Exhibition-related activities Informations pratiques Palais Lumière Evian (quai Albert-Besson). Open daily from 10:00 - 19:00 (Mondays: 14:00 - Saturday 28 November • Family workshops (suitable for children 19:00) and on public holidays. Closed on 25 December and 1st January. • Lecture about “the sounds of nature” given aged 3 and over) Tel. +33 (0)4 50 83 15 90 / www.ville-evian.fr Find the Palais Lumière on by Emilie Couturier. - Saturday 7 November: « Prenons la pose » Curator: William Saadé. Palais Lumière Auditorium, 11:00. €8/€6 reduced rate. (posing and accessories). Tickets and bookings at reception. - Saturday 12 December: « La tête au carré » Admission prices (unusual portraits). • General public • School visits Sunday 29 November - Full admission price: €8 ; - Free for school groups ; €5 per child and €8 per parent per workshop. • Vox Naturae, a ‘sounds of nature’ musical - Visit combined with the Christin Exhibition at the - Guided tours (booking required): +33 (0) 4 50 83 10 and visual show, based on three works from the • Workshops for people with disabilities Maison Gribaldi (until 1st November): €1 off the 19 / [email protected], €55 per group of 10-30 contemporary avant-garde (general public): admission price ; pupils ; - Saturday 17 and Saturday 24 October: - Guided tour for individuals every day at 14:30: €4 - Educational workshops: for schools, community - Le Chant des oiseaux, by Edison Denisov ; Evian plage, ce que je vois (creative writing in addition to the admission price. youth clubs and arts centres, holiday resorts (for more - Le Cygne et L’Aquarium (from The Carnival of workshop). - Themed tours: €4 in addition to the admission price information please refer to the Exhibition-related acti- Knokke, Belgique, 2001. vities section), €5 per child ; the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns ; €5 per person per workshop. (see the Exhibition-related activities section). - Le Courlis cendré (curlew) (excerpt from the Autumn half-term Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, • Young people / Families - Educational resources available on www.ville-evian.fr • Workshop for adults / teenagers - Free entry for the under-10s ; • Preferential rates Bird Catalogue) by Olivier Messiaen ; and Christmas holidays Sunday 1st November, Saturday 28 - Saturday 19 December: Evian as a Beach - Reduced rate: €6 for 10-16 year olds, students and (supporting documents need to be produced) - Jeux d’eau, by Maurice Ravel. • Course and workshops (for children aged and Sunday 29 November, Saturday - Free for members of UDOTSI, Léman sans frontière (creative writing workshop). large families ; - Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale), by George 6-10). 26 and Sunday 27 December. - Guided tours for families: exhibition discovery trail and journalists ; Palais Lumière, 10:00-12:00. €8 per person. All of the € Crumb. - Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 October • Themed tours: Martin Parr on the beach for children (under-10s) and their parents, every - Reduced rate: 6 for job seekers, people with disa- workshops are preceded by a short visit to the exhibi- Wednesday at 16:00 ; bilities, holders of the C.E. leisure card, CNAS, partner Palais Lumière Auditorium, 17:00. €16/€13 (reduced tion (30 minutes). Register at reception. (tour led by two guides – the chance to discover - Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October - « Petit jeu du Palais Lumière » : this leaflet is avai- hotels and holiday homes, municipal multimedia library rate). Includes a visit to the exhibition. Tickets and the photographer’s work and his world). and swimming pool members, members of Les Amis bookings at the exhibition reception desk. • Intergenerational workshops - Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 December lable from reception and makes for a fun visit to the Palais Lumière, 16:00 (length: an hour). Booking requi- exhibition ; du Palais Lumière and members of the Société des (schools / retirement homes) - Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December Amis du Louvre ; Friday 4 December red at the reception desk (maximum of 25 people): - Workshops : €5 per child per workshop, €8 per tee- - Monday afternoons, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, Dans le décor (the art of self-portraits). €4 in addition to the exhibition