2 0 1 5 PRESS KIT Press contact: Delphine Barré - Communications department, City of Deauville 06 87 52 65 81 – 02 31 14 69 42 - [email protected] Florence Rosenfeld- Verbatim Agency 01 44 61 70 26 – 06 07 01 65 65 - [email protected] http://www.deauville-photo.fr Planche(s) Contact, a festival that questions and reveals a city’s multiple photographic identities How do photographers present the imaginary world and atmosphere of a city they have wandered and discovered? One of the greatest challenges and joys of photography is discovering which New York City is presented to us through the eyes of Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Franck, Garry Winogrand, William Klein or Nan Golding… Wandering Paris by night or day guided by Brassaï, Willy Ronis or Martin Parr; Valparaiso with Sergio Larrain or the streets of Tokyo with William Klein… Since its foundation in 1860 and throughout its brief history, Deauville, whose identity is multiple and complex, has always welcomed any plays of glances and discoveries. Successively, the Seeberger Brothers, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Roger Schall, Willy Rizzo, Robert Capa, Emeric Feher, Gisèle Freund, Henri Cartier Bresson and the Magnum photographers, Robert Doisneau, Peter Lindbergh as well as great fashion photographers have explored the city and photographed Deauville with curiosity and inspiration. Since its creation in 2010, the Planche(s) Contact photography festival, Lise Sarfati, Charles Fréger, Massimo Vitalli, Filip Dujardin, Meffre & Marchand, Paolo Roversi, Sarah Moon, Kishin Shinoyama, Lars Turnbjork, Harry Gruyaert, Philippe Ramette etc. have been invited as the festival main figures to share their own vision of the city, their personal appropriation of Deauville. Their works, inspired by Deauville, are preserved at the end of each festival. They are part of the city’s photography collection, which keeps growing year after year. The collection is unique and singular and will be revealed to the public at the opening of the new cultural project site of the Franciscaines, which is scheduled for 2018. Five years after its creation, Planche(s) Contact has become a reference in photography events in Normandy, illustrating the important part that the city has played in the world of photography as it has in the history of impressionism. In 2015, Planche(s) Contact explores new dynamics which will allow the festival to grow and develop stronger links with regional sponsors and reach a wider audience. A contact sheet is for many generations of photographers a mosaic of images, a narration and genesis of a photographic approach, familiar to many generations of photographers. For the city of Deauville, Planche(s) Contact is becoming more and more important as a creative and festive event, joining every autumn, the city and its inhabitants, as well as its visitors with their special relationship with photography. Philippe Normand Artistic director 1 2015 CALENDAR PHOTOGRAPHER RESIDENCE IN DEAUVILLE MARION POUSSIER: Wednesday May 27th > Saturday May 31st, Wednesday June 24th > Wednesday July 1st BRUNO BARBEY: Friday June 5th > Sunday June 7th, Friday August 28th > Sunday August 30th WANG LIN: Monday June 8th > Tuesday June 16th BRIAN GRIFFIN: Monday June 15th > Thursday June 25th CORINNE MERCADIER: Wednesday June 17th > Friday June 19th, Wednesday June 24th > Friday June 26th MEYER: Tuesday August 18th > Wednesday August 26th STUDENT RESIDENCE ENSP ARLES, ECAL DE LAUSANNE & LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION Monday June 29th > Thursday July 9th MAÏA IZZO-FOULQUIER LAUREATE OF THE 2014 LOUIS ROEDERER FOUNDATION STUDENT CONTEST Monday June 15th > Friday June 25th EXHIBITIONS ARE OPEN EVERY DAY FROM OCTOBER 17TH TO NOVEMBER 1ST, THEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY UNTIL NOVEMBER 29TH Schedule: 10.30 am > 1 pm – 2.30 pm > 7 pm MAIN FESTIVAL EVENTS SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH - FESTIVAL OPENING - VERNISSAGE OF THE OFF EXHIBITIONS SATURDAY 24TH & SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH PLANCHES CONTACT WEEK-END Saturday October 24th 4 pm: multi-gallery vernissage 6 pm: student contest awards ceremony Midnight: 25th hour photography contest Sunday October 25th 11.45 am: 25th hour photography contest awards ceremony 2 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21th – 11 am - INAUGURATION OF THE TOUQUES BOARDWALK - In the Presqu’île de la Touques, which benefits from a project of urban redevelopment, twelve images will be displayed on the boardwalk recently opened at the quay bordering Touques. The inauguration ceremony presented at the heart of the Planche(s) Contact festival will be an opportunity to appreciate the photos captured by Massimo Vitali, Sarah Moon, Kishin Shinoyama, Charles Freger, Paolo Roversi, Harry Gruyaert, Philippe Ramette or even Filip Dujardin, guests of the previous editions. Pont des Belges – Free access. MEETING THE GUEST PHOTOGRAPHS All Fridays and Saturdays in November, following the same principle, in three different events: Friday, 2.30 pm: meeting with the students Saturday, 11 am > 1 pm: dedication in the market bookshop Saturday, 3 pm > 5 pm: meeting with the public