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2001: a space odyssey
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Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, made into one of the most influential films of our century, brilliant, compulsive, prophetic, 2001: A Space Odyssey tackles the enduring theme of man's place in the universe. Including a new Foreword by the author and a fascinating new introduction by Stephen Baxter, this special edition is an essential addition to every(...)
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Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, made into one of the most influential films of our century, brilliant, compulsive, prophetic, 2001: A Space Odyssey tackles the enduring theme of man's place in the universe. Including a new Foreword by the author and a fascinating new introduction by Stephen Baxter, this special edition is an essential addition to every(...)
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Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, made into one of the most influential films of our century, brilliant, compulsive, prophetic, 2001: A Space Odyssey tackles the enduring theme of man's place in the universe. Including a new Foreword by the author and a fascinating new introduction by Stephen Baxter, this special edition is an essential addition to every SF reader's collection. On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But, before they can reach their destination, things begin to go wrong. Horribly wrong.
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Written when landing on the moon was still a dream, made into one of the most influential films of our century, brilliant, compulsive, prophetic, 2001: A Space Odyssey tackles the enduring theme of man's place in the universe. Including a new Foreword by the author and a fascinating new introduction by Stephen Baxter, this special edition is an essential addition to every SF reader's collection. On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. But, before they can reach their destination, things begin to go wrong. Horribly wrong.
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November 1993
November 1993
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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The novel explores themes such as the transformation of human psychology by modern technology, and consumer culture's fascination with celebrities and technological commodities. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the(...)
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The novel explores themes such as the transformation of human psychology by modern technology, and consumer culture's fascination with celebrities and technological commodities. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the(...)
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Crash
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The novel explores themes such as the transformation of human psychology by modern technology, and consumer culture's fascination with celebrities and technological commodities. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead mans wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes.
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The novel explores themes such as the transformation of human psychology by modern technology, and consumer culture's fascination with celebrities and technological commodities. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead mans wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes.
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November 2009
November 2009
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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Can't and won't
Can't and won't
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Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.” Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in “A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,” a professor receives a gift of(...)
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Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.” Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in “A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,” a professor receives a gift of(...)
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Can't and won't
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Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.” Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in “A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,” a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert’s correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author’s own dreams, or the dreams of friends. What does not vary throughout Can’t and Won’t, Lydia Davis’s fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.
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Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.” Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in “A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates,” a professor receives a gift of thirty-two small chocolates and is paralyzed by the multitude of options she imagines for their consumption. The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert’s correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author’s own dreams, or the dreams of friends. What does not vary throughout Can’t and Won’t, Lydia Davis’s fifth collection of stories, is the power of her finely honed prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Davis writes with bracing candor and sly humor about the quotidian, revealing the mysterious, the foreign, the alienating, and the pleasurable within the predictable patterns of daily life.
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March 2014
March 2014
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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Describing the silliness and 'feminine fatuity' of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their loveably flawed heroines. She also examines the great women writers of France and their enrichment of the culture, and the varying qualities of literary translations.
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Describing the silliness and 'feminine fatuity' of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their loveably flawed heroines. She also examines the great women writers of France and their enrichment of the culture, and the varying qualities of literary translations.
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Silly novels by Lady Novelists
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Describing the silliness and 'feminine fatuity' of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their loveably flawed heroines. She also examines the great women writers of France and their enrichment of the culture, and the varying qualities of literary translations.
Silly novels by Lady Novelists
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Describing the silliness and 'feminine fatuity' of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their loveably flawed heroines. She also examines the great women writers of France and their enrichment of the culture, and the varying qualities of literary translations.
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March 2013
March 2013
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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The Nose, one of Nikolai Gogol's most important and influential tales, is now available in this volume illustrated with photographs by British artist Rick Buckley. Taking on a life of its own, the nose of a St Petersburg official leaves its rightful place to cause havoc in the city. The novel ends with the author seemingly addressing the reader directly, refusing to(...)
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The Nose, one of Nikolai Gogol's most important and influential tales, is now available in this volume illustrated with photographs by British artist Rick Buckley. Taking on a life of its own, the nose of a St Petersburg official leaves its rightful place to cause havoc in the city. The novel ends with the author seemingly addressing the reader directly, refusing to(...)
