We are due for a little break – some would even call this a holiday – however, quite a lot of our time will be concerned with photographic exhibitions over the next two or three weeks.
Here’s the run down:
Firstly there’s Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan
This is a regular trip for us – practically the entire city is devoted to this event, and it’s really worth a visit. All the exhibitions are free (Yes, unlike at Arles, you don’t pay...) and of very high quality. Sadly due to the fact that this is devoted to journalism, there is a lot of repetition – but in some ways this is very creative as it shows different points of view on the same subject.
Then there’s Arles…
I’m still in two minds about this event as I don’t consider the admission fees particularly ‘friendly’, and also the choice of a lot of the ‘avant garde’ work seems a bit of a piss-take – I remember visiting the exhibition of the work presented for the final diploma at photography school – and came away wondering where photography is going…
This said, I’m ready to accept that I have a very particular taste, and fully prepared to keep my mind as open as possible – instead of buying a ticket for all the exhibitions, this year we’ll choose a few at random – Annie Leibowitz has an expo there and I’m looking forward to at least that one!
Last but not least, there’s the current exhibition at the Pavillion Populaire in Montpellier. This finishes on the 17th of September, so we’d better get there quickly…
I’m not really familiar with the work of this photographer, but the little I’ve seen leads me to think it would be worth a visit…and as we’ll be in the general area for our ‘holiday’, why not!
Update: This exhibition will be followed by Ralph Gibson « The Black Trilogy 1970-74 » from the 18.10.17 – 08.01.18 another ‘must visit’ on my list…