Exhibition
La photographie en France, 1950 – 2000
Jean-François Bauret, Franck Protopapa, 1967 © Jean-François Bauret Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Gilles Caron, Daniel Cohn-Bendit devant la Sorbonne, Paris, 6 mai 1968. © Gilles Caron / Fondation Gilles Caron Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Izis, 1er mai, place Victor Basch, Paris, 1950 © Manuel Bidermanas Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Pierre et Gilles, Saint François d’Assise (de la série “Les Saints”), 1988 © Pierre et Gilles Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Jean-François Bauret, Franck Protopapa, 1967 © Jean-François Bauret Collection Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Trying to present photography in France from 1950 to 2000 would seem to be a near impossible task. Two curators, however, Gilles Mora and Alain Sayag, brilliantly met the challenge by placing the photographers and their work in the forms in which they were originally presented: in magazines, daily newspapers, posters, books and exhibitions. They expertly point out the hidden and sometimes daring connections among them, allowing viewers to see them differently, and giving them new meaning. In the exhibition, we follow the progression of photography as a medium of information and communication.
Bernard Perrine
Read the full text of this article in the French version of Le Journal.
La photographie en France, 1950-2000
Until January 13th, 2013
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