SABINE WEISS
UNA VITA DA FOTOGRAFA

April 28 — June 11 2023
Reggio Emilia (Italia)
Festival Fotografia Europa

SABINE WEISS
UNA VITA DA FOTOGRAFA 

Festival Fotografia Europa
April 28 — June 11 2023

Chiostri di San Pietro
via Emilia San Pietro, 44 / c
Reggio Emilia Italie

Opening days April 28 — May 1st 2023


« Sabine Weiss (1924–2021) is probably the longest-standing photographer in history. She was one of the key representatives of the post-war movement that is usually referred to in France as ‘humanist photography’, and to which photographers such as Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis or Edouard Boubat belonged. Reportage, illustration, fashion, advertising, artist portraits as well as her own personal work: Sabine Weiss approached all areas of photography as a challenge, a pretext for meeting and travelling, a way of life and a means of self-expression.

The retrospective titled A photographer’s life, to which she contributed up until her last breath, bears witness to the passion of a lifetime and highlights the dominant elements of a way of working in constant empathy with the human being. Through more than 140 original prints, 50 archive documents and three film excerpts, the artist outlines an approach to photography inspired by an insatiable curiosity for others, both in France, where she settled in 1946, as well as in almost all European countries (including Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Austria, England, Denmark, Malta and Hungary), the United States and Asia, where she continued to travel right up until the end of her life.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in Italian and English published by Marsilio Editori. »

 
Virginie Chardin
Curator


Screening of the film « Le Siècle de Sabine Weiss » 
directed by Camille Ménager and produced by Brotherfilms (57’).
Meeting with Virginie Chardin, Laure Augustins and Marion Weiss saturday April 29 2023 at 12AM.

Chiostri di San Pietro
via Emilia San Pietro, 44 / c
Reggio Emilia
Italie

Exhibition produced by Atelier Sabine Weiss and Photo Elysée
With the support of Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles and Jeu de Paume
Under the patronage of The Consulate General of Switzerland in Milan

  • Institutional partners

    • République Française
    • Région Provence Alpes Côté d'Azur
    • Département des Bouches du Rhône
    • Arles
    • Le Centre des monuments nationaux est heureux de soutenir les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles en accueillant des expositions dans l’abbaye de Montmajour
  • Main partners

    • Fondation LUMA
    • BMW
    • SNCF
    • Kering
  • Media partners

    • Arte
    • Lci
    • Konbini
    • Le Point
    • Madame Figaro
    • France Culture