Ten exhibitions to discover until December 5, 2021 only inPhotography Institute de Lille, which will then close for months of business. the event; baptized expectations – views, Progress for the first time to discover a selection of photographic collections of the genera Varda, Bettina Reims and Jean-Louis Schuylkov, entrusted this summer to the Institute by artists and beneficiaries of Agnes Varda (died 2019). The opportunity to highlight the unknown face of the famous director and icon of the new wave.
“This money is of great importance to the history of photography”, rejoiced Marin Karmets, President of the Photographic Institute of Lille last June. Jean-Louis Schuylkov, born in 1946, has a documentary approach and is interested in social issues, in the work environment, and in particular in the consequences of the end of the industrial age for the exhibition, the Institute has chosen to display some of his work Main.
Famous illustrator Bettina Reims entrusted all her archives: negatives, contact papers, Polaroids, prints, art photography files, notes… The Institute highlights three emblematic projects of the photographer’s profession: a church (2018), prisoners (2014), Rose is Paris (2010). Audiences can also visit Bettina Rheims studio using virtual reality headsets that immerse them in the heart of their lair in the Marais.
With regard to Agnes Varda, the Institute focused on her first photographic exhibition, which was organized in the courtyard of her studio on Rue Daguerre in Paris, in 1954.”She is well known as a filmmaker and visual artist, but very little as a photographer. So our stake is also to be able to discover it for the general public. Discover this first part of life that was the basis of all his works‘,” says Carol Sandrine, curator at the Institute of Photography.
From October 8 to December 5, it wasTweet embed # Thoughts Unveils its new programme, “Perspectives”, consisting of 1️⃣0️⃣ new exhibitions
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Outlook – Perspectives Until December 5, 2021 – Institute of Photography, 11 rue de Thionville 59000 Lil – Wednesday to Sunday 11am-7pm, Late Thursday until 9pm – Admission is free, but reservations are recommended.