Transphotographiques

Transphotographiques is a photography festival based in Lille, France.[1][2][3] It was created in 2001 by Olivier Spillebout, and organized since 2003 by the House of Photography (Maison de la photographie).[4]

Transphotographiques exhibition at Palais Rameau, Lille, June 2009

Activities

Every year, or biannually, Transphotographiques runs exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and educational programs in the Lille area. For each festival, the work of a special guest (invité d'honneur) – or marraine (godmother)[5][6] or parrain (godfather)[7] – "defines that year's theme".[8] It is chaired by Bertrand de Talhouët, managed by Olivier Spillebout and organized in partnership with the magazine Photo, and runs from mid May to mid June.

Festivals

• 2001: curated by Olivier Spillebout and with Willy Ronis as special guest.[9][10]
• 2002: curated by Olivier Spillebout and with Sabine Weiss as special guest.[11]
• 2003: curated by Olivier Spillebout[12] and with Peter Lindbergh as special guest.[13]
• 2004: Transformation, curated by Jean-Luc Monterosso[14] Sponsored by Maison européenne de la photographie.[1] Included a fringe festival. With William Klein as special guest.[15]
• 2005: Hors circuits (on territory and landscape), curated by Anne de Mondenard[16] and with Raymond Depardon as special guest.[17]
• 2006: [festival canceled][6]
• 2007: [On film] curated by Olivier Spillebout[18] and with Lucien Clergue as special guest.
• 2008: Mode et photographie, curated by Olivier Spillebout[19][20][21][22] and with Karl Lagerfeld as special guest.[23][24]
• 2009: [L'Europe et ses frontières],[n 1] curated by Olivier Spillebout and with Stanley Greene as special guest.[25]
• 2010: Une seconde nature (i.e. "a second nature"), curated by Françoise Paviot and Gabriel Bauret[26] and with Joan Fontcuberta as special guest.[27][28]
• 2011: Nord(s) (i.e. "north(s)")[29] and with Gabriele Basilico as special guest.[30][31]
• 2012, 2013 [no festival][32]
• 2014: Collectif (i.e. "collective"); with a major project on "France(s) Territoire liquide", i.e. "France(s) liquid territory").[32][33][34]

Exhibition locations

An exhibition of the 2009 festival, in Palais Rameau

The festival is based in Lille, where these locations have been used:

Tri Postal[18][29][35] - Palais Rameau[29][36] - Maisons Folies[18] - Maison de la photographie[22] - Vieille Bourse[29] - Palais Rihour[1][18] - Hôtel de ville - Lille Cathedral - Église Saint-Maurice de Lille[1] - Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse[18][29]

It has expanded outside Lille. The 2007 festival, for example, also had events in Roubaix, Lambersart, Valenciennes, and across the border in Kortrijk.[37]

Partnerships

One part of the work of Transphotographiques is to promote the work of local photographers.[38] It is part of Photo Festival Union, a European network of photography festivals.[39]

A month-long exhibition in Stary Browar, Poznań in 2008, Kolekcja Transphotographiques, was a retrospective of the first seven years of Transphotographiques.[5][38]

Notes

1. There seems not to have been an explicit title for the festival. "Les liens et les réseaux tissés au fil des éditions, nous ont amenés naturellement à présenter en 2009, une thématique tournée vers l’Europe et ses frontières: regards croisés de photographes russes, polonais, tchèques, roumains, hongrois, français... qui confrontent leurs visions de la frontière tant territoriale que sociétale et culturelle." "Communiqué de presse", "Dossier de presse" for the 2009 festival (PDF, 3.2 MB). Emphasis added.

