5 exhibitions to see during the Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris
The programme of the Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris — the first of its name, but heir to the Mois de la Photo — runs throughout April 2017 with a stunning line-up.
Indeed, this year the Mois de la Photo offers 96 exhibitions, spread across 32 towns around the French capital. Hard to find your way through, so I've put together a small — very small — selection of 5 not-to-miss exhibitions!
And of course you'll have plenty of time to see the other 91!
1. Bains Publics
Public baths: two approaches. Florence Levillain photographs the users, letting them reclaim their own image and unsettling our certainties about the iconography of precariousness. Laurent Kruszyk brings the precise photographer's eye of the Heritage and Inventory department of the Île-de-France Region.
Les Sheds
45 Rue Gabrielle Josserand, 93500 Pantin
The Sheds of the Cartier-Bresson spinning mill
Getting there
Metro line 7: Aubervilliers Pantin (4 Chemins) or Fort d'Aubervilliers — RER E: Gare de Pantin — Autolib station: 34 avenue du Cimetière Parisien, Pantin. Thursday to Sunday, 2pm to 7pm. Free entry. Wheelchair accessible.
Contact
+33 1 71 18 29 52 ff@signatures-photographies.com
2. Le Royaume
Setting off to discover a small kingdom in Vermont, USA, the renowned portraitist Stéphane Lavoué plunges us into a fascinating universe.
"I arrived there by chance, one evening, following the winding curves of the muddy, battered ridge road linking the farms of West Burke to Sutton. It wasn't until early morning that I discovered it: sitting at a diner counter, the waitress bringing me a steaming mug of coffee greeted me with: Welcome to The North East Kingdom of Vermont. I had unlawfully entered royal territory; I decided to undertake the journey that would take me to its furthest reaches."
Fisheye Gallery
2 Rue de l'Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris
Getting there
Metro: Jacques-Bonsergent (Line 5), Goncourt / Hôpital St Louis (Line 11), Colonel Fabien (Line 2). Bus: 46, 75. Car parks: Parking Zenpark (15 rue Bichat, 75010 Paris) and Parking Saint Louis (1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris). Tuesday to Sunday, 2:30pm to 7:30pm. Free entry. Wheelchair accessible.
Contact
+33 1 40 37 24 19
3. "By plane above…"
As part of the first Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris, the Archives nationales invite Mathieu Pernot to create an original work from the archive of the LAPIE company, famous for its postcard production.
Archives nationales – Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Archives nationales (France), Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Getting there
Metro: St Denis Université (Line 13). Monday to Saturday, 9am to 4:45pm. Intense Weekend: Saturday 8 April 10am–6pm. Closed in August and on public holidays. Free entry. Wheelchair accessible.
Contact
+33 1 75 47 20 02
4. Sebastião Salgado's Les 4000
An extraordinary record from 1978: the town of La Courneuve commissioned Sebastião Salgado to produce a reportage on the Cité des 4000, emblem of the post-war commuter housing estates north of Paris…
Ciné 104
104 Avenue Jean Lolive, 93500 Pantin
Getting there
Metro: Eglise de Pantin (5). Open every day 2pm–11pm. Free entry. Wheelchair accessible.
Contact
+33 1 70 69 93 26 merlin.lambert@latoileblanche.org
5. Robert Doisneau, a photographer and his books
A new reading of Doisneau's work through often-rare and little-known books, magazines and advertising leaflets, presented around different themes.
Médiathèque Chantemerle
84 rue Féray, 91100 Corbeil-Essonnes
Getting there
RER D – Corbeil-Essonnes stop – 15 minutes' walk.
- Tuesday 2pm – 7pm,
- Wednesday 10am – 6pm,
- Thursday 4pm – 6pm,
- Friday 2pm – 6pm,
- Saturday 10am – 6pm.
Free entry. Wheelchair accessible.
Contact
+33 1 60 89 75 22 contact@loeilurbain.fr