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PHOTO ELYSEECHSabine Weiss × Nathalie Boutté: Tribute 22 Jun 2024 – 23 Feb 2025"What I don't understand is how I was able do so many things in the same period. That's amazing! And completely different things! It was a very beautiful life. I don't want to start over because it's not advisable. But I regret nothing." - Sabine Weiss To mark the centenary of Sabine Weiss's birth (1924-2021), Photo Elysée is presenting an exhibition that pays tribute to the photographer and has invited the visual artist Nathalie Boutté (France, 1967) to engage in dialogue with her work. A… more PHOTO ELYSEECHDaidō MoriyamaA Retrospective 6 Sep 2024 – 23 Feb 2025Photo Elysée is presenting a major exhibition devoted to one of Japan’s greatest photographers. This retrospective, produced by the Instituto Moreira Salles (Sao Paulo, Brazil), will be making a stopover in Switzerland after showing in Berlin and London. During the sixty years of his career, Daido Moriyama (born in Osaka in 1938) definitively altered our perception of photography. He used his camera to document his immediate surroundings and to visually explore post-war society in Japan. But… more PHOTO ELYSEECHThe Anonymous Project / Lee ShulmanHome & Away 6 Sep 2024 – 23 Feb 2025Home & Away is a photographic installation based on the collection of The Anonymous Project. Collecting color slides from the last 70 years, The Anonymous Project preserves this collective memory. In his installations, Lee Shulman gives a second life to the often forgotten people in these moments captured in Kodachrome color. Designed for L'Atelier de Photo Elysée, Home & Away invites visitors to settle into an interior inspired by the great years of the slide. … more PHOTO ELYSEECHMaya RochatWater is Coming 24 Oct 2024 – 23 Feb 2025The result is Water is coming, a complex, immersive installation – designed specifically for Photo Elysée – that draws us into a world of contrasts between the immensity of the waves and the artificial space of an aquarium where the water level slowly rises. This tension between the beauty of nature and climate anxiety is an ever-present theme in Rochat’s work. Water is coming is a holistic, dreamlike experience that exists on the fringes of our reality. Inspired by the work of Masaru E… more PHOTO ELYSEECHTamara JanesSet and setting 22 Jun – 29 Sep 2024Set and setting presents the first institutional solo show of Swiss artist Tamara Janes. Janes is fascinated by how we see, question, and change the post-modern conditions of the image. She addresses these issues by utilising a unique blend of high-culture and popular culture sources that captivate audiences and humorously expose both profound and mundane aspects of contemporary visual culture. A large part of the exhibition shows bodies of work she made after researching the New York Public Lib… more PHOTO ELYSEECHOlga Cafiero(In)Animalis 22 Jun – 29 Sep 2024Olga Cafiero has been given carte blanche to explore the Naturéum's collections. Through her photographic series, she captures the perpetual accumulation of time. She plays with colors and materials to create and represent each object. By bringing zoological, botanical and geological specimens to life, she opens up new perspectives on the natural sciences. Olga Cafiero takes over Plateforme 10's Le Signal L space at the suggestion of Photo Elysée and Naturéum.more PHOTO ELYSEECHCindy ShermanCindy Sherman 29 Mar – 4 Aug 2024Cindy Sherman is considered to be one of the most important American artists of her generation. Her ground-breaking photographs have interrogated themes around representation and identity in contemporary media for over four decades. In this new body of work, the artist collages parts of her own face to construct the identities of various characters, using digital manipulation to accent the layered aspects and plasticity of the self. Sherman has removed any sceni… more PHOTO ELYSEECHMan RayLIBERATING PHOTOGRAPHY 29 Mar – 4 Aug 2024"To be totally liberated from painting and its aesthetic implications" was the first avowed aim of Man Ray (United States, 1890-1976), who began his career as a painter. Photography was one of the major breakthroughs of modern art and led to a rethinking of notions of representation. In the 1920s and 30s, the photographic medium came to the forefront of the avant-garde movement, and Man Ray soon made a name for himself with his virtuosity. As a studio portraitist… more PHOTO ELYSEECHChristian MarclayCHRISTIAN MARCLAY × ECAL PHOTOMATON PHOTO BOOTH29 Mar – 2 Jun 2024Four portraits taken by a machine and printed in just a few minutes! This is the experience offered by the photo booth since its invention in 1924. It was an immediate success, particularly with the proliferation of identity documents requiring a portrait complying with specific standards (bare head, uniform background, neutral expression, etc.). Few people are unfamiliar with the experience of the "Photomaton", the name of the photo booth often found in train stations. Automated, self-service… more PHOTO ELYSEECHAurélie PétrelView & Data Aurélie Pétrel × Fabien Vallos × HEAD × ENSP29 Mar – 2 Jun 2024The View & Data exhibition is the result of a research project revolving around the question of data, headed by artist-photographer Aurélie Pétrel and philosopher Fabien Vallos, in collaboration with