The two German artists, Alexander Rosenkranz and Florian Merdes, present a multimedia exploration of Tempelhofer Feld, the largest public space in the world. Located in the heart of Berlin, this former airport, built under the Nazi regime and later becoming a symbol of liberation, has since been transformed into an urban park. The photographers made this the subject of their artistic interpretation through tilted horizons and textures, creating unconventional visions.…
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The World A Wave is the theme for the second edition of Bristol Photo Festival, the international biennial of contemporary photography, which just open in autumn. The Festival programme focuses upon a world in constant motion; where the social, political and environmental conditions of shared life are always changing and becoming otherwise. We will publish en November three of their exhibitions : Ritual Inhabitual, Bandia Ribeira & Herbert Shergold. www.bristolphotofestival.org
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This image is by Peter Knapp. It is called: Ray of sun. It is part of the "Naked" collection published by Jannink editions. The "Naked" collection consists of lithographs, serigraphs, engravings and pigment prints. To date, it brings together the artists Valerio Adami, Pat Andrea, Arman, Larry Bell, Pol Bury, Mathieu Cherkit, Joël Ducorroy, Erró, Gloria Friedmann, Miralda, Jacques Monory, ORLAN, Pincemin, Joan Rabascall, Rancillac, Franck Scurti , Alain Séchas,…
Claudia Huidobro was a model, strong from this experience of the manufactured image, she questions the gaze on the idealized woman, through fifteen works whose primary matter are photographs from magazines. The “Merveilleuses” are photographs of pin-ups in lingerie, pages of men's magazines whose ink has been sanded off to make frescoes of women whose image disappears rubbed out. The “Tools” used by the “Wonderful Women” to make themselves beautiful…
There, where silence reigns Photography is my 'zone', where silence reigns, where time has stopped. When I photograph I go beyond the barbed wire, the guards' sentry box, the last light on the asphalt. When I photograph I become a stalker, I enter without realising it, into the zone of alienation, like in a fever I follow desire, I scrutinise chance, life, destiny. I immerse myself in the mystery, and…
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From September 12th to December 12th, as part of the Saison de la Lituanie, France is hosting more than 200 events highlighting the culture and history of Lithuania from both a heritage and contemporary perspective. The Eye of Photography discussed this major event with its curator, Virginija Vitkienė. Could you tell us about France and Lithuania’s historic cultural relationship? Lithuania and France have had centuries-long cultural and diplomatic relationship,…
In the context of the Lithuania Season in France, The Eye of Photography met with author and exhibition curator Sonia Voss, who has been interested in the Lithuanian photography scene for several years and is curating several events this fall. How did you become interested in Lithuanian photography? I came to Lithuanian photography through my background as a film enthusiast. I come from the film world, where I worked in film…
The Nicéphore Niépce Museum joins the celebration of Lithuanian culture. The exhibition "Benoît Henri Tyszkiewicz, Between Lithuania and France" sheds light on the little-known work of Count Tyszkiewicz, a pioneer of Lithuanian photography, whose rediscovery in 1993 is largely due to the museum of Chalon-sur-Saône. The Eye of Photohgraphy spoke with two of the three curators of this exhibition, Audrey Lebeault of the Niépce Museum and 19th-century Lithuanian photography historian,…
On the occasion of the Lithuanian Season, the Jeu de Paume unveils two recent series by photographer Gerda Paliušytė in an exhibition running until November 10. For her first exhibition in France, Gerda Paliušytė (born in 1987) brings two series into dialogue: Guys and Blue Flowers. Started a year apart, they were envisioned by the Lithuanian artist to be presented together as one single work. Both are an exploration…
As part of the Mulhouse Photography Biennale, curator Sonia Voss has envisioned a poetic dialogue between two artists, each exploring ecological issues in their own way: Lithuanian Andrej Polukord and French artist Léa Habourdin meet within the Chapelle Saint-Jean. Although the exhibition Monuments and Immortelles is held in a historic building in the center of Mulhouse, it is under the sign of Nida. This Lithuanian seaside town hosts an…
Every year, the Photaumnales festival showcases photographs from across the Hauts-de-France region. For this 21st edition, which runs from September 21st to December 31 2024, the theme is gourmet: ‘Festins! Photography at the table’. In addition to this theme, and to celebrate the Lithuanian Season in France 2024, the festival has decided to honour its long-standing partner, the Kaunas Photo festival. Part of the programme is devoted to Lithuanian heritage…
The Bibliothèque nationale de France holds the most important collection of Lithuanian photography outside the country today, a selection of which will be presented in the exhibition ‘The Forms of Things, The Forms of Skulls, Forms of Love’ at Paris Photo. The Eye of Photography spoke to Dominique Versavel, curator of modern photography at the Department of Prints and Photography, to find out more about the history of this incredible…
Jacques Henri Lartigue's L’épreuve de la couleur sheds light on a little-known part of the famous photographer's work: his fascination with stereoscopic Autochrome – one of the first color photography processes just introduced. The 90 preserved plates, produced from 1912 to 1928 then in 1946, are presented here for the first time in their entirety and in their original format. This process constitutes a formidable tool for exploration and renews…
The Biarritz Media Library offers us a retrospective of 30 years of images, linking the American photographer to the Basque Country. American teaching photographer, and member of the VU agency since 1993, Anne Rearick has developed documentary work close to her contemporaries, through a humanist perspective. It was on the occasion of the publication of the book Gure Bazterrak – Our landscapes – that the city of Biarritz decided to…
For the first time, the work of Jean Pierre Devals appeared a few years ago in Phot'Aubrac. We had published some of his documentary photographs of Sub-Saharan regions, among those of his fellow photographers with a documentary tendency. It is in a completely different register that images of Jean Pierre are hung in a very original gallery in Aveyron. The “Le Chant du Pain” gallery was the boutique of a…
Véronique Sablery with time by Jean-Paul Gavard-Perret Véronique Sablery transfigures here the desperate silences and muted voices in such a place. “Etats Dames” is a meeting with ladies. Not just any ones. And not just anywhere. Founded around 1060 by Mathilde of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and wife of William the Conqueror, the Abbaye aux Dames housed Benedictine nuns before becoming a barracks, a Hôtel-Dieu, a hospice then, restored, the…
Film can “reveal” some very nice surprises to us, witness these images from a virgin Kodak Plus x pan 125 ASA film that has expired since October 1974, which I decided to finally use this morning. This film, 620 small axis made at that time in France, I had to first of course in absolute darkness, rewind it on a 120 large axis reel in order to be able to…
Agence France-Presse (AFP) opened its first gallery dedicated to photography on September 12, with a unique exhibition dedicated to the liberation of Paris, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The Galerie AFP, located within the famous press agency, at 9 place de la Bourse, will present free exhibitions three times a year, with the aim of offering the public museum-quality events. With Paris 1944, une semaine en août,…
Ihiro Hamayi is the director of the T3 Photo Festival, who organizes the first photographic fair devoted to Asian photography this year. Dear Ihiro, tell us more about you and how you created the T3 Photo Festival Tokyo. To begin with, I wanted to be an artist myself, just like many curators. But I realized during university in San Diego (US) it wasn’t my path. I came back to Tokyo,…
Jeong Eun Kim is the artistic director of the first edition of T3 Photo Fair Asia. We discussed with her curating a fair and the promising years to come for this new fair dedicated to Asian photography. Dear Jeong Eun Kim, tell us more about yourself and how you’ve became the T3 Photo Fair Asia director. I started my career as a chief editor of the magazine IANN in…