Focusing on the scars of history, French photographer Patrick Tourneboeuf uses his view camera to photograph people through what they leave behind them – places where people live and then sometimes desert. In The Diamond Trace, Tourneboeuf examines the aftermath of a city that grew after the discovery of a big diamond, and was all but abandoned when the gems became scarce. Through captivating images of its streets and squares, center and outskirts, stadium and cemetery, and famous “Big Hole,” he examine the social landscape of Kimberley, South Africa.
Exhibition
Patrick Tournebœuf, Trace, Kimberley
April 12 to September 3, 2017
265 Massachusetts Avenue
Building N51
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/exhibition/tourneboeuf
Book
Patrick Tournebœuf, Trace, Kimberley
Published in 2014 by éditions Les Instantanés Ordinaires (foreword by François Hébel)
