To mark the bicentenary of photography, the Bourse de Commerce is presenting Remember Me until January 18, 2027. The exhibition brings together more than 700 works by 80 artists, highlighting the fundamental connection between photography and memory. Taking its title from a work by Barbara Kruger, the Pinault Collection explores the many forms photography can take through images by some of the greatest masters of the lens, including Man Ray, Annie Leibovitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many more. Icons only!
Three Distinct Perspectives
Alongside Barbara Kruger’s monumental installation The History of Tears in the rotunda, two galleries showcase the work of two very different yet equally fascinating photographers. First up is the one and only Irving Penn. An unprecedented installation looks back on his 60-year career, bringing together nearly 450 photographs displayed across the walls in one enormous puzzle. Moving portraits, iconic fashion shots and strange still lifes… Penn’s distinctive eye is everywhere, and this spectacular presentation reveals the true scale of his work.
Next comes Raymond Depardon and his series La France, featuring around 50 photographs of roads, houses and shops captured throughout the country. These landscapes feel familiar: some visitors may recognise a childhood setting or a place where they spent their holidays. Tobacco shops, grocery stores and small-town cinemas are transformed through his lens, which is at once humorous, tender and nostalgic. From larger-than-life fashion images to country roads, photography tells countless stories, each one fascinating in its own way.
Photography from Every Angle
Upstairs, the exhibition explores the history of photography and the many forms it can take. From portraiture and composition to photographic series and image manipulation, it covers it all. The deliberately free-flowing, non-chronological layout brings different eras into conversation. Highlights include Richard Avedon’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Helmut Newton’s Big Nudes series and Robert Capa’s Death of a Loyalist Soldier. While some images by Nan Goldin, Lee Miller, Cindy Sherman and Tyler Mitchell may look familiar—perhaps from a history lesson, a magazine or a television programme—others will be exciting discoveries. Each richly curated gallery demonstrates how photography has become a universal language: the language of looking.
Remember Me, until January 18, 2027. Open daily except Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., with late opening until 9 p.m. on Fridays. Tickets available online.
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