two schools, the HEAD Geneva and the ENSP Arles. This research analyzes the implications of the concept of "data" in the fields of art, contemporary photography and theory. It can be summed up in two main points: first, that data alone cannot produce any system whatsoever of representation of th… more PHOTO ELYSEECHRichard MosseBROKEN SPECTRE 3 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024Richard Mosse (Ireland, 1980) gained recognition for his socially committed documentaires often presented via immersive and monumental installations. He is known for his landscapes in shades of red and pink from the series Infra (2010) depicting the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More recently, he has focused on migratory flows, which he captures with military thermal imaging cameras (The Castle, 2017, Incoming, 2018).more PHOTO ELYSEECHDeborah TurbevillePHOTOCOLLAGE 3 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024The work of Deborah Turbeville (1932-2013) defies classification. The American photographer belonged to no school or movement. Her unique visual signature has been recognisable since she emerged as a major talent in the 1970s; a certain timelessness melancholy and a patina emanate from her haunting photographs taken over four decades. This retrospective will present Turbeville's photographic explorations, from fashion photos to her very personal work.more PHOTO ELYSEECHVirginie OtthA LAKE IN THE EYE 3 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024A key figure in contemporary photography in Lausanne, Virginie Otth (Switzerland, 1971) presents four previously unseen works, as well as her first film. This monographic exhibition brings together works that combine the various interests and reflections that have animated the artist for many years, and which question the relationship to the fragmentary, lacunar and ever-renewed world offered by photography, but also by our gaze and our perception.more PHOTO ELYSEECHMathieu Bernard-ReymondD’après Ramuz 3 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024In this photographic exploration, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond (France, 1976) has chosen to combine extracts from the writings of C. F. Ramuz with image-generating artificial intelligence tools. In D’après Ramuz, a project initiated by La Muette – literary spaces, he gives form to the mental images that are shaped when reading a text, gradually transforming them into a visual reality.more PHOTO ELYSEECHOne for the Other A CARTE BLANCHE GIVEN TO VIRGINIE OTTH3 Nov 2023 – 25 Feb 2024In tandem with her exhibition A Lake in the Eye, Virginie Otth (Switzerland, 1971) has invited ten artists with whom she has crossed paths at the Vevey School of Photography (CEPV) over the past two decades. Having enjoyed the discussions she has had with them around images and their perception, Virginie Otth has invited them to come together to work on two short stories taken from the philosophical novel Mr Palomar – The Sword of the Sun and The World Looks at the World – which deal with… more PHOTO ELYSEECHDebi CornwallModel Citizens Prix Elysée 202330 Jun – 1 Oct 2023The work is in line with current events and is an important contribution that is timely, given the effect of fake news in our societies. Through her research, the artist questions the blurred line between truth and fiction. The project, which is both a political and intellectual commitment, points to the urgency and necessity of questioning photography as a proof. The impact of fake news is not limited to the United States – the artist is telling a local story that talks about global issues. W… more PHOTO ELYSEECHLaia AbrilOn Mass Hysteria 30 Jun – 1 Oct 2023Artist Laia Abril (Spain, 1986) uses photography, archival documents and multimedia to create her highly political projects, often related to feminist issues and imbued with sociological, historical and anthropological insights. Her long-term projects are structured into different chapters. The artist will be presenting her latest project at Photo Elysée: On Mass Hysteria (Genesis Chapter), the first draft of which led to her nomination for the Prix Elysée (2018-2020). Mass hysteria is a reac… more PHOTO ELYSEECHJagoda WisniewskaPhoto Elysée x Arsenic 30 Jun – 1 Oct 2023The artist Jagoda Wisniewska (1987) takes over Le Signal L at the invitation of Photo Elysée in collaboration with Arsenic . She is interested in the perception of the female body and representations of female sexual and reproductive functions (sexual intercourse, menstruation, birth and breast-feeding). The female body, exposed and sexualised, is also hi… more PHOTO ELYSEECHOPEN BOOKS A PROJECT PHOTO ELYSÉE X EPFL+ECAL LAB30 Jun – 1 Oct 2023The Open Books exhibition allows the public to discover the richness of photography books, as well as exploring the creative possibilities of this object and its influence on contemporary artists. For the duration of the show, Photo Elysée will be revealing a selection from its book collection with the creation of a library that snakes through the exhibition space. It allows visitors to browse the books and immerse themselves in the sequences of images. … more PHOTO ELYSEECHBLUR A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY3 Mar – 21 May 2023The exhibition traces the history of blur in photography, from the invention