FOTOHOF Celebrates 200 Years of Photography with Group Show in Salzburg
FOTOHOF in Salzburg is hosting a significant group exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of photography, featuring the work of Margot Wallard. Drawing inspiration from her "Pied-Noir" background, Wallard's project delves into the fluid nature of memory. Between 2018 and 2020, she traveled to Oran, Algeria, documenting personal histories and a new generation. Her portrait series highlights the Bonbon Café, showcasing street scenes and echoes of colonial history. The exhibition combines her grandmother's photographic archive with her own creations, while also referencing Nicéphore Niépce's oldest surviving photograph (1765–1833). This showcase places Wallard's work within the broader context of photography's evolution, commemorating two centuries since Niépce's landmark achievement. Specific exhibition dates remain unspecified.
Key facts
- FOTOHOF in Salzburg is hosting a major group exhibition marking 200 years of photography.
- Margot Wallard is the granddaughter of a "Pied-Noir," a term for the French population in Algeria during French colonial rule from 1830 to 1962.
- Wallard visited Oran, Algeria, between 2018 and 2020 to photograph the city and search for biographical traces.
- Her portrait series centers on the Bonbon Café, and she also photographed street scenes, urban vegetation, and colonial-era traces.
- The exhibition interweaves her grandmother's photo archive with her own images from Algeria and photographs of her grandmother in France.
- The oldest surviving photograph was made by Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), marking the beginning of an epochal media era.
- Wallard's work explores the fluidity and mutability of memory.
- The exhibition is part of FOTOHOF's program in Salzburg.
Entities
Artists
- Margot Wallard
- Nicéphore Niépce
Institutions
- FOTOHOF
Locations
- Salzburg
- Austria
- Oran
- Algeria
- France