I first met Paul fifty years ago and I have already known him for four lifetimes.
The first was as the flamboyant music columnist, the iconic critic of Rock & Falk who made us discover all the emerging music of those crazy years, the sixties and the seventies.
Following that, as artistic director of the mythical Palace: at the time of memorable evenings when the great names of soul, pop, disco appeared there.
Then together, we shared the role of editor-in-chief of Match International, an adventure, slightly crazy that combined for a time the Filipacchi and Time-Life groups.
Finally, at the beginning of the 90s, he devoted himself almost exclusively to photography. His photos illustrate the travel articles of his inseparable companion, Marjorie, with whom he has criss-crossed the world.
So he fell in love with this new means of expression. And we discovered that Paul was not just a photo-reporter or a photojournalist any more, but a travel photographer who, beyond the beauty of the world and its people, uses an original style with tenderness and humour, to capture, above all, emotions: his own.
So, about these “Solitudes”… He has successfully travelled from words to images.
This Exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Marjorie Alessandrini who left two years ago for a long journey from which there is no return. She was a marvelous companion.
EXHIBITION
Solitudes
Paul Alessandrini
Jola Sidi Gallery
80 rue des Gravilliers
75003 Paris
France
T: 00 33 1 40 27 04 04
Tuesday – Saturday 2pm – 7pm and by appointment.
[email protected]
http://www.jolasidi.com