of the process to the contemporary era. With comparisons to painting and cinema, it tells the story – through key works – of the evolution of this form, as well as the values associated with it according to the different periods and photographic practices. From Alfred Stieglitz to Gerhart Richter, and including Auguste Rodin, Man Ray, William Klein, Jan Groover and Sarah Moon, one can perceive the richness of blur… more PHOTO ELYSEECHUNDER YOUR SMELL ECAL X JEAN PAUL GAULTIER3 Mar – 21 May 2023This spring, Photo Elysée presents the exhibition Under Your Smell, a truly immersive experience exploring notions of beauty, identity and gender. Under the direction of Florence Tétier (Jean Paul Gaultier's creative director) and Nicolas Coulomb (photographer and consultant for Novembre Magazine), ECAL students offer a visual interpretation of Jean Paul Gaultier's perfumes. The brand's Scandal perfumes are at the heart of the installation. The young photographers have deployed this subject b… more PHOTO ELYSEECHCOLOR PHOTOGRAPHY Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921)3 Mar – 21 May 2023This exhibition is the culmination of several years of collaborative work by Photo Elysée. It highlights images from the Gabriel Lippmann collection held at the museum and produced using the interferential technique – the color process for which Gabriel Lippmann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908. The museum holds the largest collection of plates made by Lippmann himself.more PHOTO ELYSEECH60 Species of Photographic SpacesExploring the Collections18 Jun 2022 – 29 Jan 2023PHOTO ELYSEECHJosef KoudelkaIKONAR. Archival Constellations 5 Nov 2022 – 29 Jan 2023As a first survey exhibition in Switzerland since 1977 devoted exclusively to the work of Josef Koudelka, the exhibition and accompanying book offer new insights into his career. In particular a part of his personal archive, namely the 30,000 35-mm contact sheets from 1960-2012, has been researched and presented. more PHOTO ELYSEECHAfter Nature Swiss Photography in the 19th CenturyBisson Frères (Louis-Auguste & Auguste-Rosalie)Adolphe BraunAdrien Constant-DelessertEmanuel Friedrich DänzerAntoine Détraz… (7)5 Nov 2022 – 29 Jan 2023After being proclaimed a French invention in 1839 in Paris, photography quickly conquered all of Europe. Although the race for technical improvements began in the cultural centers, heavy cameras soon appeared in villages and the countryside, in remote valleys and in the mountains. In Switzerland, the emerging tourism industry played a key role in the new photography market. In addition to the interest in spectacular landscapes, the growing demand for portraits, early industrialization and large-… more PHOTO ELYSEECH#UKRAINE IMAGES OF WAR17 Nov 2022 – 29 Jan 2023The conflict in Ukraine has received unprecedented visual and media coverage. Many reporters are actively working in the field to make their images accessible to the public. In addition to artists who use photography as their means of expression, inhabitants, civilians and soldiers also produce and share images that they post daily on different platforms. A tiny part of this production reaches us through our contacts, social networks, and the media. In everyday life, propaganda, journalism, or… more PHOTO ELYSEECHTony OurslerANOMALOUScarte blanche to Tony Oursler (1957)18 Jun – 6 Nov 2022PHOTO ELYSEECHTrain Zug Treno TrenCrossing Lines18 Jun – 25 Sep 2022PHOTO ELYSEECHreGeneration4The Challenges for Photography and its Museum of Tomorrow1 Jul – 27 Sep 2020PHOTO ELYSEECHRené BurriExplosions of Sight29 Jan – 3 May 2020PHOTO ELYSEECHJan GrooverLaboratory of Forms18 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020PHOTO ELYSEECHYann MingardEverything is up in the air, thus our vertigo29 May – 25 Aug 2019PHOTO ELYSEECHMartine FranckA Retrospective20 Feb – 5 May 2019PHOTO ELYSEECHVasantha YogananthanA Myth of Two Souls20 Feb – 5 May 2019PHOTO ELYSEECHMatthias BruggmannAn Act of Unspeakable Violence17 Oct 2018 – 27 Jan 2019PHOTO ELYSEECHLIU BolinThe Theatre of Appearances17 Oct 2018 – 27 Jan 2019PHOTO ELYSEECHJacques-Henri LartigueLa vie en couleurs30 May – 23 Sep 2018PHOTO ELYSEECHJean Dubuffet. The photographic tool30 May – 23 Sep 2018PHOTO ELYSEECHThe Beauty of Lines. / La Beauté des lignesMasterpieces from the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla collection31 Jan – 6 May 2018PHOTO ELYSEECHNicolas SavaryConquistador31 Jan – 6 May 2018PHOTO ELYSEECHGus Van SantRetrospective25 Oct 2017 – 7 Jan 2018PHOTO ELYSEECHSlidesThe History of Projected Photography1 Jun – 24 Sep 2017PHOTO ELYSEECHVertical No LimitMountain Photography25 Jan – 30 Apr 2017PHOTO ELYSEECHWojciech ZamecznikLa Photographie sous toutes ses formes20 Sep 2016 – 8 Jan 2017PHOTO ELYSEECHMartin KollarProvisional Arrangement20 Sep 2016 – 8 Jan 2017PHOTO ELYSEECHUnfamiliar FamiliaritiesOutside Views on Switzerland25 Oct – 7 Jan 2017PHOTO ELYSEECHThe Memory of the Future / La mémoire du futurPhotographic Dialogues between Past, Present and Future / Dialogues photographiques entre passé, présent et futurTakashi AraiIsrael AriñoAnna AtkinsPatrick Bailly-Maître-GrandBernd & Hilla Becher… (25)Martin BeckaJayne Hinds BidautMathew B. BradyPierre CordierBinh DanhJohn DugdaleDan EstabrookJoan FontcubertaLoris GréaudIdris KhanGustave Le GrayVera LutterAndreas Müller-PohleChristian MarclayÓscar