On the occasion of the release in bookstores of the monograph entitled “PARIS”, published by Five Continents Editions (Milan), a personal exhibition of several of the photographs reproduced in the book, will take place at Galerie Arnoux, which will present a never-before-seen selection from the Paris series, which has already been partly exhibited at Galerie MC2 in 2016 (Brussels), as part of the Grand Prix Photo de Saint-Tropez in 2019 and at Studio Harcourt Paris in 2022.
Paris, a photographic book with the city as its theme, takes an abstract approach to depicting the city, while retaining a direct relationship with reality. It is part of the tradition of modernist photography, but it distinguishes itself by the perfect appearance of digitally retouched images.
Shadows play a key role in simplifying reality, dissociating locations from their classical visual representation. The economy of form thus created enables the depiction of Paris to be radically transformed, going beyond the customary descriptive task of photography.
At first glance, the viewer perceives the overall contrast of the image, with only the light lines standing out against the shadows. As the eye gradually adapts, the details in the shadows become apparent, introducing a second way of reading the photograph and enriching the way it is perceived. Paris is thus viewed anew, moving from shadow to abstraction.
The photographs were taken with a medium-format digital camera. Text in English and French.
The book is prefaced by Aurore Clément, she met Bruno Sassarone at one of his Paris exhibitions and kindly agreed to preface his book on Paris, as a token of her friendship and interest in his work.
Aurore Clément is a French film and theatre actress. She was discovered by Louis Malle and has posed throughout her career for some of the world’s leading photographers, such as Peter Lindbergh, Richard Avedon and David Bailey.
Bruno Sassarone
Bruno Sassarone, born in 1975, lives and works in Paris. He holds a master’s degree in law, but interrupted his legal career after winning PHOTO magazine’s 2005 Canon Prize and the Front Cover Prize of the January/February 2006 issue. Since 2008, his work has been exhibited in galleries in Paris and Brussels.
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- Galerie Arnoux
- Opening on November 14, 2025
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Galerie Arnoux
27 rue Guénégaud 75006 Paris
November 12, 2025 to November 22, 2025
