Founded in Cahors, France, in 1991, the Printemps de Cahors changed location and season in 2001, moving to Toulouse and becoming the Printemps de Septembre. We revisited the history of this festival with its founder, Marie-Thérèse Perrin.
“We started out wanting to create a festival like no other,” says Perrin. “Exhibiting contemporary art photography in Cahors was a real challenge. In the 1990s, photography shows were still rare in France, and choosing a city like Cahors made it even more difficult.”
Since its beginning, le Printemps has called on big names in photography to select the program. Régis Durand, the festival’s director since 1992, Jean-François Leroy and Marta Gili exhibited at Cahors the work of Jeanloup Sieff, Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton and Rineke Dijkstra. Starting in 2001, the Printemps has welcomed visual arts in addition to photography and video. David Lynch exhibited his photography in Toulouse in 2001, and Luc Delahaye, Charles Fréger and Mathieu Pernot in 2002, Cindy Sherman in 2005, and Cyprien Gaillard in 2009.
“Le Printemps is a major player on the contemporary art scene thanks to our annual commissions,” says Perrin. “In 2013, we’ll be back in May for a special edition that will be full of surprises.”
Le Printemps de Septembre 2012
History is mine !
From September 28th to Octobre 21st, 2012
31000 Toulouse – France