MuñozVik MunizEadweard J. MuybridgeFrance Scully OstermanMark OstermanFlorio PuenterJerry SpagnoliJoni SternbachJames TurrellMartial VerdierNancy Wilson-Pajic25 May – 28 Aug 2016PHOTO ELYSEECHSteeve LunckerInto the WorldSe mettre au monde25 May – 28 Aug 2016PHOTO ELYSEECHWerner BischofPoint de Vue et Helvetica27 Jan – 1 May 2016PHOTO ELYSEECHAnonymats d’aujourd’hui - Petite grammaire photographique de la vie urbaineAnonymous - Urban Life in Contemporary PhotographyAnoush AbrarKristoffer AxénJulien BenardMarco BohrKevin Bubriski… (22)Stéphane CouturierLuc DelahayeMiklos GaálLena GomonNadja GrouxRaphael HeftiAimée HovingValérie JouveThomas KernRichard KolkerElisa LarvegoSteve McCurryDavid MolanderSuzanne OptonJames PriorAndrea Star ReeseFrédéric SautereauAlexey TitarenkoAnnet van der VoortHans WilschutCarlin WingPablo Zuleta Zahr27 Jan – 1 May 2016PHOTO ELYSEECHLa mémoire des images : autour de la collection iconographique vaudoise18 Sep 2015 – 3 Jan 2016PHOTO ELYSEECHreGeneration3Which Approaches to Photography?29 May – 3 Aug 2015PHOTO ELYSEECHWilliam EgglestonFrom Black and White to Color30 Jan – 3 May 2015PHOTO ELYSEECHPrix ElyséeL'Exposition des nominés30 Jan – 3 May 2015PHOTO ELYSEECHAmos GitaiAmos Gitai Architecte de la Mémoire17 Sep 2014 – 4 Jan 2015PHOTO ELYSEECHChaplin, entre guerres et paix (1914-1940)17 Sep 2014 – 4 Jan 2015PHOTO ELYSEECHGilles PeressTelex Iran17 Sep – 30 Nov 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHLuc ChessexCCCC (Castro, Coca, Che, Cherchez la femme)4 Jun – 24 Aug 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHMatthieu GafsouOnly God Can Judge Me4 Jun – 24 Aug 2014PHOTO ELYSEECH4948 Les photographies anonymes de la collection4 Jun – 24 Aug 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHPhilippe HalsmanASTONISH ME !29 Jan – 11 May 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHSebastião SalgadoGenesis20 Sep 2013 – 5 Jan 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHPaolo WoodsState20 Sep 2013 – 5 Jan 2014PHOTO ELYSEECHLaure Albin-GuillotL'Enjeu Classique5 Jun – 1 Sep 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHChristian LutzTrilogie5 Jun – 1 Sep 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHGilles CaronTHE CONFLICT WITHIN30 Jan – 12 May 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHPhill NiblockNothin' but working30 Jan – 12 May 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHHoward Greenberg - CollectionManuel Álvarez BravoBerenice AbbottRobert AdamsEddie AdamsArthur Ann Segan… (76)Diane ArbusLillian BassmanWerner BischofMargaret Bourke-WhiteBill BrandtClaude CahunHarry CallahanRobert CapaPaul CaponigroHenri Cartier-BressonJewgeni ChaldejTed CronerBruce DavidsonRoy DeCaravaFrantišek DrtikolHarold EdgertonWalker EvansLouis FaurerRobert FrankLeonard FreedLee FriedlanderJaromír FunkeFrank GohlkeSid GrossmanDave HeathLewis HineRaymond JacobsConsuelo KanagaAndré KertészImre KinszkiWilliam KleinJosef KoudelkaDorothea LangeJan LauschmannRussell LeeSaul LeiterLeon LevinsteinHelen LevittSol LibsohnJerome LieblingSally MannRalph Eugene MeatyardRay K. MetzkerHansel MiethGjon MiliLisette ModelCharles MooreMartin MunkácsiRuth OrkinGordon ParksIrving PennMarion Post WolcottJaroslav RösslerMarc RiboudJacob RiisAlexander RodchenkoMilton RogovinPeter SekaerDavid (Chim) SeymourBen ShahnAaron SiskindW. Eugene SmithFrederick SommerEdward SteichenPaul StrandKarl F. StrussJindrich StyrskyJosef SudekJohn VanderpantRoman VishniacWeegeeDan WeinerBrett WestonEdward WestonMinor WhiteGarry Winogrand21 Sep 2012 – 6 Jan 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHFreaks - The Monstrous Parade21 Sep 2012 – 6 Jan 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHLuciano RigoliniConcept Car21 Sep 2012 – 6 Jan 2013PHOTO ELYSEECHPieter HugoSeries 2002-2011- This must be the place8 Jun – 2 Sep 2012PHOTO ELYSEECHRoger BallenImages inedites- Asylum8 Jun – 2 Sep 2012PHOTO ELYSEECHDerrière le Rideau-L'Esthetique du Photomaton17 Feb – 20 May 2012PHOTO ELYSEECHLausanne: Images of counterculture4 Dec 2011 – 29 Jan 2012PHOTO ELYSEECHFrank SchrammStand-ups - Reporting live from Ground Zero13 Sep – 20 Nov 2011PHOTO ELYSEECHSaul LeiterEarly Color13 Sep – 20 Nov 2011PHOTO ELYSEECHMitch EpsteinAmerican Power13 Sep – 20 Nov 2011PHOTO ELYSEECHFELLINI, LA GRANDE PARADE8 Jun – 28 Aug 2011PHOTO ELYSEECHHans SteinerChronique de la vie Moderne 9 Feb – 15 May 2011Hans Steiner. Chronique de la vie moderneA major figure in Swiss photography, Hans Steiner was part of the golden age of Swiss photojournalism (1930s and 1940s). The Musée de l’Elysée wishes to restore the reputation of this great but unjustly forgotten photographer, with an emphasis on his modernist vision of society.AN EXHIBITIONA privileged witness, both unconventional and decidedly optimistic of a society starting to focus on consumption, Steiner offers a different and more urban vision … more PHOTO ELYSEECHIrving PennLes petits métiers 9 Oct 2010 – 16 Jan 2011For more than 60 years, Irving Penn has left his mark on the world of photography through his images of fashion, still lifes and portraits. The Musée de l'Elysée pays tribute to this 20th century master of photography. Fashion photographer for Vogue, Penn photographed small trades at the beginning of the 1950s. This personal project was based on his admiration for the working classes. Recruited in the streets of