Luc Delahaye

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Luc Delahaye (born 1962) is a French photographer known for his large-scale color works depicting conflicts, world events or social issues. His pictures are characterized by detachment, directness and rich details, a documentary approach which is however countered by dramatic intensity and a narrative structure ^[1].

Delahaye started his career as a photojournalist. He joined the photo agency Sipa Press in the mid 80s and dedicated himself to war reporting. In 1994, he joined the cooperative Magnum Photos and Newsweek Magazine (he left Magnum in 2004). He distinguished himself during the 1980s and 1990s in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Rwanda or Chechnya. His war photography was characterized by its raw, direct recording of news and often combined a perilous closeness to events with an intellectual detachment in the questioning of his own presence ^[2]. This concern was later mirrored in minimalist series published as books, notably Portrait/1, a set of photobooth portraits of homeless people and L'Autre, a series of stolen portraits made in the Paris subway. With Winterreise, he explored the social consequences of the economic depression in Russia. In 2001, Delahaye conducted a radical formal change and began a new series. Shot at the scenes of wars and global events using large and medium format cameras and sometimes edited on computers, his pictures are produced at an imposing size and shown in museums. While exploring the boundaries between reality and the imaginary ^[3], they constitute documents-monuments of immediate history ^[4], and urge reflection upon the relationships among art, history and information ^[5].

Contents 1 Awards 2 Exhibitions (solo) 3 Exhibitions (group) 4 Books 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Awards

• Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2005)
• Robert Capa Gold Medal (2002, 1992)
• Niepce Award (2002)
• ICP Infinity Award (2001)
• Oskar Barnack Award (2000)

[edit] Exhibitions (solo)

• J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, 2007)
• Sprengel Museum (Hanover, 2006)
• La Maison Rouge (Paris, 2005)
• Cleveland Museum of Art (2005)
• Huis Marseille (Amsterdam, 2004)
• National Media Museum (Bradford, 2004)
• Kunsthal Rotterdam (2002)
• Kunsthalle Rostock (2002)
• Centre Photographique d’Ile de France (2002)
• Weltkulturerbe Voklinger Hutte (2002)

[edit] Exhibitions (group)

• Documents, Memory of the Future. MARCO (Vigo, 2007)
• Eye Witnesses. Seedamm Culture Center (Pfaffikon, 2007)
• Wanderland. Museum Haus Lange (Krefeld, 2006)
• Click-Double-click. Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels, 2006)
• The Culture of Fear. Federkiel Foundation (Leipzig, 2006)
• Click-Double-click. Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2006)
• Big Bang. Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, 2006)
• Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. C/O Berlin (Berlin, 2005)
• Singuliers. Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangdong, 2005)
• Les Grands Spectacles. Museum der Moderne (Salzburg, 2005)
• Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The Photographer’s Gallery (London, 2005)
• Emergencies. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon (Leon, 2005)
• Historias. PHE04 (Madrid, 2004)
• Strangers. ICP Triennial. International Center of Photography (New York, 2003)
• Now. Images of Present Time. Mois de la Photo (Montreal, 2003)

[edit] Books

• History (Chris Boot, 2003)
• Une Ville (Xavier Barral, 2003)
• Winterreise (Phaidon, 2000)
• L'Autre (Phaidon, 1999)
• Memo
• Portraits/1 (1996)

[edit] External links

• World mergers. Michael Fried, Art Forum, March 2006.[4]
• Luc Delahaye on ArtFacts.[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye [1]. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
2. ^ Weski, T.: Click/Double-Click, page 44. Walther Köning, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9.
3. ^ Luc Delahaye: Snap Decision. Art Press, November 2004. [2]
4. ^ Chevrier, J.F.: Click/Double-Click, page 59. Walther Köning, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9
5. ^ Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye [3]. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.