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I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since my (first) trip to Paris, so this post is a bit overdue. I attended the 16th edition of the Paris Photo exhibition on November 14, courtesy of Berlin's C/O Gallery and Lufthansa.

The fair was set inside the beautiful Grand Palais, and there was an incredible amount of works to see, to be honest, almost too much to try to take in in one day. Below are some things I saw, liked, and wished I owned.

Always nice to see some master originals in person:

Sarah Moon, For the NYT, 1997. Original Polaroids, (10,000 euro), Camera Obscura, Paris

Paolo Poversi, Saskia, Paris, Platinum Print, 2012, Pace Mcgill Gallery

Paolo Poversi


(L) Irving Penn, Woman in Black Turtleneck, 1951, silver gelatin print 55,000 euro. (R) Irving Penn, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, 1949, vintage print, 55,000 euro, both Robert Klein Gallery

Stephen Shore, Top (L) E. Walnut Street, Roswell1974, (R) West 15 Street, Cincinatti, Bottom (L) !!!! Main Street, Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, 1974 !!!!! (R) Moore Haven, Florida, all c-prints, Conrads Düsseldorf.

William Eggleston

(L) , (R) Walker Evans, Alabama Tenant Farmer's Wife, 1936, silver gelatin print, Edwynn Houk Gallery

Exhibition by the wonderful duo of Hilla and Bernd Becher, featuring various prints.

Great black & white work by famous masters and some lesser known photographers:

Josef Koudelka, Romania 1968, silver gelatin print, signed.

Vlatka Horvat, With Sky on their Shoulders 2, 2011, cut photographs on cardboard, Gallery Taik

(L) Edward Weston, Nude Study III, 1925, vintage silver print, 25,000 euro, (R) August Sander, Two Boxers, 1929, silver gelatin print, both Galerie Johannes Faber

(L) Miroslav Tichy, Two Women Talking, 1970s, vinatge silver print, 6,300 euro (R) Erwin Blumenfeld, Teddy Thurman, 1948, vintage silver print, 28,000 euro, both at Galerie Johannes Faber

Rudolf Koppitz, (L) Two Brothers, 1928, vintage pigment print, 16,000 euro, (R) Movement Study, 1925, vintage silver print, 145,000 euro, both Galerie Johannes Faber.

Above: Amazing work by a photographer Rudolf Koppitz, unknown to me, but obviously popular with collectors :)

I love the print by on the right below. A copy of it used to hang on my fridge years ago, the face in it is so shockingly similar to mine... I'd love to own it one day.

(L) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Millitary Appraisal at Moscow Trolley Stop, 1954, silver gelatin print, (R) Susan Derges, Observer and the observed, 1991, silver gelatin print at Purdy Hicks Gallery

Best deal at the show, as far as I'm concerned...

(L) Vivian Maier, Self-portrait, 1955, silver gelatin print, printed in 2011, 1,900 euro - sold, (R) Vivian Maier, Girl Wading in Lake Michigan, 1968, silver gelatin, printed in 2012, 1,400 euro - sold, both at Steven Kasher Gallery

Some nice contemporary work in color:

Robert Polidori, Marat Rez de Chausee, 1985, fuji color archive print, Edwynn Houk Gallery

Michal Chelbin, Fyodor, Sentenced for Theft, 2010, c-print, 6,000 euro, Andrea Meislin Gallery

Ilit Azoulay, Room #8, 2011, archival pigment print, 18,000 euro, Andrea Meislin Gallery

Jessica Eaton, 2011-2012,archival pigment prints, M+B Gallery

It was nice to see Canadian photographer, and Jeff's highschool mate, Jessica Eaton at the show!

Hendrik Kerstens, Hairnet, 2000 & Aluminum, 2012, both pigment prints, Danziger Gallery

(L)Rinko Kawauchi, Untitled, California Series, 2012, archival pigment print (R) Rinko Kawauchi, 2004, c-print

(L) Wassink Lundren, Empty Bottles no. 24, c-print, 2007 (R) Evelyn Hoffer, Queensboro Bridge, 1964, dye transfer print

Erwin Wurm, Claudia Schifer, c-print, 2009, at Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

There was also a book fair:

Some beautiful book design at Mack, London

Apparently this is the last copy of Viviane Sassen's Flamboya book, being offered here for 500 euro. So glad I got mine years ago from Amazon.

Paris Photo was an amazing experience, I can't wait to go back.

We've been posting inspirational work from our favourite photographers every month for almost 3 years now, and they are the most popular entries on our blog.

I wanted to show some new work from the top three, starting with the most popular, the legendary Sarah Moon.

A beautiful example of what Sarah Moon does best, for 10 Magazine, Autumn 2012

For 10 Magazine, Spring 2012

Grey Magazine, Spring/Summer 2011

Another Magazine, Winter 2012/2013

Vogue Turkey, March 2012

All photographs by Sarah moon.

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New work from the amazingly talented Cédric Buchet.
I don't know if it's even possible to take a bad photograph of Guinevere van Seenus, but Cédric makes her look amazing for 10 Magazine's F/W 2012 issue.

And here they worked together again for M Magazine, 2012.

A simple but striking jewelry story.

Vogue Japan, December 2012. Cute!

All photographs by Cédric Buchet.

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Kacper Kasprzyk is one of my favourite young photographers, and has been doing consistently innovative work.

Really great work for V Magazine's #78 issue, featuring a really great group of new models.

Dazed & Confused, July 2012

Harper's Baazar, August 2012

i-D Magazine, Spring 2012

Dazed & Confused, Spring 2012, with the beautiful Querelle Jansen.

All photographs by Kacper Kasprzyk.

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And finally, new work from one of the best new fashion photographers working today, and a huge personal inspiration, Viviane Sassen. She has a retrospective of 17 years of her photography entitled "In and Out of Fashion", currently showing at Huis Marseille Museum of Photography in Amsterdam. I hope I get a chance to attend!

Acne Paper Spring 2012