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The nose
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The Nose, one of Nikolai Gogol's most important and influential tales, is now available in this volume illustrated with photographs by British artist Rick Buckley. Taking on a life of its own, the nose of a St Petersburg official leaves its rightful place to cause havoc in the city. The novel ends with the author seemingly addressing the reader directly, refusing to resolve the story he has narrated. Written between 1835 and 1836, and a key precursor to absurdist and Magical Realist strains in 20th-century fiction, this fantastic tale is extended in Buckley's photographs, which document a Gogol-inspired street intervention for which he fixed plaster noses on to buildings all over London.
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The Nose, one of Nikolai Gogol's most important and influential tales, is now available in this volume illustrated with photographs by British artist Rick Buckley. Taking on a life of its own, the nose of a St Petersburg official leaves its rightful place to cause havoc in the city. The novel ends with the author seemingly addressing the reader directly, refusing to resolve the story he has narrated. Written between 1835 and 1836, and a key precursor to absurdist and Magical Realist strains in 20th-century fiction, this fantastic tale is extended in Buckley's photographs, which document a Gogol-inspired street intervention for which he fixed plaster noses on to buildings all over London.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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The overcoat
The overcoat
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This edition of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat (a short story originally published in 1842) includes newly commissioned artwork from Sarah Dobai. This influential story - in which a lowly government clerk's life is briefly transformed by the extravagant purchase of a new coat - has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. Artist, filmmaker and(...)
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This edition of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat (a short story originally published in 1842) includes newly commissioned artwork from Sarah Dobai. This influential story - in which a lowly government clerk's life is briefly transformed by the extravagant purchase of a new coat - has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. Artist, filmmaker and(...)
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The overcoat
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This edition of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat (a short story originally published in 1842) includes newly commissioned artwork from Sarah Dobai. This influential story - in which a lowly government clerk's life is briefly transformed by the extravagant purchase of a new coat - has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. Artist, filmmaker and photographer Sarah Dobai responds to the story's preoccupation with material desire and illusion; the text is printed alongside her photographs of shop windows in London and Paris, showing ready-made still lifes of merchandise and mannequins in window displays.
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This edition of Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat (a short story originally published in 1842) includes newly commissioned artwork from Sarah Dobai. This influential story - in which a lowly government clerk's life is briefly transformed by the extravagant purchase of a new coat - has been adapted into a variety of stage and film interpretations. Artist, filmmaker and photographer Sarah Dobai responds to the story's preoccupation with material desire and illusion; the text is printed alongside her photographs of shop windows in London and Paris, showing ready-made still lifes of merchandise and mannequins in window displays.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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The latest book by acclaimed novelist and artist Douglas Coupland—named after a phenomenon in digital archiving describing the way digital files spontaneously decompose—combines fictional short stories with essays, addressing subjects such as the death of the middle class, and the rise of the Internet and its impact on our lives.
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The latest book by acclaimed novelist and artist Douglas Coupland—named after a phenomenon in digital archiving describing the way digital files spontaneously decompose—combines fictional short stories with essays, addressing subjects such as the death of the middle class, and the rise of the Internet and its impact on our lives.
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Bit rot
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The latest book by acclaimed novelist and artist Douglas Coupland—named after a phenomenon in digital archiving describing the way digital files spontaneously decompose—combines fictional short stories with essays, addressing subjects such as the death of the middle class, and the rise of the Internet and its impact on our lives.
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The latest book by acclaimed novelist and artist Douglas Coupland—named after a phenomenon in digital archiving describing the way digital files spontaneously decompose—combines fictional short stories with essays, addressing subjects such as the death of the middle class, and the rise of the Internet and its impact on our lives.
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October 2015
October 2015
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Architecture and the imaginary
Architecture and the imaginary
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Qu’est-ce qu’un lieu ? Nous pensons le savoir mais si l’on nous pose la question, nous ne le savons plus. Quoi de plus difficile en effet que de définir un lieu, de l’expliquer, de traduire tout ce qu’il implique, tout ce qu’il contient comme charge historique, émotionnelle, symbolique ? Ce livre se présente sous la forme originale d’une exposition dans laquelle,(...)
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Qu’est-ce qu’un lieu ? Nous pensons le savoir mais si l’on nous pose la question, nous ne le savons plus. Quoi de plus difficile en effet que de définir un lieu, de l’expliquer, de traduire tout ce qu’il implique, tout ce qu’il contient comme charge historique, émotionnelle, symbolique ? Ce livre se présente sous la forme originale d’une exposition dans laquelle,(...)