Paris, London and New York, the models came to Penn's studio in their work clothes… more PHOTO ELYSEECHBernd & Hilla BecherImprimes (1964-2010) 9 Oct 2010 – 16 Jan 2011Since the late 1950s, the photographic work of Bernd and Hilla Becher has been dedicated to industrial landscapes and buildings, including factories, water towers, blast furnaces, head frames, coal silos, etc., usually abandoned. Their approach can be described as scientific in the sense that their images are filed and archived according to their geographical locations or their functionality. This industrial architecture photographed in the same neutral light and according to the same parameters… more PHOTO ELYSEECHGilles CaronProjections 9 Oct 2010 – 16 Jan 2011THE GILLES CARON FOUNDATION DONATES 144 OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S PRINTS TO THE MUSEE DE L'ELYSEE The Musée de l'Elysée is proud to welcome into its collection 144 prints by the French photographer Gilles Caron. Donated by the Gilles Caron Foundation based in Geneva, this collection reflects the international events of the late sixties: Six Day War (Israel, 1967), Vietnam War (1967), May 68 in Paris, Biafra (Nigeria, 1968), Prague (Czechoslovakia, 1969) and the troubles in Northern Ireland (1969)… more PHOTO ELYSEECHreGeneration2 Tomorrow's photographers todayUeli AlderYann AmstutzGeorge AwdeKristoffer AxénAnna Beeke… (75)Benjamin BekerJoshua BiltonBogdan Andrei BordeianuSavas BoyrasThibault BrunetMaxime BrygoChristine CallahanKim Chang KyunTehila CohenJen DavisDavid De BeyterNicolas DelarocheSylvia DöbeltDru DonovanEliza Jane DyballLina El YafiSalvatore Michele ElefanteDavid FavrodDaniela FriebelRobin FriendMatthieu GafsouAnne GolazLena GomonNick GrahamAudrey GuiraudClaudia HanimannFlorian JoyeKalle KatailaDaniel KaufmannAni KingtonMarkus KlingenhägerRichard KolkerSylwia KowalczykAnia KrupiakovIvar KvaalElisa LarvegoShane LavaletteSungHee LeeJacinthe Lessard-LDI LiuSophie T. LvoffAgata MadejskaDavid MolanderAgnes Eva MolnarRichard MosseMilo NewmanYusuke NishimuraYa’ara OrenAnna OrlowskaJennifer OsborneMargo OvcharenkoNelli PalomäkiRegine PetersenAugustin RebetezAndrea Star ReeseNicole RobsonGrana Camila RodrigoSimone RosenbauerSasha RudenskyCatherine RüttimannSU ShengAdy ShimonyGeoffrey H. ShortShimin SongMegumu TakasakiJamie TillerJanneke van LeeuwenFrederick VidalTereza VlčkováSaana WangRobert WatermeyerAdrian WoodLIU XiaofangTamara ZibnersRadim & Barbora Zurek19 Jun – 26 Sep 2010reGeneration2 TOMORROW’S PHOTOGRAPHERS TODAY Opening of the exhibtion and Nuit de l’Elysée What are young photographers up to in the twenty-first century? How do they see the world? How much do they respect, build on, or reject tradition? As the digital revolution continues its relentless advance, demolishing longstanding practices in every domain of our field, curiosity builds as to how the new generation of photographers will operate. The reGeneration project – the b… more PHOTO ELYSEECHSally MannThe Family, The Land / Sa famille, sa terre 6 Mar – 6 Jun 2010Sally Mann - The Family, The Land For the first time in Switzerland, a museum exhibition is devoted to the exceptional oeuvre of Sally Mann. For more than twenty years this American photographer (b. Lexington, Virginia in 1951) has been dealing with the themes of intimacy and the inexorable passage of time. The photographs of Mann's three children, gathered together in 1992 for the book Immediate Family, sparked immediate controversy, while propelling the artist to the summit of the American ph… more PHOTO ELYSEECHPolaroid in Peril ! 6 Mar – 6 Jun 2010Polaroid in Peril ! Polaroid.... during the second half of the 20th century the name was synonymous with innovation in photography, and other domains besides (Who does not, or has not, owned a pair of Polaroid sunglasses?). Moreover, the Polaroid Corporation was innovative in ways beyond the impressive range of their products: realizing that artists would invent new 'applications' if encouraged to use Polaroid cameras and films, the company was generous with both. Many photographers accepted Po… more PHOTO ELYSEECHLASTING IMPRESSIONS / Impressions en continu THE FINE ART & CRAFT OF THE STEIDL BOOK / Steidl l'art du livre18 Nov 2009 – 21 Feb 2010LASTING IMPRESSIONS THE FINE ART & CRAFT OF THE STEIDL BOOK NOVEMBER 18 2009 TO FEBRUARY 21 2010 Official Inauguration: Tuesday, November 17, at 6 p.m. Gerhard Steidl, described by the daily newspaper Le Monde as "the haute couture editor", is undoubtedly the most prolific printer and editor in the world of photography: a new publication leaves the presses almost every day in Göttingen, alias "Steidlville", his birthplace in Germany. His fief - at one and the same time editing house, pr… more PHOTO ELYSEECHRodolphe A. ReissLe Théâtre du crime / The scene of the crime 27 Jun – 25 Oct 2009The scene of the crime Rodolphe A. Reiss (1875-1929) WARNING: SOME OF THE IMAGES WHICH ARE PRESENTED MAY SHOCK. THE MUSEE DE L'ELYSEE SUGGESTS THAT SENSITIVE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN UNDER 14 SHOULD NOT VISIT THE EXHIBIT. Scientific police photographs are very rarely presented to the public, remaining stored for many years in confidential files because they transgress taboos when their subjects are violent death and crime. These pictures, taken almost a hundred years ago by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss… more