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Election day tweeting is a risky business
17/04/2012 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

Election day tweeting is a risky business

Is a Tweet a private message or a public posting? If it's the latter, social media users could face huge fines if they break the 8 pm embargo law on predicting the French election results this Sunday. Next, a year after 63 refugees from Africa died in a stranded boat off the Libyan coast, four survivors are accusing the French army of having abandoned them. Finally, an exhibit of Doisneau's iconic photographs offers a glimpse into the capital's past.
HELMUT NEWTON
05/04/2012 - FASHION

HELMUT NEWTON

The Grand Palais in Paris welcomes its first Helmut Newton retrospective
Paris show looks back at Helmut Newton's 'Porno Chic'
28/03/2012 - ART

Paris show looks back at Helmut Newton's 'Porno Chic'

Dubbed “Porno Chic”, Helmut Newton’s work dealt with provocative themes such as sexuality and feminism. Paris’s Grand Palais brings together hundreds of Newton prints in the city’s first retrospective of the late photographer's revolutionary work.
Dylan show captures cult star in the making
05/03/2012 - CULTURE

Dylan show captures cult star in the making

An exhibition that opens this week at the Cité de la Musique in Paris will showcase rare pictures taken at a seminal time in Bob Dylan's career when the young folk singer was moving into rock.
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Mani: a photographer in the firing line
20/02/2012 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Mani: a photographer in the firing line

He has brought us some of the best and most disturbing pictures of the Syrian uprising. Photojournalist Mani meets with France 24's reporters. Next, in Yemen, it’s election time but separatists in the south are sitting this one out. They want to break away from the rest of the country instead. Finally, we discover the martial art of ninjutsu, which is gaining a cult following in Iran.
Arab Spring picture wins World Press Photo Award
10/02/2012 - PHOTOGRAPHY

Arab Spring picture wins World Press Photo Award

Spanish freelance photographer Samuel Aranda won the World Press Photo Award for his portrait of a woman in Yemen cradling a wounded relative (pictured). The photo, which ran in the New York Times, came to symbolise the Arab Spring.
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Marlon Roudette conquers Europe
08/02/2012 - CULTURE

Marlon Roudette conquers Europe

Marlon Roudette’s hitting number 1 around Europe with his catchy hit "New Age." On today’s show, he tells us about what has influenced his laid-back sound, and why Lana Del Rey is high on his collaboration hit list. We’re also checking out Cold War spy thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", and peeking into Queen Elizabeth II’s family photo album thanks to a new exhibition.
Philippe Ramette: art with a twist
06/02/2012 - CULTURE

Philippe Ramette: art with a twist

French artist Philippe Ramette's gravity defying perspective on the world is celebrated at Galerie Xippas' new exhibition in Paris. His series of offbeat photographs, drawings and sculptures present us with surprising points of view. Then for something rather decadent; vanity, celebrity and politics are exposed at the Yvon Lambert gallery's new exhibition, "La décandence."
Through the lens of Dominique Issermann
03/02/2012 - CULTURE

Through the lens of Dominique Issermann

We meet Dominique Issermann, photographer to the stars, to talk about her beautiful images of the supermodel Laetitia Casta. Also on the show, "EuroCrash! The Musical", the show that's getting laughs despite the sinking economy, and great expectations for Charles Dickens' bicentenary.
Gareth Pugh: avant-garde made in Britain
20/01/2012 - CULTURE

Gareth Pugh: avant-garde made in Britain

In today’s show: he’s dressed Kylie, Marilyn Manson and Beyoncé - Britain's most exciting fashion designer, Gareth Pugh, talks to Eve Jackson. Also more on Jean Dujardin, the French hottie tipped for an Oscar and Weegee, the photographer who made blood and guts an art form.
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