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
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April 2005, Paris
April 2005, Paris
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Lieu
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Qu’est-ce qu’un lieu ? Nous pensons le savoir mais si l’on nous pose la question, nous ne le savons plus. Quoi de plus difficile en effet que de définir un lieu, de l’expliquer, de traduire tout ce qu’il implique, tout ce qu’il contient comme charge historique, émotionnelle, symbolique ? Ce livre se présente sous la forme originale d’une exposition dans laquelle, salle après salle, le visiteur-lecteur découvre des œuvres qui toutes analysent la notion de lieu dans le monde contemporain. L’art qui est ici exposé révèle une grande variété de démarches et de pratiques. Certains artistes explorent la ville et ses transformations afin de comprendre notre rapport à un environnement urbain de plus en plus uniforme tandis que d’autres tentent de cerner le rôle de la nature dans notre imaginaire de citadins. Certains inventent des mondes fantastiques pour mieux montrer à quel point le lieu n’est qu’une création de l’esprit tandis que d’autres nous font prendre conscience que même les lieux les plus familiers recèlent une part d’étrangeté. Certains artistes s’attachent au lieu comme mémoire d’événements historiques ou personnels, réels ou mythiques, tandis que d’autres décrivent son caractère éminemment politique. De nombreux artistes s’intéressent aux divisions territoriales et à leurs conséquences souvent dramatiques ; d’autres aux errants, aux itinérants, à ceux qui n’ont pas de prétentions sur la terre ; d’autres enfin aux « non-lieux » anonymes et à la menace qu’ils font peser sur la diversité de notre monde contemporain. Tous les artistes de ce livre décryptent la façon dont les lieux nous affectent et nous façonnent. Ce faisant, ils nous aident à comprendre le monde dans lequel nous vivons.
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Qu’est-ce qu’un lieu ? Nous pensons le savoir mais si l’on nous pose la question, nous ne le savons plus. Quoi de plus difficile en effet que de définir un lieu, de l’expliquer, de traduire tout ce qu’il implique, tout ce qu’il contient comme charge historique, émotionnelle, symbolique ? Ce livre se présente sous la forme originale d’une exposition dans laquelle, salle après salle, le visiteur-lecteur découvre des œuvres qui toutes analysent la notion de lieu dans le monde contemporain. L’art qui est ici exposé révèle une grande variété de démarches et de pratiques. Certains artistes explorent la ville et ses transformations afin de comprendre notre rapport à un environnement urbain de plus en plus uniforme tandis que d’autres tentent de cerner le rôle de la nature dans notre imaginaire de citadins. Certains inventent des mondes fantastiques pour mieux montrer à quel point le lieu n’est qu’une création de l’esprit tandis que d’autres nous font prendre conscience que même les lieux les plus familiers recèlent une part d’étrangeté. Certains artistes s’attachent au lieu comme mémoire d’événements historiques ou personnels, réels ou mythiques, tandis que d’autres décrivent son caractère éminemment politique. De nombreux artistes s’intéressent aux divisions territoriales et à leurs conséquences souvent dramatiques ; d’autres aux errants, aux itinérants, à ceux qui n’ont pas de prétentions sur la terre ; d’autres enfin aux « non-lieux » anonymes et à la menace qu’ils font peser sur la diversité de notre monde contemporain. Tous les artistes de ce livre décryptent la façon dont les lieux nous affectent et nous façonnent. Ce faisant, ils nous aident à comprendre le monde dans lequel nous vivons.
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April 2005, Paris
April 2005, Paris
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
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Autour de quelques photographes dits «humanistes» devenus très célèbres (Izis, Boubat, Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...), plus d'une soixantaine de reporters-illustrateurs de grand talent ont œuvré et méritent d'être à l'honneur. Qu'ils se nomment Edith Gérin, Janine Niépce ou Sabine Weiss, Marcel Bovis, René-Jacques, Jean Dieuzaide, Jean Marquis, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier,(...)
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Autour de quelques photographes dits «humanistes» devenus très célèbres (Izis, Boubat, Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...), plus d'une soixantaine de reporters-illustrateurs de grand talent ont œuvré et méritent d'être à l'honneur. Qu'ils se nomment Edith Gérin, Janine Niépce ou Sabine Weiss, Marcel Bovis, René-Jacques, Jean Dieuzaide, Jean Marquis, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier,(...)
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Theory of Photography
Theory of Photography
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December 2006, Paris
December 2006, Paris
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La photographie humaniste, 1945-1968 : autour d'Izis, Boubat. Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...
