Week-end Photo

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Our « off » itinerary

Exposition - Week-end Photo - Paris

Our « off » itinerary

Feel like stepping away from the beaten paths and buying a lovely photograph that you can hang in your living room immediately? En route for the off-beat, inexpensive, fashionable or romantic galleries of Montmartre and Saint-Germain with stop-over on Faubourg Saint-Martin.

 

 

The most affordable: Yellow Korner

The ambition of Yellow Korner is quite simple: offering numbered prints of quality, occasionally signed by leading names in the world of photography, all this at a very affordable price (and with a certificate that guarantees you own a work of art !).

For around fifty euros you can hang above your bed the images of your dreams... Tempting no? All the more so since the gallery represents a number of stars, such as the famous Yann Arthus Bertrand (65 to 200 EUR). Quite real, this incredible but true gallery was virtual at the outset: a clever site of online sales. But since quite recently it has also opened up in Montmartre!

Our heart throbs? Photos of rock star Iggy Pop signed Xavier Martin, a lunar and original series of the Apollo mission as well as recent auto portraits by Rie Rasmussen, top model and Gucci muse who for the first time will be behind the lens and presenting her works exclusively...

44 rue des Abbesses 75018 Paris
Monday to Sunday: 11am- 9pm
Tel: 01 42 58 31 28
M° Abbesses
www.yellowkorner.com

The most affordable & trendy: Lumas

Lumas is both a trendy and very affordable gallery: ideally located rue de Seine in Saint-Germain des Près, it offers very accessible prints from very small formats to larger sizes. A stop here is always a nice relaxing moment when one discovers delicious portraits that look like real ad campaigns labeled by leading names!

40 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm, Sunday 1-6pm
01 43 29 10 29 - www.lumas.com

The most romantic: Room with views

A little marvel nestled near the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, the Chambre Gallery with its views offers one of the most romantic exhibits with the photographic works of Rosa Basurto, exhibited for the first time in Paris. No heavy thinking here, the young Spanish photographer strives more at conveying to visitors sensations of unreality than to passing on ideas.

And she does this very well. In addition, the gallery also has the advantage of presenting photographs at relatively affordable prices: starting at 600EUR for 50x50 cm prints (9 copies).

3 rue Jules Vallès 75011 Paris
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 2-7pm
01 40 52 53 00
www.chambre-avec-vues.com

The off-beat fashion pause: Dysfashional

When designers encounter art it leads to Dysfashional: an exhibition at the frontier of fashion and contemporary art, it is in Paris before heading on to Berlin. The aim? Reveal the universe of designers without exhibiting their collections. Hussein Chalayan, the Martin Margiela House, Pierre Hardy and many others are preparing you a wonderful surprise. A hybrid space-half-way between a boutique and a gallery- also focuses on budding artists and designers. Tops!

Expo from 29 October to 29 November 2009.
Passage du Désir 85-87 rue du Faubourg Saint Martin 75010 Paris
www.passagedudesir.com