Raymond Depardon: Spotlight on America

EXHIBITION

Raymond Depardon: Spotlight on America

Filmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon has been traveling around the globe since the 1960s. Alongside a major retrospective of his films, the Institut Lumière in Lyon, France is showcasing an exhibition titled  "Le Désert américain" [The American Desert], a series of photos taken in the early 1980s.

By Laure Etienne

EXHIBITION

The Lives and Resilience of the Image

Exploring the notion of reproduction, the exhibition “The Image and its Double” at the Centre Pompidou in Paris presents some sixty modern and contemporary works from the museum’s collection: the image steps off the beaten track.

By Sophie Bernard

EXHIBITION

Reed Estabrook’s Pictures of the Relics of Americana

A new gallery show in La Jolla, California showcases Estabrook’s images from the 1970s, taken from multiple road trips across the country.

By Christina Cacouris

EXHIBITION

JR Brings Ballet to the Bastille

In a new exhibition, JR pays homage to The Lovers of the Bastille by reinterpreting it in a modern context, with ballet and whimsy.

By Christina Cacouris

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MOVIE

Joakim Eskildsen, Nothing Special

Joakim Eskildsen is a Danish documentary photographer praised for his work on the Roma people and poverty in the United States. After traveling the world to document the stories and the lives of others, Joakim is now telling his own story and that of the people around him in this 38-minutes film.By Meero Studio

MOVIE

Kourtney Roy, Desperate Dreamer

In eccentric self-portraits, Kourtney Roy embodies atypical characters. She enjoys the world by using it as a film set, transforming reality into fiction. In this film, you will follow the photographer in Cancùn, in the footsteps of her latest project, The Tourist, published in book form by André Frère.By Meero Studio

FROM THE ARCHIVES

The Thomas Walther Collection: The Advent of Photographic Modernity

The Jeu de Paume is showcasing the first exhibition in France devoted to the Thomas Walther Collection of photography, one of the pillars of MoMA’s modern collection. Covering 230 images, out of 350 total, “Masterworks of Modern Photography 1900–1940: The Thomas Walther Collection” spotlights the European and American art networks of the 1920s which invented photographic modernity.

By Marie d'Harcourt

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