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Charles Fréger
Charles Fréger (born 1975) is a French portrait photographer. Education Fréger was a student at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen in Rouen. Life and work He is best known for his series of photographic portraits of people in Uniform (national guards, French Foreign Legion, Sumo, skaters, Majorette, etc.), which play on the relationship between the signs of belonging to a group and the individuality of the wearer. For ''Wilder Mann'' (2012), Fréger travelled across Europe to photograph the costumes and masks worn by people at the surviving pagan folk festivals that mark the coming of spring, winter or new year. For ''Bretonnes'' (2015), Fréger travelled throughout Brittany "making austere, formally beautiful portraits" of young women in traditional costumes and headwear. Fréger is a founder of an international network of artists, Piece of Cake (POC). Publications *''Portraits photographiques et uniformes''. Paris: 779 and Société française de photogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École Supérieure D'art Et Design Le Havre-Rouen
The École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen is a public school of art and design established in two of the main cities of Normandy, Rouen and Le Havre. History Rouen art school was funded by painter Jean-Baptiste Descamps in 1741, and was officially established in 1750. Le Havre art school was created in 1800 by Antoine-Marie Lemaître, an architect whose son was XIXth century comedian Frédérick Lemaître. The two schools merged into one in 2010. Notable alumni *Georges Braque * Raoul Dufy * Othon Friesz *Jean Dubuffet * Michel Ocelot *Invader *Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ... External links *esadhar.fr(official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecole superieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen Art schools in France Le Havre Rouen [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Historique De Strasbourg
The Musée historique (; de la ville de Strasbourg) is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is located in the Renaissance building of the former slaughterhouse (''Grande boucherie'') and is dedicated to the tumultuous history of the city from the early Middle Ages until the contemporary period. History Founded in 1920, the museum occupies the building of the former Great Butchery of Strasbourg (built in 1586–1588), classified as a historical monument. On June 30, 2007, after twenty years of closure for works, the museum reopened its doors under the direction of Monique Fuchs to present a first slice of the history of Strasbourg, ranging from the first traces of civilization to the year 1800; the second section opened on 16 November 2013, it corresponds to the first floor of the building and covers the Napoleonic period up to the present day. At the end of 2013, the reopening is therefore complete and all the rooms of the museum are open to the publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Portrait Photographers
French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), a 2008 film * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a type of military jacket or tunic * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French (catheter scale), a unit of measurement * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French Revolution (other) * French River (other), several rivers and other places * Frenching (other) * Justice French (other) Justice French may refer to: * C. G. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , causing a partial collapse resulting in 12 deaths. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11. * January 20 ** In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the Politburo approves the final military offensive against South Vietnam. ** Work is abandoned on the 1974 Anglo-French Channel Tunnel scheme. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer Sykes
Homer Warwick Sykes (born January 1949) is a Canadian-born British documentary photographer whose career has included personal projects and landscape photography. Early life and education Sykes's father, also named Homer Warwick Sykes, was a Canadian-born American of English extraction who worked for the China National Aviation Corporation in Shanghai; his mother, Helen Grimmitt, was born in Hong Kong but her family emigrated to Canada in the early 1930s. The couple were married in Shanghai in August 1947; but in June 1948, at an early stage of his wife's pregnancy, Homer was killed in an accident at Lunghua airfield. In September 1948, Helen returned from Shanghai to her family home in Vancouver, where her son was born in January 1949.Graham Harrison,Homer Sykes, ''Photo Histories'', 30 November 2007, revised 21 December 2022. Accessed 30 January 2023. Helen and her infant son Homer travelled to Liverpool on the SS '' Empress of Canada'', arriving in September 1950. She remarri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Gordon
Leah Gordon (born 1959) is a British photographer, artist, curator, writer and filmmaker. Her work explores the intervolved and intersectional histories of the Caribbean plantation system, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the Enclosure Acts and the creation of the British working-class. She has made various work in Haiti, such as the photographs of ''Kanaval'', which was published in 2021 by Here Press and exhibited at the New Art Exchange, Nottingham in 2012; and the documentary film ''Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters'' (2022, with Eddie Hutton-Mills). Work Gordon has made various photographic work in Haiti, such as about Haitian Carnival (Kanaval); Freemasons; the three-tiered racial classification system created by the 18th-century French colonialist Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry; and the tailors of Port-au-Prince. She has also made photographic work about airport prayer spaces. She is a co-founder of Ghetto Biennale, a biannual internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Galembo
Phyllis Galembo (born 1952) is an American photographer living in New York City. She has published seven monographs, including, ''Pale Pink'' (1983), ''Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti'' (1998), ''Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia'' (1993), ''Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade'' (2002), ''Maske'' (2016), ''Mexico: Masks, Rituals'' (2019), and ''Sodo'' (2021). Phyllis Galembo taught studio photography at the State University of New York, Albany, and is now a Professor Emeritus of Studio Art in the Department of Art & Art History. Galembo received a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1993–94; was a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in 1996, 2010 and 2016; and was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2014. Education Galembo earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1977. Publications * ''Pale pink'' (1983) *''Aso-ebi, Cloth of the Family'' (1997), sponsored by New York Council for the Arts * ''Divine inspiration: fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Croix (newspaper)
''La Croix'' (; English: 'The Cross') is a daily France, French general-interest Catholic Church, Catholic newspaper. It is published in Paris and distributed throughout France, with a circulation of 91,000 as of 2020. ''La Croix'' is not explicitly left or right on major political issues, and adopts the Church's position, although it is not strictly a religious newspaper; its topics are of general interest, including world news, the economy, religion and spirituality, parenting, culture, and science. Early history Upon its appearance in 1880, the first version of ''La Croix'' was a monthly news magazine. The Assumptionists, Augustinians of the Assumption, who ran the paper, realised that the monthly format was not getting the widespread readership that the paper deserved. Therefore, the Augustinians of the Assumption, decided to convert to a daily sheet sold at one penny. Accordingly, ''La Croix'' transitioned into a daily newspaper on 16 June 1883. Father Emmanuel d'Alzon (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rencontres D'Arles
The Rencontres d'Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette. The Rencontres d'Arles has an international reputation for showing material that has never been seen by the public before. In 2015, the festival welcomed 93,000 visitors; in 2016, the 100,000 visitor mark was reached. Specially designed exhibitions, often organised in collaboration with French and foreign museums and institutions, take place in various historic sites. Some venues, such as 12th-century chapels or 19th-century industrial buildings, are open to the public throughout the festival. The Rencontres d'Arles has launched the careers of numerous photographers, confirming its significance as a springboard for photography and contemporary creativity. In recent years the Rencontres d'Arles has invited many gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Clement
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning 'pure'. This influenced the name's English spelling, giving rise to variants ''Katharine'' and ''Catharine''. The spelling with a middle 'a' was more common in the past. ''Katherine'', with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations Anglophone use In Britain and America, ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. Amongst the most common variants are ''Katherine'' and ''Kathryn''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katharine' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
