Exhibition:
Sebastião Salgado – Genesis
The window of the Taschen Bookshop, Paris
Earlier this year I interviewed Sebastião Salgado about his Genesis project, which is a touring exhibition and book. This week I had the privilege of meeting the man himself at his exhibition at the Maison européenne de la photographie, the exquisite European Photography Museum in the heart of Le Marais.
(C) Sebastião Salgado
(C) Sebastião Salgado
Here’s an excerpt from my interview with him:
Salgado spent eight years working on Genesis. During this time “Salgado travelled by mule, boat, aircraft, hot-air balloon and truck, depending on locale. Many journeys had to be done on foot and timing was worked around small windows of good weather – summer in Antarctica and the Arctic, before the rains in Indonesia and the floods in Brazil. Salgado travelled in two-month blocks, making four trips annually over the eight years.
The end result is an extraordinary collection of more than 200 black and white photographs. Lélia (his wife) is once again the editor, curator and designer of the collection, which is divided into five sections – Planet South, which is self-explanatory; Sanctuaries including The Galápagos, Indonesia, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea; Africa; Northern Spaces and; Amazonia and Pantanal.
In thinking about the highlights of this eight-year opus, Salgado recalls the 850 kilometres trek he made from one of the holiest cities in northern Ethiopia, Lalibela, to the town of Gondar. Famous for its castles and religious architecture, Gondar is situated at 2300 metres above sea level.
“The walk took about two months through the mountains,” says Salgado. “It was a unique experience and I walked because there are no roads. These tribes live as they did in Old Testament times and produce everything they need – food, textiles even farming tools. After the first week of walking, I was very far from any towns and roads, and I was inspired to be part of this society that was completely living in another era, and in harmony with the land…”
You can read the full interview with Salgado here.
Until 5 January, 2014
Maison européenne de la photographie
Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 8pm
5-7 Rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris
(C) Oleg Dou
(C) Dasha Yastrebova
Cosmos Gallery
56 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg
75007 Paris
Photographs, drawings, photomontages
More than 300 works spanning 1910-1960s
Until 26 January, 2014
Jeu du Paume
1 place de la Concorde
75008 Paris
Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)
Magnum Photos first South American member, Chilean photographer Sergio Larrain took to the streets of Santiago in the 1950s and 1960s with his Leica. This exhibition celebrates this period.
Philip Blenkinsop – Burma Before the Change
Agnès Dherbeys – Mother (South Korea)
Marie Dorigny – Women Pay the Price of Peace (Nepal)
Robin Hammond - LAGOS – Rhythms of an African Mega-City
Guy Martin - The Rise of Turkish Soft Power
Catalina Martin Chico - Saint-Martin or Paradoxes in Paradise (West Indies)
Kosuke Okahara - Surviving for the Existence: Abkhazia, a Country that doesn’t Exist
Claude Rives - The Loire River Invaders (France)
Next week Friday Round Up will not appear as Alison will be in transit back to Australia, but look out for more stories on 1st November. Until then....
Sebastião Salgado signing my Pro Photo Story
Salgado is one of the most humble, and generous people I’ve ever met. He spent hours signing books and talking to those who lined up in the rain patiently waiting their turn to enter the exhibition. He told me he hopes that Genesis will come to Australia, but at the moment none of the major galleries have committed. I hope it comes to Australia too and cannot believe that the powers that be in the gallery world would pass on an exhibition like this; it is one of a kind.
Genesis is one of the most extraordinary projects, and seeing the exhibition reinforced for me Salgado’s unique approach to photography and his innate ability to capture the essence of whatever he is photographing. There were so many moments in the exhibition when his images stopped me in my tracks. If you are in Paris, this has to be a must-see.
(C) Sebastião Salgado
(C) Sebastião Salgado
Here’s an excerpt from my interview with him:
Salgado spent eight years working on Genesis. During this time “Salgado travelled by mule, boat, aircraft, hot-air balloon and truck, depending on locale. Many journeys had to be done on foot and timing was worked around small windows of good weather – summer in Antarctica and the Arctic, before the rains in Indonesia and the floods in Brazil. Salgado travelled in two-month blocks, making four trips annually over the eight years.
