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11/09/2024 - 01/19/2025
Musée Nicéphore Niépce
28, Quai des Messageries
71100 Chalon-sur-Saône
en.museeniepce.com/index.php?/exposition-en/actuelles/Jean-Christian-Bourcart
Photography has been in a state of constant flux ever since it was invented at the start of the 19th century. From the self-proclaimed artist to the enthusiast who records their everyday life, from compulsive shooters to studio portrait-takers, photographers have to ride the wave of change in the medium as they attempt to capture their reality and share their vision. The pace of change has greatly accelerated with the emergence of digital cameras, the spread of smartphones and the development of the Internet. Today, artificial intelligence is causing a profound shake-up in the photography profession and creating new types of imaginary worlds. While the Musée Nicéphore Niépce has always defended the idea that there are as many practices of photography as there are practicians, its policy is to accompany photographers on their chosen artistic paths, to study their archives and to show them to the public in order to shine a light on the relationship we all have with photography, at a time when the huge progress being made in image-making technologies is calling our certainties into question. Jean-Christian Bourcart donated his entire photographic collection to the Musée Nicéphore Niépce in 2016. It includes negatives, contact sheets, exhibition prints, and various archival elements. This is a unique collection in many ways, as it is incredibly diverse in terms of viewpoints, forms and practices given that Bourcart’s forty-year career has spanned so many eras and seen so much change.
Musée Nicéphore Niépce
28, Quai des Messageries
71100 Chalon-sur-Saône
en.museeniepce.com/index.php?/exposition-en/actuelles/Jean-Christian-Bourcart
Photography has been in a state of constant flux ever since it was invented at the start of the 19th century. From the self-proclaimed artist to the enthusiast who records their everyday life, from compulsive shooters to studio portrait-takers, photographers have to ride the wave of change in the medium as they attempt to capture their reality and share their vision. The pace of change has greatly accelerated with the emergence of digital cameras, the spread of smartphones and the development of the Internet. Today, artificial intelligence is causing a profound shake-up in the photography profession and creating new types of imaginary worlds. While the Musée Nicéphore Niépce has always defended the idea that there are as many practices of photography as there are practicians, its policy is to accompany photographers on their chosen artistic paths, to study their archives and to show them to the public in order to shine a light on the relationship we all have with photography, at a time when the huge progress being made in image-making technologies is calling our certainties into question. Jean-Christian Bourcart donated his entire photographic collection to the Musée Nicéphore Niépce in 2016. It includes negatives, contact sheets, exhibition prints, and various archival elements. This is a unique collection in many ways, as it is incredibly diverse in terms of viewpoints, forms and practices given that Bourcart’s forty-year career has spanned so many eras and seen so much change.