Bruno Fert (1971) - Gilets. Samos Grèce, 2017
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Bruno Fert — Gilets. Samos Greece, 2017, a digital print from 2017, 40 × 50 cm, hand-signed, in good condition.
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Bruno FERT (Born in 1971)
Gilets. Samos, Greece, 2017
Passages 2017
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth paper, title and date inscribed in the margin
32 x 32 cm (40 x 50 cm)
PASSAGES
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 are on the routes followed by 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, it is the remnants of
life jackets with colors consumed by the sun that tell us of a harrowing crossing. One can imagine silhouettes disembarking from a boat to run to
shelter among the foliage, shedding the clues of their clandestine journey. Boats seized and
numbered by the border police lie motionless on the shore. Arrived in Italy,
some write in charcoal fragments of their story on the walls of a house
abandoned in the village of Case Gina. Others discard their worn clothes
after passing the barbed wire of the French border above Menton.
While our world bristles 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, migrations and the traversed territories. From disappeared Palestinian villages to the precarious refuges 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 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)
Gilets. Samos, Greece, 2017
Passages 2017
Fine Art print on Hahnemühle Ultrasmooth paper, title and date inscribed in the margin
32 x 32 cm (40 x 50 cm)
PASSAGES
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 are on the routes followed by 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, it is the remnants of
life jackets with colors consumed by the sun that tell us of a harrowing crossing. One can imagine silhouettes disembarking from a boat to run to
shelter among the foliage, shedding the clues of their clandestine journey. Boats seized and
numbered by the border police lie motionless on the shore. Arrived in Italy,
some write in charcoal fragments of their story on the walls of a house
abandoned in the village of Case Gina. Others discard their worn clothes
after passing the barbed wire of the French border above Menton.
While our world bristles 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, migrations and the traversed territories. From disappeared Palestinian villages to the precarious refuges 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 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
Gilets. Samos Grèce, 2017
Condition
Good condition
Technique
Digital print
Height
40 cm
Width
50 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Documentary photography
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