Philippe Lopparelli offers a close-up study of the electronic generation yet chooses not cover the phenomenon in an “objective” manner, instead prefering to weave personal connexions. He spent ten years roaming across Europe to learn more about this generation and its ideals. His project emerged as society was undergoing major change, marked by a radical transformation of communication channels, the birth of the internet and an array of electronic devices. There was a desire to take on the world with a headful of dreams, going against the tide of the Dow Jones or CAC40, spurning the ambient individualism. This hedonistic approach is full of hope, hope of living the moment together in a place where everything is free and free-of-charge – “We are family” could be the slogan.
The photographer’s eye is neither inquisitor nor advocate: it searches the crowd for the intimacy of bodies and the voracity of relations. The remaining impression is one of a very contemporary absence of illusions, intertwined with restorative ties.
Philippe Lopparelli
He was born in 1963 in Metz.
Philippe Lopparelli crosses territories where time no longer keeps pace with the world at large. Time is stretched out, dilated, forgotten, emerged in ephemeral landscapes, as he constantly seeks people or places outside of the usual boundaries of time.
1989 Graduate of Fine Arts.
1993 Grant Lagardère Foundation with « Première Peine », report in juvenile prisons.
1993-1994 Participation to daily news Le Jour.
1996 Publication of Quel cirque ?, Marval, Paris.
1997 He joins Tendance Floue.
2000-2010 He follows the global justice movement in Prague, Davos, Gênes, Copenhague…
2005 Exhibition of « Electrotopia » – Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles.
2008 Exhibition of « Le temps nous est conté » in part of Month of Photography in Paris.
2013 Exhibition of « Avec le Temps… » at Maison de la Photographie Robert Doisneau, Gentilly.
