Bruno Fert (1971) - Feu. Méditerranée Centrale
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Bruno Fert (born 1971) presents Feu. Méditerranée Centrale, a 2017 digital Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth paper, 40 × 50 cm, signed by hand.
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Bruno FERT (Born in 1971)
Deceased. Central Mediterranean, 2017
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth paper,
title and date inscribed, signed in pencil in the margin
32 x 25.5 cm (40 x 50 cm)
In the Mediterranean, off the Libyan coast, a boat is burning. It will disappear
like thousands of lives devoured by the waves before reaching the lights of a better horizon. The sites I photograph lie on the routes
used by the exiles who dream of Europe. There I search for the scars and traces
left in the landscapes: a few pebbles gathered in a forest on the island of Samos
testify to trajectories of lives brutally interrupted. Elsewhere, what remain are the remains of
life jackets whose colors have been burnt by the sun, telling us of a grueling crossing. One can imagine silhouettes stepping down from a boat to seek shelter among the foliage, shedding the clues of their clandestine journey. Boats seized and
numbered by border police rest motionless on the ground. Arrived in Italy,
some write in charcoal fragments of their story on the walls of a deserted house in the village of Case Gina. Others, once past the barbed wire at the French border above Menton, discard their worn clothes.
As our world grows prickly with barriers and walls, there appear as many breaches
through which women and men pass or perish.
Bruno Fert — Documentary Photographer
Bruno Fert develops a deeply humanist body of work devoted to exile, to migrations and to the traversed territories. From vanished Palestinian villages to the precarious shelters of migrants, he photographs less the event than its traces. With Passages, he continues this work on the routes of exile, revealing in the landscapes the marks left by those who attempt to reach Europe. A precise and silent photograph, where the landscape becomes a bearer of memory."
Seller's Story
THE TAYLOR GALLERY WORKSHOP
The Atelier / Galerie Taylor, located at 7, on the eponymous street in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, is a friendly place dedicated to photography. It was created thanks to image enthusiasts, José Nicolas, photographer and manager of the place with the support of Jean Vinégla.
Located a stone's throw from Place de la République, between rue du Château-d'eau and rue René-Boulanger, the place is dynamic, atypical and warm, resolutely turned towards sharing and mutual discovery of images at the 'international.
The Atelier / Galerie Taylor is familiarly inclined to exhibit film photography while remaining open to the wide range of contemporary imaging techniques.
It presents well-known and emerging photographers, with the aim of always surprising and arousing the curiosity of collectors and visitors.
Since its opening in September 2019, the Atelier / Galerie Taylor has carved out a good reputation, going from being a confidential place to a showroom recognized by professionals and collectors, both for the choice of its programming and for the quality of the prints on display.
Translated by Google TranslateBruno FERT (Born in 1971)
Deceased. Central Mediterranean, 2017
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth paper,
title and date inscribed, signed in pencil in the margin
32 x 25.5 cm (40 x 50 cm)
In the Mediterranean, off the Libyan coast, a boat is burning. It will disappear
like thousands of lives devoured by the waves before reaching the lights of a better horizon. The sites I photograph lie on the routes
used by the exiles who dream of Europe. There I search for the scars and traces
left in the landscapes: a few pebbles gathered in a forest on the island of Samos
testify to trajectories of lives brutally interrupted. Elsewhere, what remain are the remains of
life jackets whose colors have been burnt by the sun, telling us of a grueling crossing. One can imagine silhouettes stepping down from a boat to seek shelter among the foliage, shedding the clues of their clandestine journey. Boats seized and
numbered by border police rest motionless on the ground. Arrived in Italy,
some write in charcoal fragments of their story on the walls of a deserted house in the village of Case Gina. Others, once past the barbed wire at the French border above Menton, discard their worn clothes.
As our world grows prickly with barriers and walls, there appear as many breaches
through which women and men pass or perish.
Bruno Fert — Documentary Photographer
Bruno Fert develops a deeply humanist body of work devoted to exile, to migrations and to the traversed territories. From vanished Palestinian villages to the precarious shelters of migrants, he photographs less the event than its traces. With Passages, he continues this work on the routes of exile, revealing in the landscapes the marks left by those who attempt to reach Europe. A precise and silent photograph, where the landscape becomes a bearer of memory."
Seller's Story
THE TAYLOR GALLERY WORKSHOP
The Atelier / Galerie Taylor, located at 7, on the eponymous street in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, is a friendly place dedicated to photography. It was created thanks to image enthusiasts, José Nicolas, photographer and manager of the place with the support of Jean Vinégla.
Located a stone's throw from Place de la République, between rue du Château-d'eau and rue René-Boulanger, the place is dynamic, atypical and warm, resolutely turned towards sharing and mutual discovery of images at the 'international.
The Atelier / Galerie Taylor is familiarly inclined to exhibit film photography while remaining open to the wide range of contemporary imaging techniques.
It presents well-known and emerging photographers, with the aim of always surprising and arousing the curiosity of collectors and visitors.
Since its opening in September 2019, the Atelier / Galerie Taylor has carved out a good reputation, going from being a confidential place to a showroom recognized by professionals and collectors, both for the choice of its programming and for the quality of the prints on display.
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Date of print
2017
Artist
Bruno Fert (1971)
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Title of artwork
Feu. Méditerranée Centrale
Condition
Good condition
Technique
Digital print
Height
40 cm
Width
50 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Documentary photography
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