According to the Romanian philosopher Cioran, Dor, the Romanian word for “nostalgia,” refers to a kind of melancholy similar to the famously untranslatable concept of saudade, a deep longing for…
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This series was taken during a long photographic journey through South America that Damien Guillaume took between March and September 2011. It is being exhibited here for the first time…
From town to town with a bag slung over his shoulder, Christopher Héry found his subjects by walking without any particular direction. He only takes pictures with his model’s permission,…
From July 2007 to August 2011, I traveled several times to Japan. I had long been fascinated with the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun. Throughout these travels,…
What remains from the photographer’s passage along this road between Bamako and Zegoua? Nothing much. Harold does not take pictures, They escape him. Only dust remains. A few waves of…
The subject of this series is the city. Its location is not important because its identity is not at stake, only the singular possibilities of dérive that it offers. Guy…
The path taken by Thibault de Puyfontaine is like that of a moth drawn to light and neon bulbs. The first stage of “Late Colors” led him to Egypt and…
Kristine Thiemann’s photography is rooted in the personal stories of the people she meets. With humor, tenderness and a critical eye, she creates fictive group situations, offering us off-kilter…
Baptiste de Ville d’Avray’s photography is both artistic and documentary. It focuses on the areas that surround us and the men who live there. Baptiste uses a color palette to…