Qui répondrait en ce monde à la terrible obstination du crime, si ce n’est l’obstination du témoignage ?
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Retrouvez ici des expérimentations photographiques à tout va, nos derniers travaux, de l’actualité photo et les chroniques du Collectif Art-logic.
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The fab’labs it’s open
Avec un peu d’anticipation et une toute prochaine réunion en janvier, nous pouvons sans trop d’hésitation vous annoncer l’ouverture physique d’un tout nouveau fab’labs.
Des étoiles comme s’il en pleuvait
Des étoiles comme s’il en pleuvait ? Point de jeune star montante du showbiz ou de crèche noëlesque aux environs. Que nenni. Oubliez l’alacrité du Millionnaire, vous n’y êtes pas du tout.
Des étoiles comme s’il en pleuvait
Ces temps, nous voyons des étoiles de partout. Alors nous nous devions d’en partager quelques unes, photographiques et programmées.
– Photographique puisqu’une escapade astronomique est en vue en février, là où l’ai sec permet de se passer de brume atmosphérique. Prévoyez de passer quelques heures sous la voie lactée, lors de cette sortie. Prévoyez intervalomètre, trepieds, 1000mm Rubinar et autres joyeusetés optiques si vous avez.
– Ces derniers temps, des photographes croisent notre collectif. (surtout depuis l’annonce ouverte de l’audacieuse-galerie.com.) De belles photographies, de belles idées et une volonté fugace d’exposer se retrouvaient dans tous les yeux, telles des étoiles scintillantes. Mais pourquoi donc vouloir briller autant, quitte à se consumer ?
– Plus simplement, l’apparition d’icônes d’étoiles dans l’agenda permet de qualifier les événements de toutes sortes. Basiques me direz-vous ? Et pourtant cela manquait un peu.
Lucien Clergue s’est éteint.
En l’amphithéâtre d’Arles, nous l’avions croisé le temps d’un au revoir et d’un à bientôt qui n’arrivera pas. Les publics de partout, tous ensemble, avaient compté chaque année de son anniversaire. Lucien Clergue s’est éteint ce samedi 15 novembre, à l’âge de 80 ans.
Il avait fondé, avec l’écrivain Michel Tournier, le festival des Rencontres d’Arles, son fief. Lucien, grand monsieur, je n’oublierai pas de si tôt cet hommage, vos expos, vos livres et vos images.
Test : what sort of photographer are you ?
How are you feeling ? Right here, right now ? If you had to take a photo of your mood now, at this given moment, what would be your doubts about photography, your brightest moments ? What are you certain of ? What photographic stage are you at ?
Learner Photographer with a capital L.
Do you always have to ask yourself where your “expert” DSLR’s instruction booklet is ? The one that still smells of the Christmas tree or the candles from your birthday cake ? Are you always wondering what the best cheap lens would be, with the least distortion, that could do everything ? Do you always get confused between depth of field, focal length and apertures ? So, you’ll need big L-plates on your camera bag. It’s not too late to change.
Shopaholic Photographer.
You’ve picked sides, you like “your” brand and you’re unbeatable with the DG-XL-Super-II lens. You buy more and more, you collect lenses, filters, remote controls, the vertical grip that makes you look professional. You clean your gear every day. You’re all over the big brand forums with your consumerism and your next lens is pre-ordered with a German website. Your wages go straight there, the children are hungry, your divorce and Social Services are getting closer and the bailiff is at your door to take it all back. This is the shopaholic stage, wake up !
Photographer Learning to Fly.
Enlightened by the flashes at the local photography club, now you know that your digital camera, or your old-school film camera, is the chosen club favourite. You have archived (or binned ?) all your first photos to start again with the correct shutter speed, focal length and perfect lighting. You are working on reflections in puddles and your next collective exhibition is “A city in a different light”. You haven’t yet categorised your photographic style, but Willy Ronis and Cartier Bresson are among your friends. This is the “photo club” stage, all is not lost.
Militant Copyrighted Photographer.
Hey it’s getting intimate, you’re working at it now. You discover copyright laws and you stop filling up Picsoussa and other “free” networks with your photos. Your favourite ex-forum is full of losers and product reviews. You launch your own website to move into the professional market and you spit on the idea of adding the words “weddings” and “babies” to your immaculate portfolio. You find out that “Rights Reserved” is more likely to mean “Rights to nothing”. The umpteenth competition that pinches your pictures makes you sick. This is the “militant” stage ; keep breathing even if it turns your stomach.
Emerging Young Star Photographer.
The local tourist office wants to host an exhibition of your work, but don’t think too hard about representation rights. Publishers are asking you to promote yourself and to finance your own first book of photographs. Shit ! For the glory of your photographer forefathers and comrades, you reinvent yourself, rediscover yourself, maybe even a photo reporter ? The riots of ’93, shots of squats, demos ? Wow, this is the “emerging” stage !
Starving Artisan Photographer.
Wow, you’ve arrived. To pay for the studio rental (and food), you’re finally doing weddings and you work at weekends. You have your own lovely studio full of umbrella kits and intrusive flashes. A passport photo, you say ? Click ! What ? It’s too expensive ? Please let us publish your Antarctic reportage in our magazine, for £30 per page. The piecework in the local paper doesn’t even cover travel expenses. 3000 packshots against a white background for a retail website ? At 30p a shot ? But…but… This is the “starving artist” stage you were warned about.
The Comeback Kid Photographer.
You take your business plan under your arm and count your coppers. Must do something else, change your clientele and fire all the agencies and middlemen who are getting fat at your expense. Oh well… in any case, there are plenty of photos online. And videos ? Have you seen the price of the gear ? In fact, what did you do for a living before all this ? The real job, the one that brought home the money ? This is the “bounce back” stage : boing !
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