admission ticket. nager/adult, day rate: €18 (please refer to the Exhibition- - 50% off the cost of admission tickets (full or • “The Threepenny Opera” concert of music related activities section for more information) ; reduced rate) upon presentation of a Ville d’Evian requires booking: Prenons la pose Palais Lumière, 14:00-16:00. Workshop preceded by family tax benefits card ; school teachers from the “play with music” by Kurt a short visit to the exhibition (30 minutes). Register at Saturday 17 October, Saturday 14 - Courses and workshops during the holidays: €8 for (posing and accessories). - 30% off the cost of admission tickets to exhibitions Weill and Bertolt Brecht. reception. €8 per child for the two sessions. November and Saturday 12 December two sessions (for more information please refer to the Palais Lumière, 10:00-12:00. €5 per person. Workshop if the admission ticket is presented at the Pierre Palais Lumière Auditorium, 18:30. free entry. • Tour, lecture and reading: Beach bathing Exhibition-related activities section). preceded by a short visit to the exhibition (30 minutes). Saturday 28 November • Groups Gianadda Foundation in Martigny. Booking required by calling +33 (0) 4 50 83 10 19 or (text archives about 19th century bathing reserved for € Saturday 9 January - Reduced rate: €6 (groups of at least 10 people). ; • Exhibition catalogue on sale in the shop: 29. [email protected] • Lecture on “Photographs – a new view of the social elite to the beach of today, a reflection of Ticket sales at the exhibition reception desk. • “Life is not that nice,” concert of music - Guided tours (booking required): +33 (0) 4 50 83 10 19 / the world” € • Day workshops the consumer society). [email protected], 55 per group of 10-25 people, / Magnum Photos 1999 © Martin Parr Italy , Lake Garda, teachers and students of the school. Tickets on sale in the FNAC network (families, adults, teenagers) (What should photography’s status be? An artwork, Palais Lumière, 16:00 (length: 90 minutes). Booking in addition to the entrance ticket. and on www.fnac.com. Palais Lumière Auditorium, 18:30. free entry. - Saturdays 7 and 21 Novembre and testimony, documentary, trace of the past?) required at reception (maximum number of 25 people): € € €4 in addition to the exhibition admission ticket. Saturday 14 November 4 December: Temps libre and Collection Palais Lumière, 16:00. 8/ 6 reduced rate. Length: 1:30. Ticket sales and bookings at the reception desk. to Saturday 12 December (illustration of the basics using photos). Additional information • Educational workshops (6-10). Palais Lumière, 10:30-15:30. Workshops preceded by a visit Tel.: +33(0)4 50 83 10 19 / 15 90 - Saturday 14 November « Zoom sur la photo » to the exhibition in the morning. Bring a picnic to share. Workshop starts at 13:30. Booking required by calling (making photo collages). +33 (0) 4 50 83 10 19 or [email protected] Forthcoming exhibitions in 2015-2016 - Saturday 21 November: « Prenons la pose » €18 per person (a minimum of 10 participants per works- hop). At the Palais Lumière At the Maison Gribaldi At the Pierre Gianadda (posing and accessories). • 6 February – 29 May 2016 • Until 1st November 2015 Foundation in Martigny - Saturday 28 November: « La tête au carré » The artworks produced in the workshops will be Belles de jour Christin • Until 22 November 2015 In partnership with Nantes Museum Matisse en son temps (unusual portraits). displayed from Sunday 20 December to Sunday 10 January at the Palais Lumière (Salle Commission of Fine Art. In partnership with the Paris € 5 per child per workshop. Nord), free entry. Pompidou Centre and the Swiss Sunbathing and reading on the beach. collections. Magaluf, Majorca, Spain, 2003. Photography of daily life inherent to the modern world are at the heart these photographs will be exhibited at the Martin Parr was born in 1952 in Epsom in of many of his photographs. Palais Lumière and a number of them will be Surrey. He developed an interest in photogra- Phaidon published a monograph about his work conserved in the town’s archives. These phy during his childhood years and was in 2002. A major retrospective of his work was acquisitions will join older holdings including influenced by his grandfather, George Parr, an held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, the works of Anna de Noailles and Albert