The Analogue Years'' live auction, hosted by one of the world's leading news agencies, will take place Sunday, October 3, 2021, under the direction of DIGARD AUCTION, at the we are_ event space in Paris. It will also be held live online at Digard.com (via the French platform Drouot) and on the American platform Artsy.net on October 3. There will be two weeks of open bidding available ahead of the auction at Artsy.net.
Some of the photos on sale are real photographic surprises', while others are symbolic moments that made international news in the last century. Several have become cult classics,'' says Marielle Eudes, AFP's director of photography. They bear witness not only to the richness of the Agency's documents from a historical perspective, but also to an exceptional photographic quality that is little known to the general public.''
The selection on sale is made up of photographs illustrating current events from 1944 - the founding year of AFP - up to 1998, when the Agency started rolling out digital photography.
Some of the photographs will be exhibited ahead the sale at several venues across Paris ahead of the auction:
The Made in the USA'' works by Eric Schwab, an AFP photographer from the late 1940s, will be on display at the Fisheye Gallery from 3 September to 3 October (2, rue de l'H pital Saint-Louis, 75010).
Another 40 photographs will be on display at the we are_ event space from September 13 to October 3 (73, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honor , 75008)
A large collection of photographs to be offered at the auction will be on display at Galerie 75FAUBOURG from October 1 to 3 (75, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor , 75008)
Photos for sale at The Analogue Years'' include:
News photos, including from the Liberation of Paris to the release of Mandela
Scoops like the photographs of Che Guevara's death
Spot news pictures, including from the robbery of the Cr dit de la Bourse
Scenes from daily life
Celebrity photos, from Salvador Dali to James Baldwin
Signature images with a focus on the photographs of Eric Schwab, one of the first photographers to work for AFP after the agency's founding in 1944
Each photograph, in black and white or colour, will be offered as a unique special edition'' copy:
On analogue baryta paper for manual prints made from original black and white negatives,
On analogue and digital baryta paper for prints made from digital files from scans of black and white negatives,
On chromogenic paper for prints made from digital files of scans of colour originals.
The prints will be signed and stamped by AFP, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
AFP's photographic collection includes more than 15 million photos. The analogue'' collection consists of six million images (from the 1920s to 1997), including 350,000 glass plate negatives.
Awarded the highest international photojournalism prizes each year, and recognised for its quality and diversity, AFP's photo production is used daily by the world's leading media.
The live auction on October 3 will take place at we are_, 74 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honor , 75008 Paris. Founded in 2020 by entrepreneur ric Newton, we are_ is a hybrid space that seeks to foster creativity and innovation.
The auction catalogue, in French and English, will be available to consult and purchase on the digard.com website.
The partners for this event:
About AFP
AFP is a leading global news agency, providing 24/7 coverage of world news across all fields. Benefitting from the strength of a network of 450 photographers spread across the world, AFP's International Photo Service, recognised by its peers for its quality and its diversity, is rewarded each year at the biggest international awards in photojournalism. Built on the expertise of its photographers and photo editors, AFP's photo offer is complemented by the production of more than 70 partner agencies.
About DIGARD AUCTION
DIGARD AUCTION is an international auction house created more than twenty years ago by Marielle DIGARD, specialized in contemporary and urban art with its different departments CONTEMPORARY ART, URBAN ART, EDITIONS and PHOTOGRAPHY. Recognized for its expertise, precursor of Urban Art sales including Banksy, it has continued to develop with its offices in Paris and New York, and has taken its place among the major auction houses in the creations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with a client base of international collectors.
1 / 1226 August 1944 - Paris, France - A Parisian woman kisses General de Gaulle, during a parade on the Champs-Elysees after Paris' liberation. AFP
2 / 121947 - New York, United States - Louis Armstrong playing in his dressing room for a little boy before performing in a jazz cabaret in New York. Eric Schwab / AFP
3 / 1215 November 1967 - Paris, France - Johnny Hallyday on the stage of the Palais des Sports in Paris. AFP
4 / 1230 April 1955 - Paris, France - Salvador Dali painting a rhinoceros with Vermeer's famous painting The Lacemaker at the Vincennes Zoo. AFP
5 / 1211 November 1957 - Paris, France - Jeanne Lanvin-Castillo fashion show, in Paris. AFP
6 / 1231 january 1974 - Paris, France - At 2.15 p.m., a robbery with hostage taking took place at the Cr dit de la Bourse in Paris. The criminals run away with the loot. A customer is wounded during the shooting. Daniel Janin / AFP
7 / 1227 July 1973 - Maputo, Mozambique - Training of the Portuguese army special forces at Dondo military camp of Maputo during the Mozambican War of Independence. Claude Juvenal / AFP
8 / 126 November 1979 - Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Royaume Uni - James Baldwin, at home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, southern France. Ralph Gatti / AFP
9 / 1210 July 1977 - France - Dutch cyclist Gerben Karstens in front o
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The Analogue Years'' live auction, hosted by one of the world's leading news agencies, will take place Sunday, October 3, 2021, under the direction of DIGARD AUCTION, at the we are_ event space in Paris. It will also be held live online at Digard.com (via the French platform Drouot) and on the American platform Artsy.net on October 3. There will be two weeks of open bidding available ahead of the auction at Artsy.net.
