Ciel variable 117 - SHIFTED | Book Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri
[Summer 2021] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Histoire mondiale des femmes photographes Sous la direction de Luce Lebart et Marie Robert, Paris, Textuel, 2020, 506 p. Par Claudia Polledri (En français seulement) See the magazine for the […]
Ciel variable 115 - THE MARCH OF THE WORLD | Essays
Authors: Claudia Polledri
[Summer 2020] By Claudia Polledri The third edition of the Biennial of Contemporary Arab World Photography,1 curated by Gabriel Bauret, was held in Paris in 2019. Inaugurated in 2015 on the joint initiative of the Arab World Institute (AWI) and the Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), the event is important because it showcases works […]
Ciel variable 114 - MASSES | MONUMENTS | Portfolios
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Mélissa Pilon
[Winter 2020] By Claudia Polledri [Excerpt] What is a crowd, and how can a photograph teach us about this protagonist of twentieth-century history? In her photobook Foules, Mélissa Pilon underlines the visual complexity of crowds as living organisms, casting an original gaze upon them. In this work, defined as photojournalism, Pilon aims to offer a […]
Ciel variable 112 - COLLECTIONS REVISITED | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Elena Perlino
[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont-Royal 2 novembre – 2 décembre 2018 By Claudia Polledri (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. […]
Ciel variable 112 - COLLECTIONS REVISITED | Essays
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Daido Moriyama
[Summer 2019] By Claudia Polledri [Excerpt] Context. The 22nd edition of the Paris Photo international photography fair took place November 8–11, 2018, in Paris. During the four-day fair, crowds of artists, gallery owners, collectors, publishers, curators, journalists, and photography lovers bustled through the Grand Palais, which had become a labyrinth of images organized by Paris […]
Ciel variable 111 - THE SPACE OF COLOUR | Book Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri
[Winter 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Paris, Kaph Books – Presses du réel, 2018 Par Claudia Polledri (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. Available here : Ciel variable […]
Ciel variable 110 - MIGRATION | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Rania Matar
[Fall 2018] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Celle qui raconte une histoire. Commissaire : Kristen Gresh, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Musée canadien de la guerre, Ottawa Du 5 décembre 2017 au 4 mars 2018 Par Claudia Polledri […]
Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Essays
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Akram Zaatari
[Spring-Summer 2018] By Claudia Polledri [Excerpt] According to Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari, photography is expressed in many ways. This is the message of his most recent exhibition, Against Photography: An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation, a kaleidoscopic journey, through stories and images, into the archives of the Arab Image Foundation, an institution with […]
Ciel variable 108 - GOING PUBLIC | Portfolios
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Abbas Kiarostami, Abbas Kowsari, Arash Khamooshi, Azadeh Akhlaghi, Azin Haghighi, Babak Kazemi, Behnam Zakeri, Gohar Dashti, Kaveh Kazemi, Morteza Niknahad, Newsha Tavakolian, Shadi Ghadirian, Sina Shiri, Solmaz Daryani
[Winter 2018] By Claudia Polledri Written in Farsi on a white box abandoned on the black asphalt of Pahlavi Avenue in Tehran, the day after the Islamic revolution prevailed – on February 11, 1979 – is “The nation is victorious.” This is the first image in the exhibition Iran, Année 38,1 presented at the most […]
Ciel variable 106 - TREES, ICE, AND CLOUDS | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Leila Alaoui
June 20, 2017 [originally published in French in CV106 in Spring 2017] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 103 - NATURE | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Nadia Seboussi
December 3, 2019 [originally published in CV103 in Spring 2016] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.