We learned of the death of photographer Michel Medinger from the association Lët’z Arles. Here is their text.
One of Luxembourg’s greatest photographers, Michel Medinger, left us this week. It is with great sadness that we learned of his death from his daughters, Isabelle and Véronique.
Born in 1941 in Luxembourg, Michel Medinger first developed a passion for painting before devoting himself to photography from the 1960s. Exhibited in Europe, the United States, China and Japan, his photographs are part of private and public collections, both Luxembourgish and international. In Luxembourg, his works have been regularly presented at the Galerie Clairefontaine as well as at the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), notably during the major retrospective Les univers photographiques de Michel Medinger and in the eponymous book dedicated to him in 2018.
Michel Medinger has left a deep mark on photography with his talent, his unique perspective and his offbeat humour.
Winner of the Luxembourg Photography Award 2024, he was selected by an international jury to exhibit his work at the 55th edition of the Rencontres d’Arles. His exhibition, Michel Medinger, L’ordre des choses, presented at the Chapelle de la Charité, attracted more than 40,000 visitors, achieving resounding success.
In 2024, the Luxembourg general public was also able to (re)discover his photographs at the Parc de Merl and at the Hamm hospice, through two exhibitions which gave pride of place to his career as an accomplished athlete and recalled his exceptional participation in the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964.
Last year, as an extension of the various exhibitions that honored him and the publication of the book Lord of Things, the CNA began a new phase of acquiring the artist’s photographs in order to enrich its collections. These new acquisitions will join the traveling Arlesian exhibition at the CNA next fall. This new project, as well as the Michel Medinger – Vanitas exhibition that will be presented at the Villa Vauban in the spring, will be an even more vibrant tributes to this extraordinary artist!
Lët’z Arles and the CNA join forces to convey their most sincere thoughts to the artist’s daughters, his family and his companions, who had the privilege of being around his imagination and affection.
