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Douglas Kirkland is the legendary photographer who captured the
Hollywood elite. Kirkland has been at the cutting edge of fashion,
photojournalism and portraiture, working for the world's most
reputable magazines for more than 50 years. As a young photographer
in 1961 he was assigned to shoot Marilyn Monroe over several hours
in a closed studio one night, and he captured a stunning portfolio
of alluring and intimate images that survive to this day as a
testament to her beauty and vulnerability. Kirkland was born in
Toronto, Canada and started out as an assistant to Irving Penn when
he first moved to New York at the age of 24. After an early stint
working for Look Magazine, he joined Life Magazine as a staff
photographer. He worked there in the '60s and '70s - an era often
referred to as the golden age of photojournalism. Known for his
charming and gentle attitude, Kirkland has served as the only
photographer on the sets of hundreds of films, from The Sound of
Music to Titanic. His extensive archive of A-list portraits
includes Elizabeth Taylor, Coco Chanel, Jack Nicholson, John
Travolta, Michael Jackson, Brigitte Bardot, Andy Warhol, Naomi
Campbell and Nicole Kidman. Text in English and Italian.
The Musee international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
owns a unique collection of posters from around the world. From the
beginning of its history, the Humanitarian Movement uses this
support to spread its messages and values. For the presentation of
the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the recruitment of volunteers, the
request for donations, the call for blood donation, the promotion
of hygiene rules, the prevention of diseases or disasters, the
dangers of mines or the teaching of first aid, posters challenge
the public, inform and try to rally to the humanitarian cause. More
than a means of communication, they are also witnesses of an era
capturing the events that are shaking the world and the concerns of
the regions in which they appear. Mirrors of society, the posters
carry with them the history of the Movement, its actions, its
necessity and, even more, its universality.
Alain Grosajt explores the question of trace and writing as an
insatiable archaeologist. Writing, collage, scratching, dripping,
engraving, drawing, painting, are all plastic means experienced for
try to make this trace visible. His work runs in series, each
dealing with a country, a religion, of a work or of a time, trying
to trace the contours of a presence by through the variations
obtained. Text in English and French.
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