The Purpose of Photography: A Permanent Invention
Apr 20, 2011 - Jun 19, 2011
We are living in an age where the possibilities offered by photography have increased exponentially. Traditional processes, which are still often poorly understood, are being superseded by digital or hybrid technologies which are hard for the general public to grasp. While photography today is rediscovering alternative traditional methods, it has become urgent to analyse the technical knowledge that enables us to understand the exact nature of photographic works from both past and present.
The exhibition entitled "L'objet photographique: une invention permanente" looks at photographic methods (contact, pinhole, photographic lens, etc) and the means of processing or modifying the resulting images (direct positives, negatives, prints, etc) which make up the material history of photography. Visitors to this exhibition, which features both historic and contemporary works and which also focuses on the photographer's studio, will be quite right in thinking that every photographic object is unique.
The exhibition entitled "L'objet photographique: une invention permanente" looks at photographic methods (contact, pinhole, photographic lens, etc) and the means of processing or modifying the resulting images (direct positives, negatives, prints, etc) which make up the material history of photography. Visitors to this exhibition, which features both historic and contemporary works and which also focuses on the photographer's studio, will be quite right in thinking that every photographic object is unique.
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We are living in an age where the possibilities offered by photography have increased exponentially. Traditional processes, which are still often poorly understood, are being superseded by digital or hybrid technologies which are hard for the general public to grasp. While photography today is rediscovering alternative traditional methods, it has become urgent to analyse the technical knowledge that enables us to understand the exact nature of photographic works from both past and present.
The exhibition entitled "L'objet photographique: une invention permanente" looks at photographic methods (contact, pinhole, photographic lens, etc) and the means of processing or modifying the resulting images (direct positives, negatives, prints, etc) which make up the material history of photography. Visitors to this exhibition, which features both historic and contemporary works and which also focuses on the photographer's studio, will be quite right in thinking that every photographic object is unique.
The exhibition entitled "L'objet photographique: une invention permanente" looks at photographic methods (contact, pinhole, photographic lens, etc) and the means of processing or modifying the resulting images (direct positives, negatives, prints, etc) which make up the material history of photography. Visitors to this exhibition, which features both historic and contemporary works and which also focuses on the photographer's studio, will be quite right in thinking that every photographic object is unique.
Artists on show
- Adam Fuss
- Ann Mandelbaum
- Anna Atkins
- Arnulf Rainer
- Bernard Faucon
- Brassaï
- Brion Gysin
- Charles Marville
- Charles Nègre
- Dan Estabrook
- David Hockney
- Denis Brihat
- Édouard-Denis Baldus
- Eric Rondepierre
- Etienne-Jules Marey
- Eugène Atget
- France Scully Osterman
- Gaspard-Félix Tournachon
- Georges Rousse
- Gérard Traquandi
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Henry Clarke
- Hippolyte Bayard
- Ian Paterson
- Jan Saudek
- Jean-Pierre Sudre
- Joan Fontcuberta
- Joni Sternbach
- Joseph Nicéphore Niepce
- Lucas Samaras
- Man Ray
- Manuel Álvarez Bravo
- Markus Raetz
- McDermott & McGough
- Michel Journiac
- Paolo Gioli
- Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand
- Patrick Faigenbaum
- Pierre Cordier
- Robert Demachy
- Robert Frank
- Semiconductor
- Shirin Neshat
- Stéphane Couturier
- Vera Lutter
- Victor Hugo
- William Henry Fox Talbot
- William Wegman
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