Luc Delahaye

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 structureJ. Paul Getty Museum. [http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/delahaye/ "Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye. July 31 - November 25, 2007 at the Getty Center."] Retrieved on 2007-11-04.] .

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 [Weski, T.: "Click/Double-Click", page 44. Walther König, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9.] . 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 [ [http://www.artpress.com/pdf.php?pdf=7530&lg=e&PHPSESSID=b5f2cfd46bcf2acdf9fd63cf7e5b39f8 "Luc Delahaye: Snap Decision. Interview by Philippe Dagen".] "Art Press", issue 306, December 2004.] , they constitute documents-monuments of immediate history [Chevrier, J.F.: "Click/Double-Click", page 59. Walther König, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9] , and urge reflection "upon the relationships among art, history and information".

Awards

* [http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pid=8 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2005)]
* [http://www.opcofamerica.org/ Robert Capa Gold Medal (2002, 1992)]
*Niepce Award (2002)
*ICP Infinity Award (2001)
*Oskar Barnack Award (2000)

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)

Exhibitions (group)

*"Documents, Memory of the Future." [http://www.marcovigo.com/ MARCO] (Vigo, 2007)
*"Eye Witnesses." Seedamm Culture Center (Pfaffikon, 2007)
*"Wanderland." Museum Haus Lange (Krefeld, 2006)
*"Click-Double-click." [http://www.bozar.be/home.php?lng=en Palais des Beaux Arts] (Brussels, 2006)
*"The Culture of Fear." [http://www.federkiel.org/set_4.html 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". [http://www.museumdermoderne.at/ Museum der Moderne] (Salzburg, 2005)
*"Deutsche Börse Photography Prize". [http://www.photonet.org.uk/ The Photographer’s Gallery] (London, 2005)
*"Emergencies." [http://www.musac.org.es/index_en.php 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)

Books

* History ( [http://www.chrisboot.com Chris Boot] , 2003)
* Une Ville ( [http://www.exb.fr Xavier Barral] , 2003)
* Winterreise ( [http://www.phaidon.com Phaidon] , 2000)
* L'Autre (Phaidon, 1999)
* Memo
* Portraits/1 (1996)

External links

* [http://www.popphoto.com/photographynewswire/4275/a-conversation-with-luc-delahaye.html A Conversation with Luc Delahaye.] PopPhoto.com, June 12, 2007.
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_7_44/ai_n26804445 World mergers: Michael Fried on Luc Delahaye.] "ArtForum", March 2006.
* [http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0408/richards.html View from the Photo Desk: Luc Delahaye.] "The Digital Journalist", August 2004.
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/17859 Luc Delahaye on ArtFacts.]

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