The Bernard Dulon Gallery, in Paris’s sixth district is hosting a photographic exhibition by the French photographer Léon Herschtritt from November 3rd to December 2nd 2017. Representing the humanistic photographic stream, Léon Herschtritt is famous for having been the youngest recipient of the Niépce Prize in 1960 when he was just twenty-four years old. He travelled the world, particularly Africa, his camera in hand. Then, in the 1970s, the man abandoned his photographic passion to open a small bistro in Montmartre; however he retained a tenacious passion for photography.
This is why the exhibition that the Bernard Dulon Gallery has devoted to him is divided into two parts, the first devoted to his work and the other to his own collection of photographs. The whole revolves around Africa, which he criss-crossed in the 1960s. Appearing in his images are Chad, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Congo, images that were shown at the Museum of Mankind in 1964.
The second part devoted to famous African photographers he was close to, among them Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita, In brief, here is an interesting photographic panorama that brings humanity to the fore through portraits and scenes from daily life and shows the wealth of the African continent and its evolution since the independence of the francophone countries. Each photographer reveals his truth, his vision and brings a benevolent view of the human race. Between tradition and modernity, these images bear witness to a dialogue between ancestral customs and a society’s willingness to go forward towards new horizons.
Léon Herschtritt, Afrique Humaniste
From 3rd November to 2nd December 2017
Galerie Bernard Dulon
10 Rue Jacques Callot
75006 Paris
France
