As a part of the launch of a yr devoted to images (together with one other exhibition entitled Épreuves de la Matière which runs till 4th February 2024), the BNF (Nationwide Library) near our accommodations is dipping into its vaste photograph assortment (one of many oldest and largest on the earth) for a brand new exhibition about black and white images.
With a presentation of over 300 pictures, you’ll have the ability to see iconic photographs from Willy Ronis, Diane Arbus, Nadar, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Helmut Newton, Robert Frank, William Klein, Mario Giacomelli…
You’d anticipate the French Nationwide Library to include tons and many books, however not essentially a big assortment of pictures – the BNF has six million, all with their very own story. On this new exhibition you’ll be offered with over 300 of them, spanning 150 years, from the nineteenth century to the current day.
The artwork of images was first honed via using black and white, with enchancment and exploration over the a long time, and the exhibition approaches the topic from an aesthetic, formal and senstive angle, with particular care having been taken with the standard of the prints offered. These days we’re used to consuming photographs seen on a display screen, however nothing beats seeing a print shut up.
The exhibition explains the origins of black and white images, research the significance of sunshine (particularly for the previous growth processes), the creative scope attainable (results, over-exposure, under-exposure, the significance of the paper used…) and even touches on using color in black and white images 😲. Intriguing, proper?
Get able to see and study Ambrotypes, Calotypes, Rotogravures, Photograms and different specialised growth methods.
Across the exhibition there are documentary showings from noon to 2.30pm (one Tuesday per 30 days) and (for French audio system) quite a lot of conferences one Wednesday per 30 days – Les tonalités de noir dans les photographies du XIXe siècle, Le gris dans la photographie du XXe siècle…
The total line-up of occasions will be consulted right here.
A listing of the exhibition can be accessible (256 pages, 220 illustrations) right here at your native Amazon for 30-45€ (relying in your nation).
The exhibition Noir & Blanc : une esthétique de la photographie (Black & White: an aesthetic of images) is on the BnF (right here) from seventeenth October 2023 – twenty first January 2024
Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-7pm, and Sundays from 1-7pm
Admission: 10€ / 8€ / 13€ for 2 exhibitions
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