        
 
        
          
    
        
           In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...        
 
       
    
       
           ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN        
 
        
          
    
        
           I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...        
 
       
    
       
           Behind the walls        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Lo Zuavo Scomparso        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...        
 
       
    
       
           Technological Exaptation        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...        
 
       
    
       
           Faces of the 21st century        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images by Thomas Mailaender. 
« Mailaender’s forum and sphere of operations is less the art worl...        
 
       
    
       
           Faces of the 17th century        
 
        
          
    
        
           17th century Dutch portraits from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.        
 
       
    
       
           Parisian Still Lifes        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Volkswagen Jetta        
 
        
          
    
        
           Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...        
 
       
    
       
           Inside is Out - Outside is In        
 
        
          
    
        
           photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.        
 
       
    
       
           Aeronauts        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...        
 
       
    
       
           Ramona Rosales Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.        
 
       
    
       
           Memory & Form        
 
        
          
    
        
           Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...        
 
       
    
       
           Low Tech        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...        
 
       
    
       
           Naturoscopie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Habité par un héritage de l’art nouveau, Noé Duchaufour Lawrance s’appuie non seulement sur l...        
 
       
    
       
           White Rooms        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...        
 
       
    
       
           Dominik Tarabanski        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.        
 
       
    
       
           Zigzag Castle        
 
        
          
    
        
           Felice Varini was born 1952 in Locarno. He lives in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           New York by Louis Faurer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Louis Faurer (1916 –  2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...        
 
       
    
       
           The Long River        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nadav Kander came to China several times in 2005 to 2007, visited 186 cities and traveled along the ...        
 
       
    
       
           Football  and architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           In Brazil, a country of 200 million people, the lack of housing is estimated at 5.2 million homes, 1...        
 
       
    
       
           Passage        
 
        
          
    
        
           The crossing of the Mediterranean Sea is a particularly deadly stage of the path of migrants to Euro...        
 
       
    
       
           Things As They Are        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...        
 
       
    
       
           Evol        
 
        
          
    
        
           Tableware "Evol" by Patrick Jouin. Many of his creations are in the permanent collections of museums...        
 
       
    
       
           It Must Be Beautiful        
 
        
          
    
        
           Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...        
 
       
    
       
           Seventies Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           Beautiful black and white portraits from the seventies.        
 
       
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 Night Stories        
 
        
  
 (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014        
      
        
       
 
 Choreography of pictorial fetishes        
 
        
  
 Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...        
      
        
       
 
 PINTAORA        
 
        
  
 Painting        
      
        
       
 
 Bus station        
 
        
  
 Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.        
      
        
       
 
 Twenty Twentyone        
 
        
  
 Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.        
      
        
       
 
 Parallel Universe        
 
        
  
 Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 Paris        
 
        
  
 Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Street Life        
 
        
  
 Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi        
      
        
       
 
 Energy        
 
        
  
 Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.        
      
        
       
 
 Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones        
 
        
  
 Digital photography and manipulation on paper.        
      
        
       
 
 Dawson        
 
        
  
 Yukon Territory, Canada        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Hoi An        
 
        
  
 Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...        
      
        
       
 
 worlds of planet earth        
 
        
  
 A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018        
      
        
       
 
 Painted by Time        
 
        
  
 Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...        
      
        
       
 
 Charles Tassin        
 
        
  
 Interior designer Charles Tassin has developed a very personal approach to decoration. Merging the s...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil: This was 2017        
 
        
  
 The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...        
      
        
       
 
 Wayne Sorce:  Urban Color        
 
        
  
 "Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...        
      
        
       
 
 Maurice Binder        
 
        
  
 Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including th...        
      
        
       
 
 Le Drugstore Brand Identity        
 
        
  
 Design&Practice designed the brand identity for the newly opened restaurant "Le Drugstore," with int...        
      
        
       
 
 The wall        
 
        
  
 photography and theoretical  project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank        
      
        
       
 
 Swiernalis        
 
        
  
 Polish alternative musician Swiernalis        
      
        
       
 
 The Menu        
 
        
  
 The food menu as we know it today is an invention of the 19th century. Traditionally, during a meal ...        
      
        
       
 
 American Food        
 
        
  
 Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...        
      
        
       
 
 Books of Memory: Gianpaolo Pagni        
 
        
  
 Gianpaolo Pagni creates unique, printed, painted or stamped books. His work focuses around memory an...        
      
        
       
 
 Franz De Lacroix        
 
        
  
 Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska        
      
        
       
 
 Jean Lurçat        
 
        
  
 Jean Lurcat, painter, poet and ceramicist, great renovator of contemporary French tapestry, produced...        
      
        
       
 
 Struth: Nature & Politics        
 
        
  
 Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...        
      
        
       
 
 Eric Giraudet de Boudemange        
 
        
  
 Eric Giraudet de Boudemange (1983) graduated in 2007 from the National School of Fine Arts in Paris ...        
      
        
       
 
 Une Cité Industrielle by Tony Garnier        
 
        
  
 Tony Garnier designed the plans of an ideal city during his stay at the Villa Médicis from 1899 to ...        
      
        
       
 
 Obsolete Distinction        
 
        
  
 In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...        
      
        
       
 
 L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA        
 
        
  
 On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...        
      
        
       
 
 Francois Morellet 1926 - 2016        
 
        
  
 Since he first began making work in the 1950s, Morellet has been engaged in creating work which has ...        
      
        
       
 
 Design & Politics        
 
        
  
 Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...        
      
        
       
 
 Xavier Antin: Printing at Home        
 
        
  
 A printer manual to disturb and disrupt the printing process.
Xavier Antin, born in 1981, lives and ...        
      
        
       
 
 Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
  
 "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
      
        
       
 
 Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory        
 
        
  
 Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...        
      
        
       
 
 Toshio Onda        
 
        
  
 Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...        
      
        
       
 
 Jean-Jaques Lequeu        
 
        
  
 Jean-Jacques Lequeu  (1757-1825) worked as a draughtsman at Rouen, and from 1779 in Paris at the Cad...        
      
        
       
 
 Rayan Ayash        
 
        
  
 Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
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