Guillaume Herbaut
dal 6/11/2008 al 19/12/2008
Segnalato da
6/11/2008
Guillaume Herbaut
Galerie Paul Freches, Paris
This fourth section of a work of seven focusing on the tragedy's remembrance will be presented in its final version and will encompass new pictures. "4/7: Slavoutich" is named after the city where inhabitants from Chernobyl and its surroundings were relocated, a city which appeared to be also contaminate... It is the question of the link between man and nature that provides the framework of a 18 pictures narration, unveiling the everyday life of a city born from a technological disaster.
As part of the European Month of Photography, Galerie Paul Frèches is pleased to present a new exhibition of the
French photographer Guillaume Herbaut (1968- ): "4/7: Slavoutich". This fourth section of a work of seven focusing on
the tragedy's remembrance will be presented in its final version and will encompass new pictures. "4/7: Slavoutich" is
named after the city where inhabitants from Chernobyl and its surroundings were relocated, a city which appeared to
be also contaminated...
"It is with a corridor that seems to be infinite, whose industrial coldness is synonym of violence, that
Guillaume Herbaut introduces the "4/7: Slavoutich" series. This is the corridor of Chernobyl's railway
station, which links the deserted area of the nuclear accident to the new city of Slavoutich, where the
workers who are applying themselves to contain the disaster, more than twenty years later, live...
Photographer of the invisible and tragic, Guillaume Herbaut set in 2001 the new bases of his practice of
photojournalism, by combining documentary photography and a more conceptual approach.
The "7/7" series is a meticulous work built on a rigorous program. "4/7: Slavoutich", its fourth part, is its most
exemplary demonstration.
Claiming the subjectivity of the photographic picture, Guillaume Herbaut uses it as a means of showing a
critic viewpoint on the world and its shadowed areas, from intimate experience to historic event, including
mere news item.
In the "4/7: Slavoutich" section, it is the question of the link between man and nature that provides the
framework of a 18 pictures narration, unveiling the everyday life of a city "born" from a technological
disaster, its inhabitants living under the constant threat of a poisoned
nature (...)" P. F.
The works of Guillaume Herbaut are shown in collections both public
(Fonds National d'Art Contemporain) and private (Maison Rouge -
Fondation Antoine de Galbert). They were displayed in prestigious
institutions, such as the 2005 exhibition " Croiser des mondes, aspects du
documentaire contemporain ", Jeu de Paume, Paris. "5/7: Urakami"
was selected by Agnes Sire for the Silverstein gallery "Annual"
exhibition (New Yok, sept.2008). Guillaume Herbaut lives and works in
Paris, he is one of the founder of the agency and collective l'Oeil Public.
Opening on Friday, 7th, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Galerie Paul Freches
12, rue Andre Barsacq - Paris
Free admission