This exhibition brings together black and white masterpieces from the photographic collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Nadar, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Willy Ronis, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus, Mario Giacomelli, Robert Frank, William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Valérie Belin… The big names in French and international photography are brought together in a journey that presents around 300 prints and embraces 150 years of history of black and white photography, from its origins in the 19th century to contemporary creation.
Curators :
Sylvie Aubenas, director of the Prints and Photography department, BnF
Héloïse Conésa, head of the photography department, responsible for contemporary photography at the Department of Prints and Photography, BnF
Flora Triebel, curator in charge of 19th century photography at the Department of Prints and Photography, BnF
Dominique Versavel, curator in charge of modern photography at the Department of Prints and Photography, BnF
Black & White
An aesthetic of photography
October 17, 2023 – January 21, 202417 octobre 2023 – 21 janvier 2024
BnF I François-Mitterrand
Gallery 2
Quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13th
www.bnf.fr
