Rodin et la Photographie
Until March 2
August Rodin may have worked in clay, plaster and metal, rather than film, but he was acutely alive to the possibilities of photography. With 200 photographs on display, this exhibition explores the sculptor’s developing relationship to the infant medium—from using it to control the reception of his pieces, to viewing the images of the young pictorialists who came to his studio as complementary works of art in their own right. €4-6.
Musée Rodin, 79, rue de Varenne, Paris 7. Mº Varenne. 01 44 18 61 10. www.musee-rodin.fr
Saul Leiter
January 17 - April 13
Saul Leiter moved to New York in 1946 to become a painter. He soon discovered photography and prowled the city seeking out solitary figures and fleeting coincidences of pattern and light—a painterly sensibility that carried into his career as a fashion photographer. This exhibition brings together around 100 of Leiter’s poetic photographs taken between 1947 and the late 1960s, both early B&W shots and examples of his more abstract work in colour. €3-6.
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, 2, impasse Lebouis, Paris 14. Mº Gaité. 01 56 80 27 00. www.henricartierbresson.org
Résonances I, France-Allemagne, 1945-1955
Until February 17
“Résonances” is a new cycle of exhibitions at the Jeu de Paume examining the history of photography from fresh perspectives. Selecting images from the Médiathèque de l’architecture et du patrimonie, the museum will exhibit different guest collections to explore points of convergence and dissonance. This opening show compares French and German photography from the difficult decade after WWII. €2.50-5.
Jeu de Paume, Hôtel de Sully, 62, rue Saint Antoine, Paris 4. Mº Saint Paul. 01 42 74 47 75. www.jeudepaume.org
Paris en Couleurs des frères Lumière à Martin Parr
Until March 31
A century ago, the Lumière brothers’ commercialized their autochrome colour photography process. The Hôtel de Ville is celebrating this anniversary by displaying 300 images that simultaneously document the city’s history and color photography. Starting with autochrome prints from 1907-1930, the exhibition moves on to the advent of colour film between 1930-1960, to photos of May 1968 by Bruno Barbey, right up to contemporary work by Martin Parr and Vogue fashion shoots. Free.
Salle Saint-Jean de l’Hôtel de Ville, 5, rue Lobau, Paris 4. Mº Hôtel de Ville. www.paris.fr
