Exceptionally in Nice after Paris, until September 16, the Espace Lympia and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation are presenting “Traverser” by Raymond Depardon.
This exhibition, featuring around a hundred prints, texts, films, and documents by the author, is organized around four themes: “The Homeland” in dialogue with “The Journey” and “Pain” in dialogue with “Imprisonment.”
With writing as the common thread, this exhibition invites visitors to journey through the artist’s work, from his early days at the Garet farm to the present.
After Raph Gatti, Giacometti, and Patrick Moya, Espace Lympia will showcase the universe of Raymond Depardon.
Raymond Depardon, born on July 6, 1942, in Villefranche-sur-Saรดne, is a French photographer, filmmaker, journalist, and screenwriter. Considered one of the masters of documentary filmmaking, he founded the Gamma photography agency in 1966 and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1979.
Writer, photographer, and filmmaker, the man seems without limits.
He is the author of the official portrait of President Franรงois Hollande.
On the occasion of this great artist’s visit to Nice, the Mercury cinema screened his film “12 Hours” late yesterday afternoon, in the presence of the artist.
The theme of this film is hospitalization in psychiatry without the patient’s consent.
