#french photographer
Daguerreotype portrait of a sailor smoking a pipe in Cairo, Egypt, taken by French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, c. 1843-1844.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Carte de visite portrait of Louisa Edwardes by French photographer Camille Silvy, c. 1861.
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Portrait of a woman spinning wool somewhere in Algeria, c. 1870-1900. Published by French photography firm Neurdein Brothers.
Source: Library of Congress.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a group of Italian shepherd musicians known as Pifferari photographed by French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey in Rome, the Papal States, 1842.
Source: Sotheby’s.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two unidentified women taken by French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, c. 1842-1855.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Daguerreotype portrait of two men posing in a street in Rome, the Papal States, 1842. By French photographer Joseph Philibert Girault de Prangey.
Source: Sotheby’s.
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Daguerreotype portrait of a group posing with a camel near Alexandria, Egypt, taken by French photographer Joseph Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842. A windmill is visible in the far distance.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Nude by Christian Peter, undated.
La photographie n’est pas un métier, c’est une passion, qui vous traite avec plus ou moins de bienveillance, cela sans regard des frais engagés ou du temps passé, c’est injuste aussi bien que salvateur.
Photography is not a profession–it’s a passion that treats you more or less benevolently, but without regard for the expenses incurred or the time spent. It is an injustice yet also a salvation.
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Errors in the nuance of translation are mine.
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Gérard Uféras
“Un jour au musée” - Musée d'Orsay, France - 2019
Arnaud Claass, Sans titre, Paris, 2008/2012, 1/10, Série Heure locale 2005-2008. Impression pigmentaire sur papier Hannemühle Fine Art Baryta, contrecollé sur aluminium, 33 x 22 cm, sous passe-partout 50/40 cm © Arnaud Claass, Courtesy galerie michèle chomette, Paris
ARNAUD CLAASS, ATTACHED PIECES — PHOTOGRAPHS
Exhibition through June 4, 2016 at GALERIE MICHELE CHOMETTE, Paris Fair Exhibitor
24, rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris
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galerie michèle chomette is pleased to present “Pièces Jointes / Attached Pieces”, a solo exhibition by French photographer and writer Arnaud Claass (born in Paris, 1949).
“I take photographs in order to apprehend the irregularities of daily life, and the resonances they create in us. My preferred subjects are the distinctive and the unexpected. The way I practise the act of recording – immediate or premeditated – is as literal as possible. The idea is that my photographs should be approachable.” …
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Coco, hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes, 1938.
© Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Ministère de la Culture – France / AAJHL
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