The end result is an extraordinary collection of more than 200 black and white photographs. Lélia (his wife) is once again the editor, curator and designer of the collection, which is divided into five sections – Planet South, which is self-explanatory; Sanctuaries including The Galápagos, Indonesia, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea; Africa; Northern Spaces and; Amazonia and Pantanal.
In thinking about the highlights of this eight-year opus, Salgado recalls the 850 kilometres trek he made from one of the holiest cities in northern Ethiopia, Lalibela, to the town of Gondar. Famous for its castles and religious architecture, Gondar is situated at 2300 metres above sea level.
“The walk took about two months through the mountains,” says Salgado. “It was a unique experience and I walked because there are no roads. These tribes live as they did in Old Testament times and produce everything they need – food, textiles even farming tools. After the first week of walking, I was very far from any towns and roads, and I was inspired to be part of this society that was completely living in another era, and in harmony with the land…”
You can read the full interview with Salgado here.
Until 5 January, 2014
Maison européenne de la photographie
Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 8pm
5-7 Rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris
Exhibition:
Am I Beautiful? - Russiantearoom (RTR)
Am I Beautiful? - Russiantearoom (RTR)
(C) Oleg Dou
This week I met Liza Fetissova, owner and director of RTR in the 3rd arrondissement. Liza opened the Gallery seven years ago with the objective of providing a forum for Russian photographers, both established and emerging artists.
"Am I Beautiful?" is the 38th exhibition for RTR and presents the work of seven young Russian photographers exploring the concept of beauty in contemporary society. Along with works by Fulbright Scholar Margo Ovcharenko, who has won numerous awards and the acclaimed Oleg Dou, are photographs by sisters Dasha and Maria Yastrebova, the latter at only 19 years old and making her European debut with a clear visual signature. There are images also by artistic duo Sonia and Mark Whitesnow. And a documentary multimedia project by Tina Chevalier which centres on a woman,
“Christina” and her belief that being beautiful will solve all her problems.
"Am I Beautiful?" is the 38th exhibition for RTR and presents the work of seven young Russian photographers exploring the concept of beauty in contemporary society. Along with works by Fulbright Scholar Margo Ovcharenko, who has won numerous awards and the acclaimed Oleg Dou, are photographs by sisters Dasha and Maria Yastrebova, the latter at only 19 years old and making her European debut with a clear visual signature. There are images also by artistic duo Sonia and Mark Whitesnow. And a documentary multimedia project by Tina Chevalier which centres on a woman,
“Christina” and her belief that being beautiful will solve all her problems.
(C) Dasha Yastrebova
(C) Maria Yastrebova
(C) Margo Ovcharenko
(C) Sonia and Mark Whitesnow
(C) Margo Ovcharenko
(C) Sonia and Mark Whitesnow
In commenting on the show’s theme Liza says “The concept of beauty, originally an abstract idea, has now become a currency, an accessible and achievable dream. If certain periods of history have appreciated equally intellect, knowledge, science and love of beauty, our society today seems to value appearance over meaning...Nowadays beauty is measured, weighed, valued and judged according to standards established by the canons of global marketing”.
“The young artists from ”Am I beautiful? "are part of this new generation that reuses and reinvents in their creations the codes of contemporary visual language…At the centre of their work, all of them, maybe without fully realising it, evoke the human image with its myriad differences.”
Liza says “RTR is the ideal place to discover the fascinating, energetic, ironic, poetic and courageous Russian artists who have been supported by RTR gallery for the past seven years”. This exhibition is well worth a visit and there is a small bookshop and print room with images from Russian photographers including photojournalist Sergey Maximishin, Igor Moukhin's post-Perestroika work and Antanas Sutkus perhaps most well-known for his photographs of Jean-Paul Satre shot in 1965.
Until 2 November
Russiantearoom
42 Rue Volta
75003 Paris
Exhibitions – In Brief:
Beyond the Veil - Catalina Martin-Chico
Until 31 October“The young artists from ”Am I beautiful? "are part of this new generation that reuses and reinvents in their creations the codes of contemporary visual language…At the centre of their work, all of them, maybe without fully realising it, evoke the human image with its myriad differences.”
