To celebrate the centenary of George Rodger’s birth in Hale, Cheshire, Imperial War Museum North presents a major photographic exhibition of the life and wartime work of this extraordinary photographer who, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and David Seymour, founded the legendary Magnum Photos.
Contact paints an intimate portrait of Rodger through his photographs, complemented by film, personal items and interviews with veterans and Rodger’s widow, Jinx. The exhibition illustrates how war shaped the career of one of the most interesting figures in twentieth century photography.
The exhibition examines the evolving role of photographers in the 1930s, and explores Rodger’s compelling imagery from most of the major fronts of the Second World War, including the London Blitz, the liberation in Europe and the horrors of Belsen concentration camp.
After the harrowing events George Rodger witnessed during his incredible journeys he vowed to abandon war photography altogether and in 1947 co-founded the now legendary Magnum Photos. However he could not escape the conflicts of the post war era entirely, as his poignant and powerful coverage of Palestinian refugees and the Mau Mau in Kenya illustrates.
A large selection of George Rodger’s photographs are on display as prints, lightboxes, and banners, all in the dramatic and unique setting of the Special Exhibitions Gallery at Imperial War Museum North.
DIEHL starts its “Flaneur” selection with 42 works of the Soviet photo journalist Dmitry Baltermants. Best known for his pictures of the Soviet battlefield during World War II.
During World War II, Baltermants covered major battles for Izvestia and for the Red Army newspaper Na Razgrom Vraga. He fought and photographe...
Le 24 mars 1976, le peuple argentin subit un coup d’état militaire. C’est le début d’une ère de répression sanglante, où quelque 30 000 personnes disparaissent et près de 500 bébés sont volés. Mais s’ouvre également une période d’ultralibéralisme d&ea...
Blindspot Gallery is pleased to present Coastline featuring emerging Chinese photographer Zhang Xiao’s award-winning series Coastline that focuses on the continuous 18,000 kilometres of China’s coastline. The series does not merely capture the seaside landscape of these coastal areas, but also witnesses the changes o...
Du dépouillement des clichés de Catherine Lambermont se dégage une poésie narrative. Ses images composent une suite d’instants d’observation libre. Son travail réhabilite le continuum qui caractérise chaque frontière. La frontière est le lieu du lien. Entre le corps et l’es...
Eric Rondepierre a choisi de montrer au sein d'un travail multiforme, certaines des oeuvres qui ont partie liée au cinéma, depuis ses débuts en 1992. Sur un parcours de vingt ans, 56 pièces ont été prélevées dans dix séries : Excédents, Annonces, Précis...
Simone Nieweg is a photographer of gardens and landscapes. Her work, as it has manifested itself over the past thirty years, knows no other interest. At the same time, a certain serenity hovers over her pictures. In them, nature seems entirely focused on itself. One immediately notices that human beings are absent. The allure of colors and shapes...
« Je ne peux m’empêcher, atteste Gérard Uféras, d’associer la pratique de l’Art à la notion d’amour et de partage ». (extrait de son livre Etats de grâce, éditions du Fantom)
«Egyptian pack» evokes many associations - here are both Petersburgers favorite topic of werewolves (see the movie of E. Yufit «Corpsmen werewolves») and references to the Perm animal style.
Also we can recall British film «The Wicker Man» (1973) with its ritual procession of the man-beasts, ho...
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