Gérard Musy #Photographe
Né en 1959 à La Chaux-de-Fonds, en Suisse. En 1983, il commence à photographier les nuits de New York.
Exposition Exhibition : Drive In at Bildhalle Exposition Gérard Musy : Kaléidoscope Exposition Drive In exhibition about cars Exposition La Galerie des Nouvelles Images expose « Back to Backstage» de Gérard Musy Exposition La Galerie Esther Woerdehoff présente Lustres et Lamées de Gérard Musy Modifier l'image
Curated by Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris and Mirjam Cavegn, Bildhalle, Drive In is an exhibition about cars, showing the approach of this subject by numerous photographers, from the fifties to nowadays.
When Elliott Erwitt, during and after the depression era, photographed those rolling dreams with his candid sense of humor and irony, cars, especially the very large and imposing ones, were already a landmark in the American landscape. When René Burri travelled to Brazil to document the building of modern cities, one of his most stunning photographs, «Men on a roof top, Sao Paulo, 1960», is a view of the rush hour traffic on a busy street. Simone Kappeler, another Swiss photographer, drove through America in 1981, 30 years after her fellow countryman Robert Frank, and took pictures with her Hassel...
The Galerie Esther Woerdehoff is pleased to present a recent series of photographs by the Swiss photographer Gerard Musy, which will be exhibited in a pop-up space located in the Marais district, during the Mois de la Photo Off.
Gérard Musy’s series Kaleidoscope represents a multiple and dynamic concept, visible during the day and also at night. In this temporary space of the Marais, Kaleidoscope will be shown in different ways: first, a slideshow projected on the gallery’s window, also on the walls where you will be able to see the prints and in a portfolio which will gather all the photographs of the series. The music of Eric Satie and John Cage, tunes taken from music boxes and musicals will accompany the visitor into this immersive and vibrant vision.
Traditional Andalusian costumes, Palio di...
Curated by Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Drive-In is an exhibition about cars, showing the approach of this subject by numerous photographers, from the fifties to nowadays.
When Elliott Erwitt, during and after the depression era, photographed those rolling dreams with his candid sense of humor and irony, cars, especially the very large and imposing ones, were already a landmark in the American landscape. In the early fifties, when Swiss photographer Robert Frank, thanks to a Guggenheim fellowship grant, drove his car across America for two years, he had his family with him. The picture of his wife Mary and their two children, totally exhausted and half asleep in the car, is an iconic image in the history of photography.
When René Burri travelled to Brazil to document the building of modern cities, one of his mos...
Dans les années 80, Gérard Musy est l’un des premiers photographes de mode à investir les backstages des défilés. A une époque où les photographes se pressaient tout autour des podiums, Gérard Musy entre dans les coulisses et photographie l’envers d’un décor tant convoité aujourd’hui. Tumulte, fébrilité, chaos parfois, la vie est là, dans ces backstages que l’on appelle encore cabines.
Musy joue ici la proximité intense et règle son image sur l’instant présent. Il est au plus près de ses sujets, au cœur même de l’émotion. Il fixe dans son objectif, l’action immédiate et l’énergie de ces moments bénis où Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Kristen Mc Manamy faisaient leurs premiers pas, s’apprêtant à marq...
Les deux séries du photographe suisse Gérard Musy, Lustres et Lamées, s’ouvrent sur la nuit des années 80, séductrice et fascinante. Dans le noir et blanc sophistiqué des “Sexy Eighties”, les genres et les classes se mélangeaient dans un cocktail d’énergie nocturne.
A Paris, la mode dictait ses codes entre le Palace et les Bains Douches, à New York, les boîtes de nuit réconciliaient banquiers et tagueurs, et à Londres, le magazine Skin Two initiait le monde au fétichisme. Les fêtes envahissaient la ville, des bars aux clubs, des cocktails aux concerts dans une euphorie de sexe, de drogue et de musique
Gérard Musy a photographié les créatures vêtues de cuir, de latex et de paillettes qui régnaient alors sur ces nuits. Les femmes sont les héroi...