References

1. Fanchette, Frédérique (12 June 2004). "Du classique pour les Transphotographiques". Libération. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
2. "International Photography Festival Round-up". The Daily Telegraph. London. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
3. "Les Transphotographiques". Le Figaro. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
4. "Maison de la Photographie". Maison de la Photographie. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
5. Marta Eloy Cichocka, "Entrons dans les Trans... Photographiques", Maison Photo, 2008. "L’édition suivante était dominée par la photographie féminine incarnée par sa marraine Sabine Weiss...." (Also in Polish.)
6. L. Moniez, "2006 sans les Transphotographiques: L'événement culturel photographique est annulé", Nord Éclair, 24 February 2006; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse Transphotographiques 2005", Transphotographiques.
7. "Archives", Transphotographiques
8. "Transphotographiques", Dutch Doc, 5 August 2010.
9. Sabéran, Haydée (4 May 2001). "Lille (59) expo Les Transphotographiques". Libération. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
10. "Transphotographiques Lille 2001", Transphotographiques.
11. Gérard Goutiere, "Transphotographiques: Le regard des femmes", La Voix du Nord, 8 May 2002; here at transphotographiques.com.
12. Sabéran, Haydée (7 June 2003). "A Lille, accrochages sur la Palestine". Libération. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
13. Samuel Lieven, "Lille a retrouvé son festival", La Voix du Nord, 7 May 2003; here at transphotographiques.com.
14. "Transphotographiques". Le Figaro. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
15. Benjamin Cormier, "Le Regard de Klein sur Lille", La Voix du Nord, 16 May 2004; here at transphotographiques.com.
16. Guillot, Claire (15 June 2005). "De la nature... et de la nature de la photographie". Le Monde. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
17. Antoine Pecquet, "Le Nord dans l'œil d'un maître: Raymond Depardon à l'hospice comtesse de Lille", La Gazette Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 8 June 2005; here at transphotographiques.com.
18. Jean-Marie Wynants, "Entre nostalgie du ciné de papa et découverte d'univers singuliers", Le Soir, 30 May 2007.
19. "Les stars à la mode". Le Monde. Paris. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
20. "Les Transphotographiques 2008". Le Figaro. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
21. "The transphotographiques exhibition in lille". Chanel. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
22. Albert, Marie-Douce (19 May 2008). "La mode affiche ses clichés à Lille". Le Figaro. Paris. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
23. Emmanuelle Latouche, "Les Transphotographiques: un vrai succès, mais quel avenir?", La Voix du Nord, 12 June 2008; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2008, Transphotographiques.
24. Pierre Leduc, "Karl Lagerfeld en guest star des Transphotos", Lille Magazine, 20 June 2008; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2008, Transphotographiques.
25. "L'Europe à l'honneur aux Transphotographiques de Lille", Le Photographe, June 2009; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2009, Transphotographiques.
26. "De la nature... et de la nature de la photographie". Le Monde. Paris. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
27. Patrick Beaumont, "La Nature réfléchie: Les Transphotographiques 2010 à Lille" (PDF, 308 kB), La Gazette Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 21 May 2010.
28. Olivier Tartart, "Fontcuberta, maître de l'illusion, pose son regard critique et ironique sur la photo", La Voix du Nord, 27 May 2010; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2010, Transphotographiques.
29. "Les Transphotographiques 2011: épisode 1", La Nenette Déchaînée, Forumophoto, 3 June 2011.
30. "Le Festival Transphotographiques fête ses dix ans", Lille Magazine, June 2011; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2011, Transphotographiques.
31. "Lille: Les dix ans des Transphotographiques", Réponses Photo, June 2011; here at transphotographiques.com. The image does not show its source; this is provided in "Revue de presse" for Transphotographiques 2011, Transphotographiques.
32. Catherine Painset, "Le retour des Transphotographiques à Lille, à l’état liquide et collectif", La Voix du Nord, 26 May 2014.
33. "Lille: France(s) territoire liquide", L'Œil de la photographie, 4 July 2014.
34. Yasmine Youssi, "France(s) territoire liquide: Photographie: Frédéric Delangle, Bertrand Desprez, Bernard Plossu...", Télérama, 25 June 2014; here at transphotographiques.com.
35. "Transphotographiques, Lille, jusqu'au 26 juin". Le Figaro. Paris. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
36. "Les Transphotographiques" (PDF), Lille Catholic University.
37. "Un festival qui se développe", Lille Magazine, April 2007, p. 35. Available here at transphotographiques.com.
38. Grażina Kulczyk, "Kolekcja Transphotographiques", Art Stations Foundation, Kulczyk Foundation.
39. "Lille: Transphotographiques", Photo Festival Union.

External links

• Official website