Liza says “RTR is the ideal place to discover the fascinating, energetic, ironic, poetic and courageous Russian artists who have been supported by RTR gallery for the past seven years”. This exhibition is well worth a visit and there is a small bookshop and print room with images from Russian photographers including photojournalist Sergey Maximishin, Igor Moukhin's post-Perestroika work and Antanas Sutkus perhaps most well-known for his photographs of Jean-Paul Satre shot in 1965.
Until 2 November
Russiantearoom
42 Rue Volta
75003 Paris
Exhibitions – In Brief:
Beyond the Veil - Catalina Martin-Chico
Cosmos Gallery
56 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg
75007 Paris
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)
Photographs, drawings, photomontages
More than 300 works spanning 1910-1960s
Until 26 January, 2014
Jeu du Paume
1 place de la Concorde
75008 Paris
Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)
Magnum Photos first South American member, Chilean photographer Sergio Larrain took to the streets of Santiago in the 1950s and 1960s with his Leica. This exhibition celebrates this period.
Until 22 December
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
2 impasse Lebouis
75014 Paris
Festival:
Photo Reporter – St-Brieuc Bay
The second edition of Photo Reporter Festival kicks off tomorrow. Its creation was based on two objectives: to provide a platform for exposition of first class photojournalism to a broader audience and; to assist photojournalists in traversing the changing landscape in terms of the profession’s economic environment. To this end the Festival has established an Endowment Fund “that allows a business, regardless of size, to invest in a project which not only benefits the local economy, but offers access to information for all through photography”. Last year the Fund “collected” 150,000 Euros.
This year 13 photographers are on show from a pool of 300 submissions from 46 countries.
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
2 impasse Lebouis
75014 Paris
Festival:
Photo Reporter – St-Brieuc Bay
The second edition of Photo Reporter Festival kicks off tomorrow. Its creation was based on two objectives: to provide a platform for exposition of first class photojournalism to a broader audience and; to assist photojournalists in traversing the changing landscape in terms of the profession’s economic environment. To this end the Festival has established an Endowment Fund “that allows a business, regardless of size, to invest in a project which not only benefits the local economy, but offers access to information for all through photography”. Last year the Fund “collected” 150,000 Euros.
This year 13 photographers are on show from a pool of 300 submissions from 46 countries.
Philip Blenkinsop – Burma Before the Change
Stefano De Luigi – Reality Wedding (Italy)
Peter Dench – The British Abroad
Agnès Dherbeys – Mother (South Korea)
Marie Dorigny – Women Pay the Price of Peace (Nepal)
Robin Hammond - LAGOS – Rhythms of an African Mega-City
Guy Martin - The Rise of Turkish Soft Power
Catalina Martin Chico - Saint-Martin or Paradoxes in Paradise (West Indies)
Kosuke Okahara - Surviving for the Existence: Abkhazia, a Country that doesn’t Exist
Darcy Padilla – Drill Baby Drill (USA)
Claude Rives - The Loire River Invaders (France)
J.B Russell - An Iraqi Journey (USA)
Donald Weber - War Sand (France)
Photo Reporter
19 October to 11 November
19 October to 11 November
For more information visit the Festival Website
W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
Awarded
Congratulations to Robin Hammond who is this year’s recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. The Grant of $30,000 will enable Hammond to continue with his long term project into the issues facing those with mental illness in Africa. Hammond was also this year’s FotoEvidence Book Award winner and his book Condemned was launched in New York yesterday. A big week for the New Zealand-born Hammond who now resides in Paris.
W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
Awarded
Congratulations to Robin Hammond who is this year’s recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. The Grant of $30,000 will enable Hammond to continue with his long term project into the issues facing those with mental illness in Africa. Hammond was also this year’s FotoEvidence Book Award winner and his book Condemned was launched in New York yesterday. A big week for the New Zealand-born Hammond who now resides in Paris.
Next week Friday Round Up will not appear as Alison will be in transit back to Australia, but look out for more stories on 1st November. Until then....
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