Photojournalism and Portraiture Symposium · Tribute to Gisèle Freund on her 100th anniversary
Born in Berlin in 1908, Gisèle Freund was one of Europe's most prominent photographers and a pillar among French feminist intellectuals after fleeing Nazi Germany and settling in Paris in the 1930's, where she pursued her doctoral studies at the Sorbonne. Her thesis on photography in France in the 19th century was met with scepticism, because photography was not considered a serious study then.
In the course of her long career, she went on about 80 photographic assignments around the world, mainly for Time and Life. As the only female founding member of Magnum, she earned her living as a photojournalist. Today however, she is noted for being one of the greatest portrait photographers ever. "She was able, better than anyone, to reveal the essence of beings through their expressions," said Ex-President Jacques Chirac.
She captured André Malraux on a Paris rooftop, Aldous Huxley and André Gide at a congress for the defence of culture; Walter Benjamin sitting on a bench in the Bibliotheque Nationale; Vladimir Nabokov, Henri Michaux and Jean Paulhan in the editorial offices of the magazine Mesures and James Joyce playing the piano for his son. She shot the first colour portraits of Simone de Beauvoir, Paul Valéry, Colette, André Breton, Virginia Woolf, and numerous writers and artists that will remain unforgettable in our memory.
During the years I worked with her, showing her photographs in my gallery in Luxembourg and in museums and exhibition spaces in Germany and France, she was a constant source of inspiration to me. I am honoured to devote the 4th edition of photomeetings luxembourg to her memory on her 100th anniversary: A combination of workshops, lectures and exhibitions by renowned photographers, theorists and specialists in the field of photojournalism and portraiture will be on offer to all those with an interest in photography and sociology. Welcome to the photomeetings luxembourg 2008!
CAMERA WORK is pleased to present an exhibition by American photographer Mark Laita. The exhibition will commence on February 4, 2012, and for the first time in Europe will feature the three new series Sea, Serpentine and Amaranthine with unique photographs of the most fascinating sea creatures, the most impressive serpents and ...
« I began my first self-portraits at the age of 10. My maternal grandmother was the spark for this new passion. She was the one who bought me a little red Kodak, even if I remember having to go to great lengths in order to get it. In my first snapshots, I took center stage in front of the camera. I just reproduced what I knew: fashion models. Born to a ...
Applying cultural clichés as a catalyst, the exhibition focuses on stereotypes, which has given cultural meaning to the specificities of a given region, Finland. Literally speaking Finland does not belong to the Arctic in a geographic sense, but the Finns are – as are, sa...
Le masque est le support de la puissance, la médiation entre l’être supérieur, les ancêtres et les humains.Il accompagne l’homme au limite de la vie et du surnaturel. Il met face à face les dieux, les génies et les hommes. La relation entre le photographe et le masque exige un rapport de compréhension, un...
La nouvelle exposition de Marc Le Mené à la galerie Pascal Gabert est une petite rétrospective de son travail photographique qui parcourt une trentaine d’années de création débutant par des autoportraits, des nus, des images de nuit (Paris, Rome) pour se diriger vers des images construites et imagin...
Antoine Picard développe un travail où la nature et la ville se mêlent en des formes autonomes. Dans la rue émergent des signes de réappropriation du végétal, alors que la campagne est parsemées de vestiges urbains. Il semble qu'un ordre nouveau se met en place. L'homme reste le...
La Cité présente Migrants en Guyane, Chercher la vie, une exposition de photographies de Frédéric Piantoni, réalisée en coproduction avec le Musée des cultures guyanaises. En quatre séquences thématiques - les parcours, les quartiers, l’immigration des femmes et les fro...
Après le succès remporté aux foires de photographie contemporaine Chic Art Fair et Fotofever Paris, la galerie Madé vous invite à (re)découvrir le travail d’une jeune artiste aux talents prometteurs, Maia Flore. Pour sa première exposition solo, Maia présentera la série compl&eg...
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