A caricia in the form of photography
“Para mi, la fotografía es lo contrario al desapego. Es una forma de tocar al otro: es una caricia”. This magnificent definition of photography in the form of a declaration of love by Nan Goldin is a hermosa entry into the intimidation of the scenes of love presented at the European House of Photography.
The photo as the caricia: a bonito programa… ¿The caricia of the eye more immortal than the hand? ¿How does the skin transfer to the grain of the paper? Caricia del alma que floate en una mirada (perdida o angustiada), que se abandonamente ou se abisma en un abrazo, que se pliega sur sí misma, en su seno, ou que se aferra à las manos…
Cuerpo enroscado, cuerpo lánguido, cuerpo magullado…
Cuerpos ofrecidos, cuerpos prometidos, cuerpos consumidos…
Which is where the photos are taken through prism distortion of love, or deseo. This series of photos of the largest images of XX and XXI, presented as so many Love Songs. Inspired by Nan Goldin’s “Balada” (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, 1979-1986), the exhibition is, in fact, “concebida as a musical compilation that one offered to his lover” with, in cara A, the series of the years 50 to the 90, and in cara B, the images of the years 80 a la actualidad (firmadas por Emmet Gowin, Larry Clark, Sally Mann, Rongrong&Inri o Lin Zhipeng).
In 1952, René Groebli took his photo with his The eye of love, and in our images, there are dark and light shades - one night as a result of a white blouse, one hand smoked on the edge of the bed, the white sand of its long-lasting bell - its like poems. “If you have this writer, you probably have the coffee more than writing love poems. For me, the photos are the only ones most likely to be amaba”, the photo follows in this series that took place during my honeymoon. The 1971 series by Nobuyoshi Araki, which has the mismo propósito, shows an extraordinary archeology of the íntimo. Aunque extraído de son “novela personal”, sa Viaje sentimental opera un extraño distanciamiento de su teme, transformed into autoficción, como si el tema del amor hubiera llevado al fotógrafo japonés a reflexionar sur la esencia misma de la fotografía como puesta en scenen. A puesta en scene erotica del deseo, pero también de la perdida y el paso del tiempo, cuya fría frontalidad nos enfrenta a nuestra propia dissatisfacción, tocando a través de esta exposure a las profundidades de l’íntimo…
Showroom Love Songs – Photographs of the'intimate
Available from 30 March to 21 August
At the MEP – European House of Photography – 5-7, rue de Fourcy, Paris IV – www.mep-fr.org
Además:
Showroom Araki Nobuyoshi
At the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection – www.pinaultcollection.com
Until March 14
Stéphanie Dulout