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Autour de quelques photographes dits «humanistes» devenus très célèbres (Izis, Boubat, Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...), plus d'une soixantaine de reporters-illustrateurs de grand talent ont œuvré et méritent d'être à l'honneur. Qu'ils se nomment Edith Gérin, Janine Niépce ou Sabine Weiss, Marcel Bovis, René-Jacques, Jean Dieuzaide, Jean Marquis, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Léon Herschtritt, Jean-Louis Swiners, ou encore Eric Schwab, André Papillon..., ils ont en commun d'avoir nourri de leurs images le paysage visuel des Français de l'après-guerre. La Bibliothèque nationale de France peut se prévaloir de conserver la mémoire de bon nombre de ces auteurs, grâce au dépôt légal ainsi qu'à des dons généreux, auxquels elle rend hommage dans une exposition montrant les différents volets de leur activité et de leur production. On découvrira ainsi de nombreuses pièces illustrées par leurs soins ouvrages et magazines, mais aussi affiches, calendriers, agendas, dossiers pédagogiques, présents dans les fonds de la Bibliothèque. Les photographes «humanistes» ont contribué à construire une iconographie nationale, avec ses lieux pittoresques et ses archétypes sociaux mais aussi à dénoncer les réalités de l'époque - misère des banlieues, crise du logement, menaces de guerre - et à relayer luttes et espoirs de l'après-guerre. Grâce à leur participation à de grandes revues internationales (Life, Camera, Du...), ils ont aussi élargi l'horizon de leurs contemporains. Enfin ils ont en commun d'avoir développé «un imaginaire d'après nature» - selon l'expression d'Henri Cartier-Bresson - que l'on peut également qualifier de «réalisme poétique». La figure de l'homme occupe une place centrale dans cette dimension onirique et merveilleuse du réel, révélée par la photographie à l'occasion de riches coopérations avec les écrivains, poètes ou chansonniers de l'époque. Ce sont ces différents aspects que l'exposition et l'ouvrage qui l'accompagne se proposent d'aborder, afin d'élargir et d'enrichir le point de vue actuel sur la photographie «humaniste», trop souvent restreinte à quelques noms et quelques œuvres.
La photographie humaniste, 1945-1968 : autour d'Izis, Boubat. Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...
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Autour de quelques photographes dits «humanistes» devenus très célèbres (Izis, Boubat, Brassaï, Doisneau, Ronis...), plus d'une soixantaine de reporters-illustrateurs de grand talent ont œuvré et méritent d'être à l'honneur. Qu'ils se nomment Edith Gérin, Janine Niépce ou Sabine Weiss, Marcel Bovis, René-Jacques, Jean Dieuzaide, Jean Marquis, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Léon Herschtritt, Jean-Louis Swiners, ou encore Eric Schwab, André Papillon..., ils ont en commun d'avoir nourri de leurs images le paysage visuel des Français de l'après-guerre. La Bibliothèque nationale de France peut se prévaloir de conserver la mémoire de bon nombre de ces auteurs, grâce au dépôt légal ainsi qu'à des dons généreux, auxquels elle rend hommage dans une exposition montrant les différents volets de leur activité et de leur production. On découvrira ainsi de nombreuses pièces illustrées par leurs soins ouvrages et magazines, mais aussi affiches, calendriers, agendas, dossiers pédagogiques, présents dans les fonds de la Bibliothèque. Les photographes «humanistes» ont contribué à construire une iconographie nationale, avec ses lieux pittoresques et ses archétypes sociaux mais aussi à dénoncer les réalités de l'époque - misère des banlieues, crise du logement, menaces de guerre - et à relayer luttes et espoirs de l'après-guerre. Grâce à leur participation à de grandes revues internationales (Life, Camera, Du...), ils ont aussi élargi l'horizon de leurs contemporains. Enfin ils ont en commun d'avoir développé «un imaginaire d'après nature» - selon l'expression d'Henri Cartier-Bresson - que l'on peut également qualifier de «réalisme poétique». La figure de l'homme occupe une place centrale dans cette dimension onirique et merveilleuse du réel, révélée par la photographie à l'occasion de riches coopérations avec les écrivains, poètes ou chansonniers de l'époque. Ce sont ces différents aspects que l'exposition et l'ouvrage qui l'accompagne se proposent d'aborder, afin d'élargir et d'enrichir le point de vue actuel sur la photographie «humaniste», trop souvent restreinte à quelques noms et quelques œuvres.
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December 2006, Paris
December 2006, Paris
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Theory of Photography
Theory of Photography
