From October 26 to November 5, 2022, Ellia Art Gallery will be exhibiting in the Marais district of Paris 200 collector's prints from the photo archives of AFP, the world's oldest news agency. The agency is offering visitors an exceptional selection, sometimes iconic, sometimes unpublished, which at the end of the exhibition will be auctioned off in the gallery itself by Elsa Joly-Malhomme (Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine, expert: Antoine Romand) and on drouot.com.
The exhibition-sale offers a dive into the history of news photography. From the Paris Commune in 1871 to the fire at Notre-Dame in 2019, via the Great War, the Liberation of Paris, the first French women's vote, the raging fists of boxer Marcel Cerdan, actor Jean-Paul Belmondo's radiant smile and the modernity of Josephine Baker.
Many of the images capture the atmosphere of their era. They surprise us, chill us, delight us... and above all reveal photographic treasures and the unique eye of each photographer.
The pioneering curator of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, John Szarkowski, who was one of the first to bring news photography into the museum, felt that it had everything to gain by being considered a genre that was more poetic than historical. This sale plunges us into the poetry of the news photo,'' says Marielle Eudes, director of photo special projects at AFP.
The event will be marked by the sale of the first digital single editions (NFTs) in the history of the agency. In collaboration with laCollection.io, a partner of the British Museum, three NFTs will be offered to collectors: a digital duplicate of the very first AFP dispatch and two iconic images from the news of the last few decades - Serge Gainsbourg burning a 500 franc note on television, and Bernie Sanders's mittens, an image that has gone around the world and generated countless memes.
The growing community of crypto-collectors and blockchain technology are now paving the way for new ways of engaging with art, culture and heritage. We have therefore included our first NFTs in the exhibition and in this sale,'' Eudes said.
The images are being showcased in AFP, une pop e photo (AFP, a photo epic) on 17 October 2022 by Fisheye. It offers a sensitive diary of history'' and demonstrates that news photographs can resist the wear and tear of their time'', writes Michel Poivert, a photography historian, in the preface.
All of the funds raised will go towards safeguarding and restoring the agency's photographic collection in order to ensure the preservation of this priceless historical, cultural and artistic heritage.
The lots offered for sale are very high quality modern prints made by the Dupon laboratory, and offered as unique copies, signed and certified by AFP as special edition N 1/1''.
Discovering past icons''
AFP photo exhibition
From October 26 to November 5, 2022 - Opening hours: 11a.m. to 7p.m.
Ellia Art Gallery
10, rue de Turenne
75004 Paris
AFP Photo Auction
Saturday 5 November, 2022 at 2p.m.
Ellia Art Gallery
Auctioneer: Elsa Joly-Malhomme (Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine)
Expert: Antoine Romand
The auction will be broadcast on drouot.com
AFP, une pop e photo
Un journal sensible de l'histoire travers 120 ans d'archives argentiques
195 x 280 mm
340 pages
45
On sale mid-October 2022 and available for pre-order at Fnac and then on the site Fisheye
Images are available for media use uniquely for coverage of the exhibition-sale AFP De l'argentique l'iconique at the Ellia Art Gallery, or the AFP photo book AFP, une pop e photo.. Authorised use : a maximum of three photos (please contact us if you wish to use more). No cropping, and mandatory credit and caption.
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From October 26 to November 5, 2022, Ellia Art Gallery will be exhibiting in the Marais district of Paris 200 collector's prints from the photo archives of AFP, the world's oldest news agency. The agency is offering visitors an exceptional selection, sometimes iconic, sometimes unpublished, which at the end of the exhibition will be auctioned off in the gallery itself by Elsa Joly-Malhomme (Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine, expert: Antoine Romand) and on drouot.com.
