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Photomeetings Luxembourg 2009 : Taboo
Introduction au sujet de l'exposition Tabou
On pourrait dire que le nu et le cadavre sont deux des genres majoritaires (en nombre) et récurrents de la photographie. Et il se trouve qu’ils croisent les tabous les plus forts, les plus anciens, les plus discutés de l’histoire de l’humanité.
Le sexe et la mort (intrinsèquement liés) fondent les tabous essentiels dans la mesure où ils sont perçus comme dangereux, de façon contradictoires, par les sociétés. C’est sur la base de ces tabous, nés de peurs profondes et de trauma...
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Photomeetings Luxembourg 2008
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...
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photomeetings luxembourg 2007
Within the scope of Luxembourg, capital of culture 2007 with the theme "Luxembourg and la Grande Région" and under the patronage of Ms Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for information society and media, the Galerie Clairefontaine presents the 3rd edition of the Luxembourg Photo Festival. The 3rd edition of the festival concentrates entirely on Focus Periphery - A European Cross-Country Project.
Internationally renowned photographers, photo-artists and lecturers highlight and discuss, from 18 to 23 June 2007, in workshops, lectures and exhibitions, the significance of the peripheries of urban centres. This year, for the first time, European...
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