The wonderful exhibition catalogue to Qu’est-ce que la photographie?, currently on display at the new photography gallery of the Centre Pompidou, opens with the covers of a few books which have, in one way or another, posed the same question. This shows that the question is hardly a new one. The reference-filled texts by the exhibition curators, Clément Chéroux and Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, put the issue into context: the history of photography, the theoretical and philosophical debate, the Centre Pompidou’s collection (from which the images on display were taken), the different approaches the question can lead to, and so on. While they may not solve the question, they offer a variety of practical answers through the work of various photographers.
Read the full article on the French version of L’Oeil de la Photographie.
BOOK
Qu’est-ce que la photographie ?
Clément Chéroux & Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska
Éditions du Centre Pompidou / Éditions Xavier Barral
19 x 24 cm
80 pages
80 photographs
39 euros
EVENT
Meeting with Clément Chéroux & Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska
On April 8th, 2015 at 7pm
La librairie Le 29
29 Rue des Récollets
75010 Paris
France
