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"Intimate Exposures" of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe
10/05/2012 - CULTURE

"Intimate Exposures" of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe

In today’s show fifty years since the icon's death, we look at rarely seen photos showing her transformation from Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe. Also on the show singing anthems for the continent's debt crisis, the Swedish veterans Europe talk about their new album 'Bag of Bones.'
Burton and Depp bite back!
08/05/2012 - CULTURE

Burton and Depp bite back!

In today’s show, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp vamp it up in the "Dark Shadows" remake. Also on the programme, we discover the best press photos in the world. Finally, Eve Jackson takes a walk on the Wilde side with one of the pioneers of the electronic jazz movement, the philosophical Laurent de Wilde.
Greetings from Pyongyang
27/04/2012 - MEDIAWATCH

Greetings from Pyongyang

Dominique Strauss-Kahn makes a comeback in the headlines, as he says Sarkozy's camp is responsible for his downfall. We also take a look at a social network for terrorists, and a set of holiday photos from North Korea - with a retro twist.
A life in pictures
26/04/2012 - MEDIAWATCH

A life in pictures

We take a look at the "dangerous man" on The Economist's front cover, as well as a US marine discharged for criticising Obama on Facebook. Finally, 0 to 12 in less than three minutes: a photographer father captures his daughter's young life, in one short video.
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.
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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