Régis Durand

Maison européenne de la photographie (Paris, France)

Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Valérie Belin

Huis Marseille (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Valérie Belins photographs avoid simple representation or description, even though she often chooses to photograph simple objects, such as glasses, silverware, Venetian mirrors, cars, or animal carcasses. Instead she is attempting to unveil the very essence of her subjects and to delve into the deepest secrets of things, of matter and of light, almost independent of the objects themselves. This comprehensive retrospective of Belins work also includes all her other suites her questioning of corporeality in her explicit studies of bodybuilders; the series of Moroccan brides which broach complex issues of identity and representation; and her investigations of hybrid entities, such as transsexuals, Michael Jackson look-alikes and the mannequins in shop windows.

Valérie Belin: Complete Work

Catherine Leutenegger

Clichés pris dans les studios et laboratoires de Christine Schmid, Thierry Froidevaux, Jacques Bétant, Pierre Germond, Corinne Sporrer et Cindy Jonas, Yann Fudala, Nicolas Prahin, Philippe Pache, Claude Cuendet, Christian Coigny, Horst Neuffer, Jacques Straesslé, Geneviève Messer-Gorjat, Christophe Conte, Roberto Ackermann, Jean-Pierre Deboeuf, Claude et Irène Bossel, Nicolas Chassot, Béatrice Neff, Thierry Schach, Laurent Cochet, José Bariatti.

Musée de l'Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland)

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