Series
Basque Heartland, 1990
In 1990, Anne Rearick left the East Coast of the United States to spend a year photographing the daily life of Iparralde, in the French Basque Country.
China, Illustrations, 1987-1990
Manuel Vimenet went several times to China, for reports, revolutions... This series is a selection of his surprising black and white photographs, from Xingping to small remote villages.
Women In Prison, 1990
This monumental work on female incarceration, took Atwood to forty prisons in nine different countries in Europe, Eastern Europe, and the United States.
Missions, Doctors, up to the other side of the world, 1989
It all started in Orly on December 22, 1989. That evening, news of Ceaucescu's fall was announced. An anesthetist friend hired by Médecins du Monde drove me into high gear at Orly airport: there, part of Hall number 2 is occupied by a group of adventurous doctors.
The Romanian Revolution, 1989
In December 1989, one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Romania was in the final hours of Nicolae Ceausescu's totalitarian regime. After weeks of struggle and protest, this last stronghold of Stalinist communism was overthrown on 21 December 1989 by a coup d'état.
Argentina, Teenage Mothers (1988-1989)
Serie | The teenage mother series, produced between 1988 and 1990, brings a sense of helplessness and discomfort - the result of a lack of social protection for low-income teenage girls when they become mothers.
François Mitterrand's Huge Building Sites, 1989
Serie | These images from 1989 come from a reportage on François Mitterrand's major construction sites.
Berlin Wall Fall, 1989
In November 1989, Manuel Vimenet was in Berlin, where the first demonstrations of Berlin's youth began on the eve of the fall of the Wall.
Alexandria, 1989
Alexandria, Egypt
Last portrait, 1989
The ceremonious Japanese delegation arrived. Two hours of careful and dazzled examination, of exclamations, of “hi” and “han”; in the chimney of the cabanon, I cooked a truffle omelette and the deal was struck!
Jazz, 1989
My first photographic loves, a mixture of blue notes, silver grains and incredible encounters. I love jazz, improvisation, musical travel. For three years, I travelled all over France from festival to festival, following this great musical caravan, from a big top in Coutances for Jazz under the apple trees, to the arenas of Vienne under a stormy rain where I made this unforgettable image of Miles.
Tiananmen Square Protests, 1989
In May 1989, a huge student movement took place in Beijing to protest the corruption of the regime and demand democracy. The famous Tiananmen Square was occupied night and day.
Opéra Garnier, 1988
Agnès Bonnot slipped into the closed but fascinating world behind the scenes of the Palais Garnier, with the aesthetic bias of centering mainly on the dancers’ feet.
Harlem sur Seine, 1988
Serie | Stéphane Duroy worked for a year on the African community in Paris, its customs and way of life.
The Blind, 1988
Over a period of ten years, Jane Evelyn Atwood entered the blind schools of France, Australia, Israel, Japan and the United States. The photographer, fascinated by the visual, has a passion for young blind people who can’t see.
Argentina, Children Hospital, (1986-1988)
Adriana Lestido made this report for two years, in order to document the daily lives of children in hospitals in Argentina.
The rooms of love, 1984-1987
The Chambers of Love setting had been ready for quite a while, ever since The Last Supper photo (1981). I was ready for the alchemy of burning and emptiness.
Fort Nieulay, 1987
Series | This report was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts and the Centre de Développement Culturel de Calais. It was produced as part of the operation of Social Development of the suburbs carried out by the City of Calais on the Fort Nieulay district.
Sahara, 1987
Series | The sensual and magnificent desert of Bernard Descamps is the culmination of a long-term project on spaces that crosses all the photographer’s production.
Chroniques d’un portraitiste, 1986
Gérard Rondeau made dozens of portraits. These women and men are photographed motionless, as if slowly. Rondeau gives them time to get used to his presence and, if possible, to forget its indiscretion.
Horses, 1985
Through Black and White pictures and square format, the envy of framing and creating movement inside the square, she manages to balance the natural rigidity.
Belgian Competitions, 1985
From the documentary photography, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt was led to collaborate widely with the press and very early on he began his personal work with ensembles dedicated to the "Belgian Competitions".
The probable evolution of time, 1981-1984
In the winter of 1981, after a magnificent snow-fall, I made The Blazing Snow, the last of my staged scenes with dummies.
Zoologies 1982
Animals generally have the misfortune of being the ones to whom no one asks their opinion. There are many ways to measure progress (or progress), including the pessimistic view of denying the existence of the world u progress in the history of the planet.
The Swiss Guard, 1981
Serie | The Corps of the Pontifical Swiss Guard as part of the Military of the Vatican City is an exception to the Swiss rulings of 1874 and 1927.
The Chemin des dames (1981-2003)
In 1981, Gérard Rondeau began working alongside French writer Yves Gibeau in the harsh landscapes of the Chemin des Dames, staging ground of several major battles that took place during WWI.
«Only the outraged shall come in», 2016
Storie | Though the year 2016 is still in its earlier months, numerous social movements have already emerged and seem here to last. Strikes against the labour reform, opposition to the state of emergency, #NuitDebout movement, denunciation of police brutality...
Tabula Rogeriana, 2016
This photographic series finds its genesis in the book of Pedrag Matveievich, “La Méditerrannée”, and the tabular work of the scientist and cartographer, Muhammad Al-Idrisi; the “Tabula Rogeriana”.
On the Road of Sub-Saharan Migrants, 2016
Serie | Michael Zumstein followed the road taken by thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants as they leave their countries for a long and dangerous journey : from Banjul (Gambia) to the Libyan coast, including Agadez (Niger).
D'entre eux, 2012-2015
Series | Since 1830, Belgium brings together two peoples, united by the will of the great powers of the time to create a buffer state.
Supernature, 2015
Serie | Supernature is an imaginary safari which pays tribute to the forces of nature, its beauty and its poetry.
Childmothers, 2015
Series | Every year, about 2 million girls give birth before the age of 15. This corresponds to 5 500 girls a day, who progress directly from childhood to motherhood.
Funeral of Hocine Ait Ahmed, 2015
Hocine Aït Ahmed, born in 1925 in Kabylia and died in 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland, was an Algerian politician and historical leader of the Algerian Liberation Front which, after Algeria's independence, embodied the figure of the irreducible opponent to the various powers in place.
Distant Early Warning, 2015-ongoing
Series | The project Distant Early Warning shows the gradual militarization of the Arctic, documenting legacies of the Cold War and increased military presence. Changes in the region have been exacerbated by other issues, in particular by global warming.
Tu es une Merveille (collections espagnole, belge et française), 2015
Serie | Inspired by the Wonders of the Cabinets of Curiosities - precious objects born from the mixture of natural and artificial elements, presented since the end of the Renaissance in Europe
The Wrinkles of the City, 2008-2015
The Wrinkles of the City is a project presented in various cities around the world where “wrinkles”, human as well as architectural, can be found.