Jean-Christian Bourcart
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Jean-Christian Bourcart first gained attention in France, his native country, for "Infertile Madonnas" (1992), a series of photographs taken in Frankfurt brothels, which was widely exhibited and also published with an introduction by Nan Goldin
. He has been living and working in New York since 1997.
He also published "Forbidden City" (1999), an investigation of swinging and S&M clubs taken with a hidden camera
; "Traffic," a study of commuters caught in traffic jams
(2004); and "Sinon la mort te gagnait" ("if not, Death would have overtaken you"), an autobiography mixing text and photographs.
His last bodies of works include "Stardust," in which he photographed the image on the glass that separates the projection room from the audience in movie theater
s, and "Collateral", in which he projected photographs of Iraqi war victims on houses, churches and supermarkets in the American countryside.
In 2009, he documented himself about the city of Camden, N.J., which is one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the U.S.A., trying to understand and witness what is the real life behind the statistics and trying to develop strategies that bring something back to the communities. In September 2011, he documented the 10-year September 11 Commemorations in New York for the French photography organization 24h.com
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Nan Goldin
Nancy "Nan" Goldin is an American photographer.-Life and work:Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Lexington, to middle class Jewish parents whose ideas, moderately liberal and progressive, were put to the test when on April 12, 1965 their eldest...
. He has been living and working in New York since 1997.
He also published "Forbidden City" (1999), an investigation of swinging and S&M clubs taken with a hidden camera
Hidden camera
A hidden camera is a still or video camera used to film people without their knowledge. The camera is "hidden" because it is either not visible to the subject being filmed, or is disguised as another object...
; "Traffic," a study of commuters caught in traffic jams
Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. The most common example is the physical use of roads by vehicles. When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction...
(2004); and "Sinon la mort te gagnait" ("if not, Death would have overtaken you"), an autobiography mixing text and photographs.
His last bodies of works include "Stardust," in which he photographed the image on the glass that separates the projection room from the audience in movie theater
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
s, and "Collateral", in which he projected photographs of Iraqi war victims on houses, churches and supermarkets in the American countryside.
In 2009, he documented himself about the city of Camden, N.J., which is one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the U.S.A., trying to understand and witness what is the real life behind the statistics and trying to develop strategies that bring something back to the communities. In September 2011, he documented the 10-year September 11 Commemorations in New York for the French photography organization 24h.com
24h.com
24h is a photography program established by the French photography organization Photographie.com and kicked off in October 2010 commissioning photographers to document specific events around the globe. During each event, selected photographers are given 24 hours to express their talent and explore...
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2011 Images - Festival des arts visuels de Vevey
- 2010 “Camden", Museum für Photographie Braunschweig
- "10th International photo Exhibition," Shanghai
- "Camden", Images - Festival des arts visuels de Vevey
- 2009: “Camden”, Rencontres Internationales d’Arles
- 2008: “Le plus beau jour de la vie,” Rencontres Internationales d’Arles
- 2007: “Stardust”, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York; Musée du Jeu de PaumeGalerie nationale du Jeu de PaumeThe Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is a museum of contemporary art in the north-west corner of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.The building was constructed in 1861 during the reign of Napoleon III...
, Paris; “Stardust,” Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, - 2006: “Traffic,” Museu da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
- 2006: "Traffic", Fototeca, Monterrey, Mexico
- 2004: “Traffic”, Galerie Léo Scheer, Paris
- 2002: “Le plus beau jour de la vie”, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York
- 2001: “Forbidden city”, galerie Catherine Bastide, Bruxelles
- 2000: Galerie du Jour, Paris
- 1993: “Les filles de la gare centrale,” Galerie Urbi & Orbi, Paris
Filmography
- 2010: “Memories of the days to come,” 35mm, 80 min, Le Bureau production
- 2008: “Encore une fois,” DV, 4 min. 30
- 2007: “Stardust, the film,” DV, 1 min. 30
- 2006: “Me, my cell and I’,” DV, 9 min
- 2005: “It’s today”, DV, 7 min; “The decisive act,” DV, 8 min. 30; “Stories of hell,” DV, 6 min. 15
- 2004: “Rapture,” DV, 10 min. 30; “Bardo/Autoportrait,” DV, 5min. 15
- 2003: “Videhole,” DV, 2 min. 30
- 1999: “(de) la fenêtre,” vidéo, 26 min D.A.P, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
- 1997: “Elvis,” fiction movie, 35 mm, 65 min,Lazennec Production
- 1996: “Céline en galère,” video, 46 min, Io Production
- 1993: “Casablanca,” video with Robert FrankRobert FrankRobert Frank , born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American photography and film. His most notable work, the 1958 photobook titled The Americans, was influential, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American...
, 8 min - 1992: “Les filles de la gare centrale,” vidéo, 12 min