GrandPalaisRmn Marks 200 Years of Photography with 11 Traveling Exhibitions Across France
GrandPalaisRmn has unveiled Grand Angle, an initiative featuring 11 traveling exhibits commemorating the 200-year anniversary of photography. Utilizing its extensive archives and the Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie, which houses approximately 1.8 million digital images, the exhibitions delve into various themes, including 19th-century portraits and war journalism. Collaborating with entities like the International Olympic Committee and Fisheye, the exhibits will travel across France and beyond. Currently, the Ruralités exhibition is displayed at the Roubion tourism office, with a standalone showcase of photographer Willy Ronis at the Châtel-Saint-Germain library, running until September 2027.
Key facts
- GrandPalaisRmn organized 11 themed traveling exhibitions under the initiative Grand Angle for the bicentennial of photography.
- The exhibitions draw primarily from the archives of GrandPalaisRmn and the Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP), which steward some 1.8 million digitized images.
- Partners include the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Fisheye.
- Ruralités opened at the tourism office of Roubion, a small commune in southeastern France.
- A solo exhibition of the late Willy Ronis is on view this month at the Châtel-Saint-Germain library.
- The program is slated to continue through September 2027.
- Nicéphore Niépce captured the first known permanent image two centuries ago using a process he called héliographie, or 'sun writing.'
- Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre announced his eponymous Daguerreotype in 1839, bringing photography into the public realm.
Entities
Artists
- Nicéphore Niépce
- Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
- Willy Ronis
- Frédéric Boissonas
- Stanley Greene
- Jacques Piarrat
- Hans Silvester
- Atelier Nadar
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Jean-Pierre Favreau
- Hervé Lewandowski
- Nadar
- André Kertész
- Gilles Caron
- Dolorès Marat
- Gérard Uféras
- Bernard Descamps
Institutions
- GrandPalaisRmn
- Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP)
- Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap)
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Fisheye
- Musée d'Orsay
- Musée Carnavalet
- Paris Musées
- Colossal
- Réunion des musées nationaux
- Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie
- MPP
- Ministère de la Culture
- Cnap
- Comité international olympique
- Institut français de Grèce
- Alliance française de Montréal
- Alliance française de Raleigh
- Bibliothèque municipale de Châtel-Saint-Germain
Locations
- France
- Roubion
- Châtel-Saint-Germain
- Paris
- Vendée
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Sainte-Engrâce
- Ingouchie
- Russie
- Moselle
- Athènes
- Grèce
- Montréal
- Raleigh
- Caroline du Nord
- États-Unis