PHOTO ELYSEECHAdam Broomberg & Oliver ChanarinThe Red House 27 Jun – 25 Oct 2009In 2009, the Musée de l'Elysée acquired The Red House, a portfolio by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, published as a limited edition by Steidl. The photographs present no other visual information than the graffiti found on the walls of the "Red House", the name given to the prison and torture center run by Saddam Hussein's Baath party in Sulaymaniyah, Iraki Kurdistan, 330 kilometres from Baghdad. For numerous Kurdish prisoners, the walls of the cells were their only means of expression. Th… more PHOTO ELYSEECHAndreas RentschEntangled with Justice 27 Jun – 25 Oct 2009The work of Andreas Rentsch is disconcerting - a spirited amalgam of photography, performance and drawing. The artist works with a Polaroid 55, the famous instantaneous photographic medium which produces a unique image. Rentsch photographs his own body in different positions, while outlining it (literally 'drawing it') with a flashlight. Each of the images requires a five-to fifteen-minute-long exposure. In developing the film, Rentsch allows the chemical process to degrade for weeks or even mon… more PHOTO ELYSEECHCarlo ValsecchiLumen 2 May – 14 Jun 2009Monumental industrial architecture: cranes, pipes, cables and machines of every description; high-tech laboratories with gleaming surfaces ; and vast tracts of South American agribusiness... Italian photographer Carlo Valsecchi alternates between the very near at hand, and the very far away. His large-format photographs, devoid of humans, hover between the factuality of the documentary approach and the aesthetics of abstraction. Valsecchi's unusual vantage points and carefully calibrated time-ex… more PHOTO ELYSEECHAugustin RebetezGueules de bois (Hangovers) 4 May – 14 Jun 2009Notre bâtiment de l'Avenue de l'Elysée 4 présente la seconde exposition d'un nouveau cycle consacré aux photographes de talent actuellement en formation dans six écoles et centres de formation de la région. C'est dans ce cadre qu'Augustin Rebetez, élève du CEPV/ Ecole supérieure d'Arts Appliqués de Vevey, présente sa série intitulée "Gueules de bois". Exposition ouver… more PHOTO ELYSEECHJacques PuginD'ombre et de lumière 2 May – 14 Jun 2009Jacques Pugin D'ombre et de lumière The Swiss photographer Jacques Pugin searches for sites in the world which express the complex relations that humans have with nature, sites which retain both something of the mystery of their origins and a sense of disquiet as to their future. Influenced by diverse cultures, sciences and religions, Pugin is drawn towards the sea, deserts and mountains, regions where violence, hostility and primitive beauty have tested man's bodies and souls. The images … more PHOTO ELYSEECHAlexander RodchenkoRussie(s) - La collection s'expose 2 May – 14 Jun 2009Russie(s) - La collection s'expose De la Russie tsariste à la Fédération de Russie, l'exposition couvre plusieurs périodes historiques. Celle des aristocrates, des soldats et des ouvriers du 19ème siècle, celle des artistes et des prisonniers du goulag des années trente et quarante, et celles de la Russie moderne. Les tirages proviennent de la très riche collection de photographies russes du Musée de l'Elysée. Photographes présentés : DE JONGH frères (Edouard/Francis/Auguste), KL… more PHOTO ELYSEECHTHIS SIDE OF PARADISE : LOS ANGELES (1865-2008) Le paradis, ou presque - Los Angeles (1865-2008)Ansel AdamsHarry AdamsLaura AguilarClem AlbersThomas Alleman… (79)Lyle Ashton HarrisRichard AvedonJames BakerJohn BaldessariLewis BaltzAdam BartosHaven G. BishopKaucyila BrookeJo Ann CallisPaul CaponigroHerb CarletonGusmano CesarettiWilliam ClaxtonWill ConnellImogen CunninghamDarryl CurranLouise Dahl-WolfeJoe DealJohn DivolaChristina FernandezJudy FiskinWilliam Henry FletcherRobbert FlickRobert FrankAnthony FriedkinLee FriedlanderWilliam A. GarnettJeff GatesWilliam M. GodfreyJim GoldbergLeRoy GrannisLauren GreenfieldPhilippe HalsmanKaren HalversonRobert HeineckenAnthony HernandezDouglas HillDavid HockneyDennis HopperJohn HumbleGeorge HurrellShinsaku IzumiWilliam Henry JacksonGary LeonardMichael LightKarin Apollonia MüllerMary Ellen MarkDouglas McCullohJerry McMillanBob (Robert) MizerLeonard NadelKen OharaCatherine OpieMarion PalfiMaynard L. ParkerC.C. PierceErnest M. PrattLeland RiceHerb RittsAllen RuppersbergEd RuschaJulius ShulmanPeter StackpolePhil SternTimothy Street-PorterHiroshi SugimotoLarry SultanJohn SwopeEdmund TeskeAdam Clark VromanCarleton E. WatkinsMiles F. WeaverRobert WeingartenHenry WesselEdward WestonCharles WilliamsGarry WinograndIda WymanMax Yavno31 Jan – 19 Apr 2009THIS SIDE OF PARADISE: LOS ANGELES (1865-2008) «Imagine Marilyn Monroe, fifty miles long, lying on her side, half-buried on a ridge of crumbling rock, the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains, with chaparral, flowers and snakes writhing over her body, and mists, smog, or dreams gathering in every curve. You'd need a certain height to recognize that intricate course as a body. But that's Mulholland Drive... It's about as long as on old movie, and as full of scents and half-grasped fears as Marily… more PHOTO ELYSEECHValérie BelinRétrospective 7 Nov 2008 – 18 Jan 2009This mid-career retrospective, organized in collaboration with the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Museum Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, presents