Ray K. Metzker, "Kayak", Frankfurt, 1961 © Estate Ray K. Metzker / BnF, département des Estampes et de la photographie
Ray K. Metzker, "Kayak", Frankfurt, 1961 © Estate Ray K. Metzker / BnF, département des Estampes et de la photographie 
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Black and White : a photographic aesthetic

17/10/2023 - 21/01/2024

Bibliothèque nationale de France 
Quai François Mauriac 
 
75013 Paris

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This exhibition brings together black and white masterpieces from the photographic collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Nadar, Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Willy Ronis, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus, Mario Giacomelli, Robert Frank, William Klein, Daido Moriyama, Valérie Belin...: the great names of French and international photography are brought together in an exhibition of some 300 prints, covering 150 years of the history of black & white photography, from its origins in the 19th century to contemporary creation.