Les Jeudis d’Alfred Latour n°3 – Conference

ALFRED LATOUR,
ARTIST AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE
BETWEEN THE WARS

Thursday 23rd May at 6.30pm

Limited seats, on registration fondation@alfred-latour.org

Pour ce troisième rendez-vous nous avons le plaisir d’accueillir Daniel Girardin, historien de l’art, commissaire d’exposition et auteur.

In the presence of Matthieu Gafsou, photographer and curator of the exhibition currently on show at the Espace Alfred Latour – Miroir de la modernité.

One of the most interesting periods in the history of photography is undoubtedly the inter-war period, when the standards of modern photography were defined in terms of modernism versus modernity, modernity versus academicism. For twenty years, the Paris photographic scene alone condensed all these issues.

The search for form and meaning rubbed shoulders with advertising and fashion photography, while press photography freed itself from the stereotypes inherited from the nineteenth century. A complete artist, Alfred Latour was in tune with the contemporary moment, inspired by the unique creative energy of the period. At the crossroads of different practices, his ambition was to break down the barriers between genres.

Espace Alfred Latour
Place du Nord 2
1005 Lausanne

Open to the public on Wednesdays from 2pm to 6pm or by appointment