Nièpce Award Gens d’Images 2019 was won by Raphaël Dallaporta

Presided by Héloïse Conéra, curator for contemporary photography at Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and composed of personnalities from photography, photographers, producers, critics and publishers, the jury awarded Raphaël Dallaporta for his career, on the suggestion of Gabriel Bauret.

“Each artist is unique. Some more than others. Raphaël Dallaporta has an unusual place in the photographic scene. His yearnings and curiosity drove him to build bridges between science and anthropology. He built, on his own or in collaboration with editors such as the late Xavier Barral, unclassifiable artistic objects, in publishing as well as in exhibitions. Layout and scenography are his main concerns, not that he overlooks the photographic material and its reproduction on paper, to which he is very attached. Nowadays, contemporary art echoes prehistory as shown in an exhibition at Centre Pompidou. Raphaël Dallaporta could come within the scope of this approach, but he widens even more the spectrum of his reflections with his exhibited works at La Terrasse in Nanterre.”
Gabriel Bauret, May 2019.

Since 2013, The Eyes Publishing has developped various projects and initiatives around photo-edition and publishing projects from artists. Involved in editorial creation as an major medium for authors with the publics, we carry and support committed and unique initiatives. Therefore, it was only natural to associate with the Nièpce Award Gens d’Images that has been celebrating and guiding artistic talents for over 50 years.

The Eyes Publishing offers to the winner of the prize a publication of an artist’s edition, limited to 300 copies. This composite object will include new photographic elements and will be revealed at Paris Photo.

Raphaël Dallaporta’s win is for us is an inspiring call to start this new editorial experience.