Beijing China, 1965. © Marc Riboud.

Throughout time, many Western photographers have been fascinated with photographing Eastern culture. French photographer Marc Riboud is no exception. The former Magnum photographer has been training his lens on cultures around the world during his travels throughout the past six decades. An exhibition of his work, which opened January 13 in Dubai, features 27 images from his travel portfolio taken between the western border of the “Far East,” Morocco, and the eastern border, China. The exhibition is on display at The Empty Quarter gallery through February 13.

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© Lalla Essaydi/Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

“Harem,” a new exhibition of work by photographer Lalla Essaydi, opens today at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York City. Essaydi took the series of photos in a former harem in Morocco. She usually swathed the women she photographed in robes that echo the patterns in the harem’s traditional decorative tile. (more…)