“Each portrait is a short story.”
So claims the preface of this new book, the culmination of six years of work on a much-coveted theme.
Baudouin, a well-known portrait photographer in the French media, must have walked through many doors before arriving at this selection. From Sonia, a student posing like Napoleon in her classically decorated apartment, to Vyva, a woman from another generation, sitting on a tiger’s head, these are the 75 women Baudouin reveals with his square-format 6×6 camera, the modern Parisian women. In each of these images, we delight watching, noticing, analyzing, comparing and exclaiming. The poses taken by the subjects are consistent with the photographer’s madness. For Baudouin, the Parisian woman isn’t fixed in time; she expresses herself and lives through the ages. In the end it’s the sequence of all these visions that makes this book a pure snapshot of life.
Clémentine de la Féronnière
Born in Reims, France, in 1977, Baudouin is a freelance interior photographer who works mainly for French magazines. With his trusty Hasselblad film camera, Baudouin shoots his subjects in their own environment, with the lighting and composition giving the images a theatrical effect. He positions himself as an offbeat observer, revealing a ton of details that say almost as much as facial expression.
Book
75 Parisiennes, Baudouin
Text by Jean-Baptiste Gendarme
English, French, Dutch
168 pages, 26 x 27 cm
36 euros
Book Signing
Saturday, October 20th – 4pm – 6pm
Au Bon Marché
24 Rue de Sèvres
75007 Paris – France
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Exhibition
75 Parisiennes, Baudouin
From November 8th to December 1st, 2012
Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière
51, rue Saint-Louis-en-l’île (2e cour)
75004 Paris – France
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 9am – And by appointement
