BRUSSELS
February 2012
Gallery Pierre Mahaux invites you to visit his new space
16 RUE D'EDIMBOURG
1050 BRUXELLES
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10th February 2012
MARC LAGRANGE "WINTER PROJECT"
JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2012
PHOTOGRAPH'S BY MARC RIBOUD
Biography
Born in Lyon, France, Marc Riboud went to high school there and made his first picture in 1937 using his father's Vest Pocket Kodak camera. He was active in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945, then studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale from 1945 to 1948.
Until 1951 Riboud worked as an engineer in Lyon factories, but took a week-long picture-taking vacation, inspiring him to become a photographer.[1] He moved to Paris where he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David Seymour, the founders of Magnum Photos. By 1953 he was a member of the organization. His ability to capture fleeting moments in life through powerful compositions was already apparent, and this skill was to serve him well for decades to come.
Over the next several decades Riboud traveled around the world. In 1957 he was one of the first eurosopean photographers to go to China, and In 1968, 1972 and 1976, Riboud made several reportages on North Vietnam and later traveled all over the world, but mostly in Asia, Africa, the U.S. and Japan.
Riboud has been witness to the atrocities of war (photographing from both the Vietnam and the American sides of the Vietnam War), and the apparent degradation of a culture repressed from within (China during the years of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution).
In contrast, he has captured the graces of daily life, set in sun-drenched facets of the globe (Fès, Angkor, Acapulco, Niger, Bénarès, Shaanxi), and the lyricism of child's play in everyday Paris. In 1979 Riboud left the Magnum agency.
Riboud's photographs have appeared in numerous magazines, including Life, Géo, National Geographic, Paris Match, and Stern. He twice won the Overseas Press Club Award, and has had major retrospective exhibitions at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the International Center of Photography in New York.
He now lives in Paris
MEGEVE
WINTER 2011-2012
Filigranes is now in Megève at Pierre Mahaux Gallery
A library corner with books, comics, toys related to literature and a lot more to be discovered...
BRUSSELS
DECEMBER 2011
Gallery Pierre Mahaux invites you to the preview of his new space.
Leave your details on our CONTACT page and we will be pleased to invite you on to our preview.
MEGEVE
WINTER 2011-2012
Don't miss the last collection that Pierre Mahaux has selected with care for his gallery in Megève. Leave your details on our CONTACT page and we will be pleased to invite you on to our next winter exhibition.
VINTAGE DESIGN SHOW
Luxembourg - 16 till September 18, 2011
It has been a great experience for us. Taking part to a first show is always amazing and exciting. We did met new collectors and we do hope to be there for them next year.
Info : www.vintagedesignshow.lu
