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Yves Marchand And Romain Meffre
Yves Marchand (born January 5, 1981, in Orsay, France) and Romain Meffre (born March 9, 1987, in Châtenay-Malabry, France) are a French duo, working primarily with a large-format view camera and concentrating on photography of contemporary urban ruins. They live and work in Paris. ''The Ruins of Detroit'', their series from 2005, introduced them to the general public. Biography Both natives of suburban Paris, Marchand and Meffre began practicing photography on their own in 2001,, biographie p.130. despite having no formal academic training. They met at the end of 2002 through a shared interest in contemporary ruins, introduced by Timothy Hannem, founder of Glauque-Land,Glauque-Land websiteglauqueland.com one of the first French-language websites dedicated to exploring modern ruins. They then began their artistic collaboration by exploring the post-industrial ruins of suburban Paris. At the start both Marchand and Meffre used their own 35 mm cameras, photographing abandoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsay
Orsay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. A fortified location of the Vallée de Chevreuse, Chevreuse valley since the 8th century and agricultural domain of wealthy and influential people, the development of Orsay is marked by the introduction of a Rail transport, railroad in the second half of the 18th century (today the RER B of which two stations are located in Orsay) and donations which allow the construction of a hospital still active to this day. Orsay is the main home to the Paris-Saclay University. The university significantly shapes Orsay's economy as it employs about 10,000 academic workers. The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the Paris-Saclay's research and development infrastructure. Seat of the Orsay campus of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |