Aperture 142 - Winter 1996

France: New Visions

“France: New Visions” presents a selection of images by twenty-one contemporary French photographers—some already known, others who will be new to American eyes.

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Portfolios and Essays on Jeanloup Sieff, Blaise Cendrars, and Ernst Jünger, Robert Desnos and Marc Le Mené, Annie Ernaux and Dolorès Marat, Blaise Cendrars, Mi-Hyun Kim and Sarah Moon, Sophie Calle, Bernard Faucon, Tristan Tzara and Caroline Feyt, Raymond Depardon, Xavier Emmanuelli and Jean-François Joly, Marie-Paule Nègre, Nadia Benchallal, Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Claude Coutausse, Christine Spengler, Christian Boltanski, Marc Pataut, Lise Sarfati, Pierre et Gilles, Jean-François Lepage, Keiichi Tahara, Raymond Queneau, Robert Delpire, Marcel Ophüls and Jean-Michel Frodon, Joan Fontcuberta and Jean-Pierre d’Alcyr, Pierre Bonhomme and Gabriel Bauret, and Donald Kuspit.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 80
Publication date: 1996-06-01
Measurements: 9.58 x 11.38 x 0.27 inches
ISBN: 9780893816681


Table Of Contents

The Earth Remembers
by Jeanloup Sieff, Blaise Cendrars, and Ernst Jünger, Photographs by Jeanloup Sieff

Midway
Poem by Robert Desnos, Photographs by Marc Le Mené

Moments in the City
Vignettes by Annie Ernaux, Photographs by Dolorès Marat

In the World’s Heart
Poem by Blaise Cendrars, Photographs by Mi-Hyun Kim, Sarah Moon

Autobiographical Stories
Installations and texts by Sophie Calle

Love Chambers
Photographs and texts by Bernard Faucon

Evening
Poem by Tristan Tzara, Photographs by Caroline Feyt

The Light of Home
Photographs and text by Raymond Depardon

Two-Way Mirrors
by Xavier Emmanuelli, Photographs by Jean-François Joly

Uprooted Lives: France’s New Poverty
Photographs and text by Marie-Paule Nègre

Veiled Destinies: Women in Algeria
Photographs and text by Nadia Benchallal

No Pity For Sarajevo
By Jean Baudrillard, Photographs by Jean-Claude Coutausse

War And Dreams
Photographs and text by Christine Spengler

Monuments To Darkness
Installations by Christian Boltanski

Apartheid
Photographs and text by Marc Pataut

The Theatrical Identity
Photographs by Lise Sarfati, Pierre et Gilles, Jean-François Lepage, Keiichi Tahara

Sines
Poem by Raymond Queneau

Photography in its Childhood
Interview with Robert Delpire

Working at the Human-Level: Interview with filmmaker Marcel Ophüls
by Jean-Michel Frodon

Señor Pablo’s Unseen Photographs
by Joan Fontcuberta and an interview with Jean-Pierre d’ Alcyr

Rereading the Past: Interview with Pierre Bonhomme
by Gabriel Bauret

Annette Messager
Exhibition review by Donald Kuspit

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