the work of a French photographer, one of the most talented and highly esteemed artists of her generation. The body and its metamorphoses is the common denominator of the themes dealt with by Valérie Belin. Her subjects occupy a borderline zone between human and virtual realities, between what is organic and what is sublime - an a… more PHOTO ELYSEECHTEEN CITY THE ADVENTURE OF ADOLESCENCE 15 Jun – 26 Oct 2008Teen, abbreviation of teenager, an adolescent aged between 13 and 19. City, from French « cité » and Latin « civitas ». The member of a city, the citizen (latin civis), inhabits a clearly defined territory. He has duties towards his tribe and considers his peers as members of his family or clan. Adolescence is probably the phase of life that raises the most questions. A gathering of young people always creates a stir and it's not uncommon to see anxiety in the faces of any adults pre… more PHOTO ELYSEECHCONTROVERSIES Annelies ŠtrbaAbbasLadislav BielikGuy BourdinRobert Capa… (25)Lewis CarrollHenri Cartier-BressonJewgeni ChaldejLarry ClarkLuc DelahayeRobert DoisneauHorst FaasFrank FournierMarc GarangerGary GrossLewis HineRip HopkinsIrina IonescoLehnert & LandrockMichael LightBoris LipnitzkiMan RayEdward MapplethorpeSteven MeiselNadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)Sebastião SalgadoAndres SerranoJock SturgesOliviero ToscaniNick (Huynh Cong) Ut5 Apr – 1 Jun 2008This exhibition brings together 80 photographs, most of which are very well-known, that have provoked legal proceedings or controversy. Photography, in every area and genre, has been subject to, and confronted by, laws and their interpretation ever since it was invented. The controversies it has provoked are wide-ranging and often very intense. Manipulation, forgery and censured images dealing with love, death or money are just some of the issues raised by this enormous subject. Cette expositi… more PHOTO ELYSEECHJuraj LipscherBody Shops 5 Apr – 1 Jun 2008Body Shops shows a series of spaces devoid of any human presence. These places, however, were specifically designed for the care of the human body. Contemporary society treats the body as an object that can be taken apart and put together again. From the time of birth to the moment of death, the body receives the utmost care and attention, be it in the use of make up, physical exercise, cosmetic surgery or autopsies. Although the body remains a major preoccupation for photographers today, it is … more PHOTO ELYSEECHEdward SteichenLives in Photography / Une épopée photographique 18 Jan – 24 Mar 2008EDWARD STEICHEN LIVES IN PHOTOGRAPHY organisied by the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne and the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most prolific, influential and controversial figures in the history of photography. An incessant innovator, he applied his talents to portraiture, the nude, landscape, cityscape, flowers, dance, theatre, fashion, advertising and war. Steichen's contributions could, it seems, fill a full chapter in … more PHOTO ELYSEECHRay K. MetzkerRétrospective 14 Nov 2007 – 6 Jan 2008Ray K. Metzker is recognized as one of the great masters of American photography, a virtuoso who has pursued his chosen medium passionately for fifty years. Even early in his career, Metzker's work was marked by unusual intensity. Drawing inspiration from the things around him, he was acutely perceptive in any environment. This retrospective at the Musée de l'Elysée reveals the full extent of a body of work still relatively unknown from the European public. Over 200 vintage prints are being sh… more PHOTO ELYSEECHLoretta LuxSolo Exhibition 14 Sep – 4 Nov 2007Loretta Lux (Allemagne) conçoit ses photographies à la manière d'un peintre – sa formation d'origine. Ayant remplacé le pinceau par les outils numériques, elle crée des images à la fois attirantes et inquiétantes. Les enfants qu'elle met en scène posent dans des habits étriqués et dans des lieux qui oscillent entre des paysages naturels et des scènes de théâtre. Travaillant avec une palette qui rappelle par sa luminosité celle des peintres de la Renaissance, l'artiste altère le… more PHOTO ELYSEECHSuzanne OptonSolo Exhibition 14 Sep – 4 Nov 2007Suzanne Opton (Etats-Unis) a fait le portrait de soldats revenus d'Irak. Sachant que ces jeunes gens ont assisté à des scènes terribles à jamais gravées dans leur mémoire, la photographe s'est rendue à la base militaire de Fort Drum, dans l'Etat de New York, pour observer leurs visages. En demandant à ses sujets de se coucher à même le sol – une pose bien peu conventionnelle – Suzanne Opton est parvenue à désarmer les soldats et à révéler des êtres dans leur fragilité et leu… more PHOTO ELYSEECHBrigitte LustenbergerSolo Exhibition 14 Sep – 4 Nov 2007Brigitte Lustenberger (Suisse) dévoile des individus et des lieux qui dégagent une forte impression de mystère. Elle a vu, saisi et dérobé quelques bribes d'action qui se sont aussitôt volatilisées à son contact. Au spectateur ensuite de recomposer l'histoire de scènes énigmatiques. Brigitte Lustenberger (Schweiz) enthüllt Individuen und Orte, mit einer geheimnisvollen Ausstrahlung. Sie sah, erfasste und raubte einige Handlungsmomente, die sich bei ihrem Kontakt sofort verflüchtig… more PHOTO ELYSEECHLeonard FreedWorldview 31 May – 2 Sep 2007Leonard