MEETING WITH CORINNE MERCADIER Friday 6th and Saturday 7th November MEETING WITH MARION POUSSIER Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November Attention, specific schedule: commented visit on Saturdays from 10 am to 12 am. Dedication from 12 to 12.45 am, in the Franciscaines. MEETING WITH MEYER Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November MEETING WITH BRUNO BARBEY Friday 27th and Saturday 28th November GUIDED VISITS OF THE EXHIBITIONS GUIDED VISITS OF THE POINT DE VUE EXHIBITIONS: Monday 19th, Friday 23rd, Wednesday 28th, Saturday 31st October – 5 pm > 6 pm GUIDED VISITS OF THE FRANCISCAINES EXHIBITIONS: Wednesday 21st, Friday 30th October – 5 pm > 6 pm 3 GUIDED VISIT OF THE EXHIBITION BY STUDENTS: Sunday October 25th – 4 pm > 5 pm CHILDREN WORKSHOP CHILDREN WORKSHOP AGE 8 - 12 IN FRANCISCAINES Wednesday October 21st – 10 am > 12 am & Monday October 26th – 5 pm > 6 pm Visit of the exhibition and playgroup about the image. CHILDREN WORKSHOP AGE 8 - 12 IN LE POINT DE VUE Wednesday October 28th – 10 am > 12am Visit of the exhibition and playgroup about the image. PHOTO TRAINING « MASTERING THE MANUAL MODE OF YOUR CAMERA » Saturday October 31st & November 7th - 2 pm > 5 pm – Le point de Vue This training is addressed to people having already a first experience in the field of photography and interested in using all functions of their camera to improve their creativity. After a theory presentation, you are going to discover the city of Deauville to identify and deal with potential technical challenges. Your trainer: Based in Honfleur, Nicolas Reitzaum is a portrait photographer for the press. He organizes photo training events all year long. All these events are free. A registration is needed on the website www.deauville.fr or at the Tourism Office - 02 31 14 40 00, or 15 min before at the meeting place. Children workshops: within the limit of the number of places available. 4 BRIAN GRIFFIN Le conseil des Sages Point de vue, Salle parquet In Deauville, Brian Griffin, following the influence of the imaginary of expressionist cinema, met the Conseil des Sages (Elder council), composed of 20 influent Deauville personalities that have highly contributed to the local public life. He captured a series of 20 portraits, remarkable by the strength of his framing, his way of presenting the subjects and his incredible use of artificial lighting. Globally acclaimed for his black & white portraits captured in closed spaces or natural settings, Brian Griffin was discovered in France, in Arles, in 1987. He started by creating album covers for Iggy Pop, Ian Durry, Joe Jackson, Dépêche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Ringo Star, before dedicating his work to an inventive and audacious advertising creation. Brian Griffin was exhibited between 1984 and 2014 in Tokyo, Hamburg, Houston, Cologne, Amsterdam, Prague, Barcelone, Milan, Gand, Stockholm, Anvers, Montréal, etc. In 2004 he directed a documentary he wrote about Paul McCartney at the musician’s request. In 2009, the Arles Meetings dedicated a big exposition to his work. Brian Griffin received an important order from the London Olympic Games (2009) and was invited to the only photography order of Marseille 2013, where he shot a remarkable portrait series of the city’s dockers. The National Portrait Gallery of London dedicated a grand retrospective exhibition to him in 2010. Brian Griffin’s photographs are found in the public collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and in the museums of Edinburgh, Essen, Birmingham, Reykjavik and Braga. Brian 5 Griffin has published about 15 works and photograph collections, in beautiful books that have become very sought after and prized creations. Brian Griffin is an associate professor at the University of Bologna and Doctor honoris causa at the University of Birmingham since 2014. Brian Griffin by Ashley Franklin 6 BRUNO BARBEY Deauville 1966-2015, une allure folle Point de Vue Deauville, 2015 © Bruno Barbey, Magnum Photo Deauville, 1966 © Bruno Barbey, Magnum Photos 7 In August of 1966, Bruno Barbey was shooting for Vogue in Deauville. Fifteen images of this photo report, mostly forgotten, are the starting point of Barbey’s return in Deauville, 50 years later. The photographer came back to Deauville to capture another 15 images in a city that has evolved over the years whereas Barbey’s vision remains unaltered. This new perspective will be presented simultaneously with the great Bruno Barbey retrospective in October of 2015 by the MEP (European House of Photography) in Paris. When Bruno Barbey arrived in Deauville in 1966, the city, still at the peak of its popularity was undergoing changes. A few months earlier, the movie A man and a woman, directed by Claude Lelouch won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival. Bruno Barbey wandered the city’s streets and captured the rituals and customs of summer 1966. He explored the beach and the Planches, watched the horse races, and photographed the owners, players, and jockeys. He also shot the Polo tournament final, where he watched from afar the friendly conversations between Jean-Claude Brialy, Régine, and Marie Bell, or the ones of Maurice Chevalier and Lucien Barrière.