Mois de la Photo à Paris 2006
Since its creation in 1980, the Month of Photography has contributed powerfully to make Paris one of the great capitals of photography. It takes place during the month of November every two years (during years ending in even numbers), and results from the deep commitment and involvement of cultural institutions and Parisian galleries. Each edition of the Month of Photography is linked to a specific theme and offers an opportunity to present between 70 and 80 exhibitions, as well as to organize projections, round table discussions and debates. This year, the festival explores the relationship between photography and the printed page.
In 2004, for the first time, the festival introduced an international dimension by creating the European Month of Photography, an event that developed from the desire to build a European network for photography that would be rich in exchanges and innovative collaborations. After being inaugurated in Berlin and Vienna, the network expands this year to Bratislava, Moscow, Rome and Luxembourg. The first joint project of this network, an exhibition entitled "Mutations" is dedicated to the technological and artistic evolutions in contemporary European photography.
Selection of exhibitions for the Month of Photography in Paris, November 2006
LOOKING AT VU, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, 1928-1940
From November 2, 2006 to February 25, 2007
VU, an illustrated weekly, was at the forefront of a media revolution in the 1920s, and believed that through its vast use of photography, it would deliver an objective vision of the world. The use of numerous independent photographers (Kertész, Man Ray, Krull, Lotar, Brassaï), the abundance of agency photographs, the boldness of its layout and photomontages, the invention of the "photo-reportage" and the quality of its printing through heliogravure—all these elements allow us to discover, retroactively, an editorial daring that was without equal.
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
www.mep-fr.org
Soviet Photomontages 1917-1953: A Visual Weapon
From November 25, 2006 to January 7, 2007
This exhibition presents the evolution of the Russian photomontage as a reflection of the transformation of the political system and life in the Soviet Union from the 1917 Revolution until Stalin's death in 1953. The exhibition consists of the following chapters: photomontages of the greatest Soviet artists from the 1920s and '30s (Rodchenko, El Lissitsky, Galadzev, Tereshenko, Stepanova); anonymous photomontages used in schools and factories; and photomontages dating from World War II.
Passage de Retz
www.passagederetz.com
Things as They Are: Photojournalism and the Press 1955-2005
November 8 to December 11, 2006
This exhibition was produced for the 50th anniversary of World Press Photo, a prestigious annual prize that rewards the best photojournalists from around the world. Created in 1955, the award reunites a panel of experts from the world of photography and the international press each year in Amsterdam. The jury selects images from a variety of categories that have marked the events of the previous months. For this anniversary, the organizers of World Press Photo created an ambitious, original exhibition that witnesses a half-century of history, through published photographs of the major events of our time.
Passage du Désir
Telephone: 01 56 41 39 95.
TENDANCE FLOUE: Are We?
From November 8 to November 25, 2006
The photographers of Tendance Floue include Pascal Aimar, Thierry Ardouin, Denis Bourges, Gilles Coulon, Olivier Culmann, Mat Jacob, Caty Jan, Philippe Lopparelli, Meyer, Bertrand Meunier, Patrick Tourneboeuf, Flore Aël Surun.
Their book, Are We?, can be seen as a long sentence made of images, that evokes a complex and disquieting world in which man is the principal player. The photographs portray places upon which history has left its traces; a mysterious, unreal, lunar universe; spaces devoid of life; faces revealing a variety of feelings. Multiple worlds confront one another, contrasts emerge, and the question "Who are we?" hangs in suspense.
Les Frigos
www.tendancefloue.net
ANNE-LISE BROYER - NICOLAS COMMENT: Fading
From November 11 to December 14, 2006
This project began with the idea of recreating emotional situations in Prague, which the writer Roger Vailland published with Aventinum, a Czech publisher, in 1927. The couple Anne-Lise Broyet and Nicolas Comment describe his journey through the capital and its outskirts step-by-step, indicating on a map all the places mentioned in Vailland's story and that of his friend, Czech painter Joseph Sima. Slowly, a kind of "topography" comes to light, punctuated by photographs gleaned by the couple.
Galerie Madé
www.eyemade.com
CATHERINE PONCIN De l'image par l'image
From November 4 to December 22, 2006
The gallery has chosen to put on display two series: "Palimpseste" (2002) and "Du champ des hommes, territories" (2001), in which the artist reworks images from diverse sources (archives, the press...). The exhibition results from two photographic commissions, one from the town of Bobigny, the other from the Abbaye de l'Europe (château Fervey Voltaire). In conjunction with the exhibition, Filigranes publishers will present books made with artists from the gallery.
Galerie les filles du calvaire
www.fillesducalvaire.com
GéRARD RONDEAU Diary of a Portraitist
From October 23, 2006 to February 16, 2007
For more than 20 years, Gérard Rondeau has photographed numerous celebrities from the cultural, intellectual and artistic world, most often for the French daily Le Monde: Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Nathalie Sarraute, Léo Malet, Frank Stella, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Antoni Tápies, Pierre Soulages, Bazelitz, Louise Bourgeois, Charlotte Perriand...
Lycée Louis le Grand
Telephone: 01 44 32 82 00
GAUTHIER GALLET: Bird's-eye View
From November 8 to December 12, 2006
Gauthier Gallet was a photojournalist commissioned by the great fashion magazines such as Elle, Vogue UK, Numéro, L'Officiel, Mixte, Jalouse, Self Service, ID... Moving from catwalk photographs to witness behind the scenes, his lively portrait sketches from life stolen backstage moments, filled with gossip, eccentricity, and small talk reveal the photographer's gaze, always amused and detached.
La B.A.N.K.
www.bankgalerie.com
80 + 80_PHOTO_GRAPHISME
From November 10, 2006 to January 6, 2007
The VU' photo agency and the Galerie Anatome solicited eighty photographers and eighty graphic designers for a common project. In France and around the world, photography is one of the most accessible and widespread artistic fields, especially for amateurs; graphic design has an even larger audience, especially since it is not always perceived as a purely "artistic" endeavor. This exhibition brings together these two types of image-making and, by blending the different viewpoints, introduces a new artistic medium with a dimension that might be referred to as "photo_graphic."
Galerie Anatome
www.anatome.fr
Galerie VU'
www.agencevu.com
