The Eyes #8
the eyes #8
New photographic
narratives
Freedom, curiosity and change are at the core of the project The Eyes, since its inception and through its continuous development, in accordance with the team’s ideas, desires and intuitions. We chose not to impose marketing constraints. Our partners have followed us in this process and we thank them. It is a risky gamble but a commitment that we share with our readers.
There are a few constants that drive us: the promotion of challenging auteur photography and viewing it as a tool with which to think about the world; breaking down walls by reaching out to people developing in other fields – directors, plastic artists, writers and researchers; and the recognition of the book as one of the best distribution vectors.
These ambitions remain. They are now expressed in a new form, with a revised design by Pete Jeffs to devote more space to the image (though without renouncing longer texts, one of our trademarks), and with a taste for transverse themes.
It was electrifying to discover Carlos Spottorno and Guillermo Abril’s book La Grieta before its publication in Spain at the end of 2016, and their use of the codes of photography, graphic novels and journalism to evoke the borders of Europe and the migrant crisis. This editorial UFO now published in four languages led us, along with photography historian Michel Poivert, to focus on a notion almost as old as photography: the photographic narrative – to be discovered in this edition’s “Portfolios” section.
A reflection extended to the « Bibliomania » pages, with contributions about striking publications such as Dominique Darbois’ series “Les Enfants du monde” [Children of the World] or Raised by Wolves by Jim Goldberg, book critiques and a conversation with Sophie Calle.
The « Forum » section continues to explore the photographic agora, with reports on exhibitions, fairs and awards. In an open world with incessant come-and-go, we have chosen to include a series of portraits of prominent present-time personalities,
such as Florian Ebner, recently appointed head of the Centre Pompidou’s Cabinet de Photographie; independent curator Tristan Lund; and collector Marin Karmitz.
The Eyes, an annual photography magazine to collect, in which aesthetics and ideas complement each other: this is what we want to offer you around these new ambitions.
SUMMURAY
INTRODUCTIONPhotographic narrative: a challenge to the eye by Michel Poivert
PORTFOLIOSUn mal inconnu Isabelle Blanc & Olivier Hilaire
La Fissure Carlos Spottorno & Guillermo Abril
Dominique Lambert Stéphanie Solinas
The wake, re-enacting the Spencer and Gillen photographic archive Christian Vium
On abortion Laia Abril
Camden Jean-Christian Bourcart, Joe Sacco & Chris Hedges
HS / Histoire souterraine Amaury da Cunha
Théâtre de Guerre Emeric Lhuisset
(Other) adventures of Pinocchio Lorenzo Tricoli | BIBLIOMANIAConversation with Sophie Calle by Rémi Coignet
Une histoire d’amour à Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Ed van der Elsken by Tamara Berghmans
Raised by wolves, Jim Goldberg par Jeffrey Ladd
Pictures from home, Larry Sultan by Laurence Vecten
People in cars, Mike Mandel by Jeffrey Ladd
Diary of a leap year, Rabih Mroué by Maria-Karina Bojikian
Ville de Calais, Henk Wildschut by Rémi Coignet
The Promise, Vasantha Yogananthan by Marc Feustel
Buzzing at the sill, Peter van Agtmael by Russet Lederman
Contains: 3 books, Jason Fulford by Federica Chiocchetti
Les Enfants du monde, Dominique Darbois by Federica Chiocchetti
New York, Saul Leiter by Jeffrey Ladd
Azimut, Tendance Floue by Christine Ollier | FORUMVictoria & Albert Museum : la photographie étendue by Russet Lederman
PortraitsFlorian Ebner, De Leipzig à Pompidou by Charlotte Pons
Michel Janneau, Un homme de mots dans un monde d’images by Charlotte Pons
Tristan Lund, En alerte by Charlotte Pons
Marin Karmitz, Passeur d’histoire(s) by Charlotte Pons
« Toujours le soleil », Dune Varela, Résidence BMW by Gisèle Tavernier
Marta Gili fait bouger les lignes du Jeu de Paume by Christine Coste
Christoph Wiesner, directeur artistique de Paris Photo by Gisèle Tavernier
Irving Penn au Grand Palais by Gisèle Tavernier |
CONTRIBUTEURS
Tamara Berghmans is a Belgian art historian specializing in photography, and curator at Fotomuseum in Antwerp.
Maria-Karina Bojikian is head photo editor at Marie Claire magazine.
Federica Chiocchetti is an Italian author, curator and lecturer specializing in photography. Founding director of the photo-literary platform The Photocaptionist, she teaches at the Paris College of Art.
Gisèle Tavernier is an independent journalist specializing in photography critique and the photography market.
Christine Coste Trained as an economist, Christine Coste is a journalist who writes for Journal des Arts and L’Oeil.
Marc Feustel is an author, publisher and curator. He founded the blog eyecurious.com in 2009.
Jeffrey Ladd is an American photographer and writer living in Germany. He co-founded Errata Editions. | Russet Lederman is an American author and media artist. She is a co-founder of 10×10 Photobooks and teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Christine Ollier is an art historian, artistic director and exhibition curator in contemporary art and photography.
Michel Poivert Doctor in Art History and specialist in photography, Michel Poivert teaches at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University..
Charlotte Pons is a journalist and writer, founder of the writing workshops Engrenages & Fictions. Her first novel Parmi les miens was released by Éditions Flammarion in 2017.
Laurence Vecten is photo editor for the press. In 2007, she founded the publishing house Lozenup. |
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