accomplished amateur photographer. Parr before moving to the Museo Nacional Centro de Besnard, thus bearing witness to how Evian studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Maison euro- has developed at the start of the 21st century. from 1970 to 1973. péenne de la photographie in Paris, and finally Magnum Photos While working as a freelance photographer, the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. In 2004, Parr was appointed as professor of photography at Magnum Photos was founded in 1947 by four Parr supported himself in the mid-1970s by photographers - Henri Cartier-Bresson, holding a range of teaching posts. In 1975, he the University of Wales, Newport. In 2006, he was awarded the Erich Salomon Prize and the Robert Capa, George Rodger and David received the Arts Council of Great Britain ‘Chim’ Seymour. They created Magnum Photography Award. In the early 1980s, his Assorted Cocktail exhibition was showcased at Photokina. In 2008, the Parrworld exhibition Photos in their image, i.e. a photography coo- work sought to portray the lifestyle of the ave- Evian, France, 2015. travelled to the Haus der Kunst in Munich. This perative which places just as much emphasis rage English person, mirroring the social and on what is seen as the way in which it is seen. moral decline of the working classes under exhibition went on to tour Europe over the next The cooperative was initially headquartered in Source, Evian, France, 2015. two years. Parr scooped the Baume & Mercier Evian, France, 2015. Margaret Thatcher. Parr gained international Paris and New York and also has offices in recognition due to his indirect approach to award at Photo España in the same year in recognition of his professional career and his London and Tokyo. Magnum Photos radically documenting society and his innovative ima- moved away from standard media practice at contribution to contemporary photography. Miami, Florida, Etats-Unis, 1998. gery. He became a full member of Magnum Eastbourne, UK, 1995-99. the time it was founded. It is a cooperative of Photos in 1994, far-removed from the many Martin Parr has also worked in and around shareholder-photographers and the photogra- controversies aroused by his provocative style. Bristol, his home city, for the past 30 years. Martin Parr in Evian phers retain all copyrights to their own work. His work in the Bristol area led to a major Parr believes that everyday life is marked by Parr was invited to Evian by Evian Council in This enables the photographers to be inde- exhibition in 2011 - Bristol and West. In 2012, moral atrophy and complete absurdity. The July 2015 and covered every square inch of pendent, which in turn makes them commit- Parr put on Think of Finland in Helsinki and only way of dealing with it is to use humour; a the town, taking photographs of iconic spots ted. They select assignments and their length, more recently No Worries for the Fotofreo brand of humour which is never cruel but for both the locals and tourists - the Evian choose the images, retain all the rights to their Festival in Australia. Over the past two years, instead is always filled with tenderness. The bottling factory, La Savoie sail boat, the ther- negatives, hold the copyright and control the Parr has shot and exhibited photographs of banality, boredom and lack of meaning mal baths, a CGN launch, the Hôtel Royal, a circulation of the photos. The new member Atlanta at the High Museum of Art. dog groomer, Charles-de-Gaulle Square, recruitment process is lengthy. Applicants Cachat Spring, the Evian Resort golf course, a remain under observation for a period lasting cheese dairy, the swimming pool… Most of anything from four to eight years before being able to become full members and therefore shareholders. Photographic style, diligence and a long-term commitment to document and inform through photography are used to assess applicants’ uniqueness. The coopera- tive currently comprises close to 80 photogra- phers, 60 of whom are members.

The artificial Ocean Dome beach. Miyazaki, Japan. 1996. Benidorm, Spain, 1997. © Collection Martin Parr/Magnum Photos Hôtel Les Cygnes, Evian, France, 2015.

Knokke, Belgium. 2001. Piscine, Evian, France, 2015. All photographs: © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos David Sawyers, membre du Brighton Sea Swimming Club. Brighton, Angleterre, 2008.