For its seventh edition, the Photomed festival has taken on a new dimension. Four places in Marseille: the Friche la Belle de Mai, the Mucem, the Villa Méditerranée and the FRAC, are added to Sanary-sur-Mer, the Île de Bendor and the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon.
With more than twenty exhibitions, mainly by contemporary artists, the programme for this festival offers multiple visions of the Mediterranean. “This year, the photographers invite us on a journey and through their poetic and documentary stories, encourage the viewers to question themselves about the great questions that drive our times, particularly about our connections with others and those around us. […] During the last seven years, we haven’t deviated from our original ambition to contribute to the awakening of the curiosity of the public, helping them discover the wealth of the creation of Mediterranean photographers who bring out the values, landscapes and ways of life that we share. The public gives us evidence of its support by its presence and its enthusiastic returns”, the Festival Photomed organisers explained.
Exhibition Programme
In Sanary-sur-Mer from 18th May to 11th June 2017:
– Hélène David Noces ou les confins sauvages
– Flore, Une femme française en Orient
– Michaël Duperrin, Out of the blue
– Gérard Rondeau, Entre silence et ombre
– Hans Silvester, Le pain des femmes
On the Île de Bendor from 18th May to 11th June 2017:
– Sophie Zénon, Sicile. Au-dessous du Volcan Salle Patmos
In Toulon :
– Bernard Plossu, L’Heure immobile. Métaphysique Méditerranéenne at Hôtel des Arts from 20th May to 18th June
– Zineb Sedira, La maison de ma mère, Le Liberté from 19th May to 27th July
