Nathalie Dassa

Paris

Founder and Editor-in-Chief at CineChronicle

Freelance Journalist at Blind Magazine

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Articles

Julian Lennon, la photographie comme instants sacrés — Blind Magazine

1 week ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

« Si l’art est indéniablement subjectif, la photographie offre un lien direct avec l’âme. Pas d’intermédiaire, pas d’interférence. Ce que vous voyez est ce que vous obtenez… » C’est avec ces mots dans l’introduction de Life’s Fragile Moments(teNeues Verlag, 2024) que Julian Lennon résume sans doute le mieux son amour pour le médium.
Julian Lennon, Photography as Sacred Moments — Blind Magazine

1 week ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

“While art is undeniably subjective, photography offers a direct connection to the soul. No intermediary, no interference. What you see is what you get…” These are the words in the introduction to Life’s Fragile Moments(teNeues Verlag, 2024) that Julian Lennon perhaps best sums up his love for the medium.
Yorgos Lanthimos: From Cinema to Photography — Blind Magazine

1 month ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

In just over 20 years, Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as a whimsical and radical filmmaker exploring the human condition. With 10 feature films to his credit, his cinema has skillfully combined the absurd, romance, dystopian fable, social satire, tragicomic vice, intimate drama, surreal phantasmagoria… A reflective cocktail sprinkled with acerbic humor.
Richard Avedon: les forces vives de l’Ouest américain — Blind Magazine

1 month ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

En 1985 sortait In the American West. Quarante ans plus tard, le magnum opus de Richard Avedon (1923-2004) n’a rien perdu de sa force. Bien au contraire. Cette série ne cesse de dévoiler ce qu’elle ne montrait pas encore lors de sa toute première exposition, dont les retours critiques furent mitigés. Aujourd’hui, la Fondation Cartier-Bresson, avec la collaboration de la Richard Avedon Foundation et l’éditeur Harry N.
Richard Avedon: The Living Forces of the American West — Blind Magazine

1 month ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

In 1985, In the American West was released.Forty years later, Richard Avedon’s giant opushas lost none of its power. Quite the opposite. This series continues to reveal what it did not yet show at its very first exhibition, which received mixed critical reviews. Today, the Fondation Cartier-Bresson, in collaboration with the Richard Avedon Foundation and publisher Harry N. Adams, is bringing to light all the images from this long-out-of-print book, which is steeped in the history of photography.
Voyages photographiques à travers l’Amérique — Blind Magazine

2 months ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Esther Bubley, Emil Otto Hoppé… Les pionniers de la photographie s’invitent dans la nouvelle exposition du Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), sis au cœur de cette deuxième plus grande ville de l’État du Missouri. Le curateur Eric Lutz, conservateur associé des estampes, dessins et photographies de l’institution américaine, nous plonge ici dans l’esprit de la route, symbole intemporel de la culture américaine.
Photographic Journeys Across America — Blind Magazine

2 months ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Esther Bubley, Emil Otto Hoppé… The pioneers of photography feature in the new exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), located in the heart of the second-largest city in the state of Missouri. Curator Eric Lutz, associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the American institution, immerses us in the spirit of the road, a timeless symbol of American culture.
The Photographic Memory of Native America — Blind Magazine

2 months ago | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

“Native people instinctively know whether you love them or look down on them.
Denis Piel: "We Are Born Naked and We Die Naked" — Blind Magazine

Mar 18, 2025 | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

Denis Piel is among those photographers who quickly caught the eye of Alexander Liberman (1912–1999), one of the great art directors of Vogue magazine. In the late 1970s, this young man in his thirties – born in France and raised in Australia – was offered an exclusive contract by Condé Nast, a privilege reserved for only a select few, such as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon.
Irving Penn: Master Portraitist Between Light and Shadow — Blind Magazine

Jul 18, 2023 | blind-magazine.com | Nathalie Dassa

The Pinault Collection’s extramural exhibition at Dinard’s iconic Villa Les Roches Brunes, France, classified as a historical monument, is housed in a cinematic, even Hitchcockian, setting. This Belle Époque building, perched at the Pointe de la Malouine on the Emerald Coast, is an ideal venue where to breathe new life into the craft of Irving Penn (1917–2009).