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“PASSAGES” AN EVENING WITH BRUNO BARBEY
Bruno Barbey live at FFF
Friday, January 12, 2018, 6pm
Location: Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
6–7.30 pm: Lecture Bruno Barbey (engl.)
7.30–8.30 pm: Meet & Greet with Bruno Barbey in the exhibtion “PASSAGES”
Fully booked – registration no longer possible!
Bruno Barbey, 2006 © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
The retrospective “PASSAGES” shows Bruno Barbey’s work from the early 1960s to today. Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, invites viewers to discover the precision and the poetry in Barbey’s photographs, giving him an unique position in the history of photography.
OLYMPUS has also played a role in Bruno Barbey‘s life by supporting exhibitions and in the field: as we see in “PASSAGES” the camera he used in the 1991 Iraq war.
The Amazon river, Leticia, Amazonas, Brazil, 1966, © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos
Bruno Barbey, born 1941 in Marocco became a member of the renowned agency Magnum Photos when he was just 25 years old. A photo-journalist that has crossed the continents to capture history in the making, documenting change and symbolic moments. He is an artist who has much to tell
FOTOGRAFIE FORUM FRANKFURT
The Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF) is one of the leading centres of photography in Europe. As an exhibition space, institution and event forum the FFF deals with all aspects of photography. Since its founding in 1984 it has presented more than 290 exhibitions with historic and contemporary artists. Additionally, the programme of the FFF comprises of regular workshops, talks and discussions with internationally renowned photographers, artists and experts.
