 PHOTOGRAPHY 2006  |
The Hôtels Paris Rive Gauche group likes photography The beginnings of photography, a darkroom... |
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DECEMBER 2006 : Eugène Boischarbon A photographer and his double. Looking at Eugène Boischarbon's photo, inspired by his night at the Jardin De l'Odéon, immediately brought to mind images of the film "Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon". Did Eugène and Boischarbon finally meet?
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NOVEMBER 2006 : Valentine Vermeil What if objects could talk?... and the sheets from room 51 of the Hôtel du
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OCTOBER 2006 : Olivier Gounot Olivier Gounot is a photographer who loves movies, and we think his night at the Eiffel Park Hôtel may have inspired him to recreate the famous mirror scene from Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai"... Perhaps he bumped into Rita Hayworth in one of the corridors?
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SEPTEMBER 2006 : Gaëlle Magder Gaëlle Magder's photos are always charged with emotion... "All roads lead to Rome" is what we first though when we saw Gaëlle's photo... but no, we're in Paris... The photo gives a good idea of the strange feeling of disorientation that hits you when you discover the view of the Place du Pantheon : the warm light, the silhouette of the imposing monument... what warmth!
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AUGUST 2006 : BART OMEO Bart Omeo contacted us, saying that he was sure the Jardin de l'Odéon was a "portal hotel". He spent one in room 61 and disappeared. Only his camera reveals what may have happened to him. Bart Omeo, where are you?
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JULY 2006 : FRANCK BELONCLE Franck Beloncle loves places, their past, and this makes his photos very moving. When he stayed at the Hôtel des Grands Hommes, he decided to offer the Pantheon a decent night's sleep (and it seems all the better for it!).
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JUNE 2006 : GUILLAUME LEBRUN This photo recalls Paul Verlaine's superb poem "The Sky Is, Above The Roof". The Great Men watch over the Hôtel des Grands Hommes. With his timeless photo (taken with a pinhole camera perhaps, or painted?), Guillaume gives us an idea of the humility and emotion that hit him whilst visiting the Pantheon
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MAY 2006: BRUNO NUTTENS Bruno Nuttens loves nature and the outdoors. His colour photos and poetic texts first attracted our attention, but by going to his blog every day we soon discovered his superb black and white photos of the sky and water. He spent a night at the Résidence Henri IV and got lost in the clouds...
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APRIL 2006: FREDERIC DURAND What we like about Frédéric Durand's work is his "clinical" precision. His stay at the Jardin de l'Odéon inspired him to create what could be a scene from a spy movie. But who are those two young women? A couple of spies come in from the cold?
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MARCH 2006: FREDERIC DELANGLE What a shock, the first time we saw Frederic Delangle's photos! It was at the Galerie Philippe Chaume, for the exhibition "Ahmedaba, No Life Last Night". We were fascinated by the light, the ghosts... There's life in the photo taken during the night at the Hôtel Des Grands Hommes... Is it one of the residents of the Pantheon who couldn't resiste a little modern comfort?
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FEBRUARY 2006: XAVIER ALPHAND We first found out about Xavier Alphand whilst leafing through "Au Hasard Des Secondes" in a bookshop. Looking at his photo of the Hotel du Panthéon, we can imagine flying out of this window to join Peter Pan in the land of dreams. There's a great sense of freedom and something other-wordly about this photo...
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JANUARY 2006: JEROME D'ALMEIDA Jérome d'Almeida took photos of the Paris Rive Gauche hotels, and did a great job. After staying at the Hotel des Grands Hommes, his recollections of that night have a melancholy tinge to them. But then, January is always a bit depressing...
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DECEMBER 2005: DAMIEN DEBIN Damien Debin loves photography, Paris and a touch of romanticism. He stayed at the Eiffel Park Hotel for one night, and leaves us with this luminous photo, white as snow, bringing to mind Sleeping Beauty or a princess from a Christmas story…
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NOVEMBER 2005: CAROLINE CONSTANT We came across Caroline Constant's work by chance when surfing the web, and liked the warmth that emanated from her photos. She chose to stay the night at the Hotel de la Sorbonne and describe her experience there... Why not also check out her website, which shows many other sides of this accomplished artist...
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OCTOBER 2005: LUDOVIC VALLOGNES Paintings? Photographs?
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JUNE 2005: DOMINIQUE JUMELLE A photographer whose work we have loved for a while now... |
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