Jeanloup Sieff : A Photographic Journey in the Death Valley
The history of photography features thousands of photographic journeys. As far back as the midth century, those known as the Orientalists – Maxime Du Camp, Eugène Bonfils, etc. – set out for the Orient in search of exoticism, drawn to the notion of elsewhere. Their &#;tours&#; were more like expeditions, as photographic equipment in those days was heavy, cumbersome and difficult to handle. With the next century came changes in the genre and the invention of the road trip, a physical exploration of the landscape in the broad sense coupled with introspection. Among the best, this subjective point of view on the world was accompanied by strong aesthetic sensibilities that sometimes went so far as questioning established conventions.
There aren&#;t as many of those series, but some of them are quite famous: “The Americans” () by Robert Frank, “The Mexican Journey” () by Bernard Plossu, and “Death Valley” by Jeanloup Sieff in The photographs of the latter come with a travel diary giving a behind the scenes glimpse of his journey, a mix of first-hand accounts, observations and emotions. These images by Jeanloup Sieff spea
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Jeanloup Sieff (Parigi, 30 novembre – Parigi, 20 settembre ) è stato un fotografo francese.
Figlio di genitori polacchi, inizia la professione di fotografo come reporter, negli anni cinquanta, ed ottiene riconoscimenti per il servizio sugli scioperi nelle miniere del Borinage Belga.
Passato alla fotografia di moda, collabora con le prestigiose riviste dell&#;epoca. Nei primi anni sessanta si trasferisce a New York, qui svolge servizi che lo renderanno sempre più popolare e che vedono personaggi del calibro di Alfred Hitchcock posare per lui. Trascorre in questa città pochi anni per poi tornare a Parigi.
Il suo nome viene legato alla fotografia di nudo. Anche in questo campo artistico, come negli altri, Sieff fa molto uso dell&#;obiettivo grandangolare spinto che conferisce un&#;impronta unica ed inconfondibile al suo stile ironico e mai volgare.
Attori, politici ed artisti hanno posato per lui. La luce morbida che illumina il viso, mentre il resto dei dettagli perde importanza, caratterizzano queste immagini. Tipica la vignettatura ottenuta in fase di stampa, procedimento che spesso il fotografo curava in prima persona.
A completezza arti
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: "Photography of the World '60", Heibonsha, Tokyo (Japon).
: "The History of the Nude in Photography", de Peter Lacey, Bantam Books, New York (USA).
: "Non tocare la donna bianca", éditions Einaudi, Turin (Italie).
: "Sexy Ladies", Playboy Press, Chicago (USA).
: "Das Imaginäre Photo-Museum", de Renate et Fritz Gruber, textes de Helmut Gernsheim, Fritz Gruber, Beumont Newhall et Jeane von Oppenheim, éditeur DuMont Buchverlag (Allemagne).
: "le Nu français", texte de Jacques Laurent, éditions Jannink, Paris (France).
: "Private Viewing : Contemporary Erotic Photography", de Terry Jones, éditions New Leaf Publishing Ltd., Londres, (G.-B.).
: "Angénieux, carte blanche à…", éditions Contrejour, Paris (France).
: "Egoiste N°9", édité par Richard Avedon & Nicole Wisniak, Paris (France).
Jeanloup Sieff
Jeanloup Sieff
— Shadow Lines
September 28th - December 12th,
Nature and landscape, fashion and nude: the French photographer Jeanloup Sieff moves masterfully throughout genres establishing himself as one of the great talents in the history of photography. The exhibition "Shadow Lines" offers a comprehensive and very personal view of Jeanloup Sieff´s work. Featuring 48 photographs, this exhibition shows him as an artist who has not only chosen to utilize the wide-angle lens to achieve a strikingly cinematic approach, but also as one who challenges the limits of black and white photography through an unusual play of light and shadow.
Jeanloup Sieff once described his approach which would become a personal hallmark as: “the pleasure in crazy light, the pleasure in making forms visible, to compose spaces and encounters”. The exhibition “Shadow Lines” unites his particular joy of photography, his unusual and often humorous pictorial language, and shows a compilation of dreamlike landscapes and poetic nudes from the late s to the s.
Even the barren landscapes of California’s Death Valley are captured in soft contours in Sieff’s black and white shots. Whether
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