Freed is one of the twentieth century's most prominent documentary photographers. His photographs have graced the covers of major newspapers and magazines around the world on numerous occasions. A member of the famous Magnum cooperative, Leonard Freed ranks among the giants of twentieth-century photojournalism. His work is considered a milestone in what has been aptly called "concerned photography". Organized and curated by the Musée de l'Elysée, in collaboration with Magnum Photos, Pa… more PHOTO ELYSEECHTous photographes! We are all photographers now!The rapid mutation of amateur photography in the digital age8 Feb – 20 May 2007PHOTO ELYSEECHShoji UedaUne Ligne Subtile // A Fine Line1913-200013 Oct 2006 – 28 Jan 2007PHOTO ELYSEECHMdvanii << ceci n'est pas une poupée >>Billyboy* & Lala23 Nov 2006 – 28 Jan 2007PHOTO ELYSEECHCatherine LeuteneggerHors-champ13 Oct – 12 Nov 2006PHOTO ELYSEECHChaplin en images22 Jun – 24 Sep 2006PHOTO ELYSEECHSans regard - La collection Dancing Bear de W.M.Hunt23 Feb – 5 Jun 2006PHOTO ELYSEECHNicolas FaurePaysages A - jardins de la vitesse17 Nov 2005 – 5 Feb 2006PHOTO ELYSEECHReGeneration. 50 photographes de demain, 2005-2025.Anoush AbrarKeren AssafChristoph BangertSamantha BassJaret Belliveau… (45)Marco BohrMauren BrodbeckMatthias BruggmannBianca BrunnerSong ChaoNatalie CzechRaphaël DallaportaKaterina DrzkováLeo FabrizioMiklos GaálGérald GarbezJulie Edel HardenbergTarik HaywardRaphael HeftiAimée HovingPieter HugoMilo KellerIdris KhanGábor Arion KudászEva LauterleinLucy LeveneRémy LidereauMarcello MarianaOren NoyRyo OhwadaSuellen ParkerTed PartinCharlotte PlayerNicholas PriorValérie RouyerMarla RutherfordJohann Ryno de WetMartina SauterJosef SchulzMona SchweizerCaroline ShepardAngela StrassheimCathrine SundqvistShigeru TakatoPetúr ThomsenMieke van de VoortRaffael WaldnerChih-Chien WangCarlin WingPablo Zuleta Zahr23 Jun – 23 Oct 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHLarry SultanThe Valley21 Apr – 12 Jun 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHTom WoodLooking for Love21 Apr – 12 Jun 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHHenri Cartier-BressonAnti-Graphic Photographs. Hommage à Cartier-Bresson10 Feb – 10 Apr 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHHenri Cartier-BressonCartier-Bresson et la revue du la Suisse et les Suisses10 Feb – 10 Apr 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHDan WeinerAnti-Graphic America. les années 1950 vues par Dan Weiner10 Feb – 10 Apr 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHWerner JekerPhotoGraphisme4 Nov 2004 – 30 Jan 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHJean-Pascal ImsandLa Voie lactée4 Nov 2004 – 30 Jan 2005PHOTO ELYSEECHRené BurriPHOTOGRAPHIES24 Jun – 24 Oct 2004PHOTO ELYSEECHMaking Faces: The Death of the Portrait // Je t’envisage: La disparition du portrait Yuri ABill ArmstrongAziz + CucherRoger BallenPhilippe Bazin… (41)Valérie BelinElina BrotherusDaniele BuettiMaurizio CattelanXING DanwenAnne DeleporteLaurence DemaisonSusan DergesRineke DijkstraDesiree DolronRoland FischerCharles FrégerLee FriedlanderMaurizio GalimbertiGilbert & GeorgeClaus GoedickeDouglas GordonInez & VinoodhJean-Pierre KhazemYotta KippeIngar KraussMarie-Jo LafontaineDidier Ben LoulouAnn MandelbaumClaudia MatzkoVik MunizShirin NeshatJosé Luís NetoBrian OglesbeeAnneè OlofssonMartin ParrCatherine ReboisThomas RuffSam SamoreTomoko SawadaHelen SearMichèle SylvanderAndy WarholTorsten WarmuthJoel Peter WitkinRene Zürcher4 Feb – 23 May 2004Je t’envisage - La disparition du portrait L’exposition Je t’envisage a pour ambition de lever le voile sur les représentations récentes du visage dans la photographie. Si le corps a été la principale préoccupation des photographes à la fin du 20e siècle, il a maintenant cédé la place au visage. De même que le corps a supplanté le genre du nu, le visage relègue celui du portrait au second plan. Aujourd’hui, les photographes contestent les croyances liées au portrait, notamm… more PHOTO ELYSEECHRobert WalkerColor is Power30 Oct 2003 – 25 Jan 2004PHOTO ELYSEECHLe miroir de H.G. Wells : Photographie vaudoise au XIXe siècle30 Oct 2003 – 25 Jan 2004PHOTO ELYSEECHElla MaillartSur les routes de l'Orient 19 Jun – 19 Oct 2003Douée d’une énergie extraordinaire, d’un esprit indépendant et d’une curiosité très vive, Ella Maillart (1903-1997) n’a cessé d’affirmer son désir de liberté et d’aventure. Au cours de ses voyages, comme dans ses livres, ses photographies et ses conférences-projections, elle a témoigné de sa rencontre avec les cultures d’Asie, brillé par son érudition et recherché une forme de sagesse. Ella Maillart pratique la photographie dès son premier grand voyage, à Moscou e… more PHOTO ELYSEECHJean-Pierre GrandjeanBouddha19 Jun – 19 Oct 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHNew York . Capitale de la photographie (1900 – 2000)10 Apr – 9 Jun 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHLynne CohenNo man's land 26 Feb – 30 Mar 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHZalmaïEclipse28 Nov 2002 – 26 Jan 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHJean-Claude WickyMineros 28 Nov 2002 – 26 Jan 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHYves LerescheRrom28 Nov 2002 – 26 Jan 2003PHOTO ELYSEECHFrédéric BrennerJuifs d'URSS1993PHOTO ELYSEECHL'art pour tous : des photographies à toucher. |
