N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
excerpt from CLAUDE CAHUN: The Extreme Point of the Needle in: Michael Löwy’s MORNING STAR: surrealism, marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia During 1936, Claude Cahun took an active part in Surrealist activities: she was present at the Surrealist exhibitions in Paris and London and signed the collective appeal “No Freedom for the Enemies of Freedom” (written…
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My love for the Hyères Festival is known. I’ve written about it and have featured a great deal of the authors shortlisted each year. The judging panel has been responsible for issuing a statement about what they want to see in contemporary photography and it has been bold and exciting, for Hyères always awards an…
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© Justin Lambert Recently, a discussion with my partner about the burqa ban in France and, in particular, the latest decision of The European Court of Human Rights to validate such prohibition, got me thinking about the different sides on this issue. Regarding the ban itself, my position is very straightforward: I would never support…
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“Augustin Rebetez breathes energy in his works. He has developed a very ownable style over a very short period of time, even though this is not easy to put in a box. With a combination of free and staged photography using his immediate surroundings, he constantly surprises with his work. Augustin is not afraid to…
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© Emile Barret, from the series Magnet3 © Emile Barret, from the series Magnet3 © Emile Barret, from the series La Vanité est un Plaisir des Reins © Emile Barret, from the series La Vanité est un Plaisir des Reins © Emile Barret, from the series La Disparition © Emile Barret, from the series La…
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Jacques Audiard’s “trilogy”, very worth watching: De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone), 2012, De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped), 2005 and Sur mes lèvres (Read my Lips), 2001
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photo caption (above) © Christian Boltanski, Odessa Monument, 1991. Four gelatin silver prints, lights and wiring “Since the late 1960s, Christian Boltanski (b. 1944, Paris) has worked with photographs collected from ordinary and often ephemeral sources, endowing the commonplace with significance. Rather than taking original photographs to use in his installations, he often finds and…
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“We have entered La ZAD (Zone A Défendre) – Europe’s largest postcapitalist protest camp – a kind of rural occupy on the eastern edge of Brittany, half and hour’s drive from the city of Nantes. Like a rebel constellation spread across 4000 acres of forest, farmland and marshes, it takes the form of old squatted…
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© Pauline Fouché, from the series Cassures (Cracks), 2002 © Pauline Fouché, from the series Cassures (Cracks), 2002 © Pauline Fouché, from the series Cassures (Cracks), 2002 The Cassures materialize an event-image abundant in the newspapers by reapropriation through the gesture and the image. Abused and reduced to the fragility of their appearance as well…
Read Morephoto taken from Le Chat Noir Emeutier “Violent clashes between youths and riot police in the northern French city of Amiens have left 16 officers injured and several public buildings torched in some of the worst rioting in the area for years – reopening the fraught political debate about France’s troubled housing estates. Rioting broke…
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© Erwan Frotin, Pain à Pieds Bleus, from the series Sketch, 2006 © Erwan Frotin, Perdreau Fantôme, from the series Sketch, 2006 “Patiently elaborated images emerge, shapes and colours, dissonant or incongruous at first glance, astonish and confuse the viewer.” Marco Costantini, @ Still life as a chimera More of Erwan’s work here
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© Wladd Muta, Hypercops 1 On Mountains, 2011 © Wladd Muta Les pétales des fleurs de grenouilles, “AnUra-Flora“, se développent dans un tout premier temps à partir des tissus pulmonaires du batracien (fig.1.). L’amorce de la mutation utilise les traces génétiques fantômes des branchies du stade larvaire (têtards). Le pétale se constitue ensuite exclusivement sur…
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© Jean-Noël Pazzi, figure 5 – les cadavres exquis, from the project In(ter)vention © Jean-Noël Pazzi, forêt 6 – paysage, from the project In(ter)vention © Jean-Noël Pazzi, figure 3 – les cadavres exquis, from the project In(ter)vention “Ménager les site frappés de croyance comme indispensable territoire d’errement de l’esprit. Gilles Clément Manifeste du tiers paysage…
Read More@ Julie Rebouillat,No Border Calais, manif, 27 June 2009 Refugees in Calais find shelter where they can, in spaces left abandoned or neglected by French citizens. Some sleep in the park or under the canal bridges. Most live in one of two kinds of dwellings: (a) squats in deserted buildings, of which there are many…
Read More© Véronique Pêcheux, Untitled, 2009/10 © Véronique Pêcheux, Untitled, 2011 More of Véronique’s work here
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© Lionel Pralus, from the series Masques © Lionel Pralus, from the series Masques More of Lionel’s work here The place for the Collectif Faux-Amis
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© Marikel Lahana, Herbert, from the series Fictions aptères, 2009 © Marikel Lahana, Cygne, from the series Fictions aptères, 2009 More of Marikel’s work can be seen here
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© Suzanne Doppelt, Lazy Suzie, P.O.L, 2009 © Suzanne Doppelt, Lazy Suzie, P.O.L, 2009
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© Stéphane Fugier, Kashka © Stéphane Fugier, Jean Marcel More of Stéphane’s work here
Read More© Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, Hibernatus, 2010 © Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, Untitled, from the series Les Gueules cassées, 2009 More of Patrick’s work here
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