At Le Bal, Michael G. Wilson’s photo collection in double vision
Le Bal in Paris is showing photographs collected by Michael G. Wilson, the producer behind the James Bond films. The exhibition looks at doubles, gaps and unexpected links between the photographer and the subject.
Presented at Le Bal in Paris, the exhibition begins with Michael G. Wilson’s photography collection. From the source text, the show is less about displaying a set of images than about arranging visual correspondences around the relationship between the person behind the camera and what is being photographed.
For artists and for readers interested in painting and drawing, the appeal lies in how these photographs shape a way of looking. The idea of “doubles” suggests echoes, shifts and repetitions from one image to another, much like following the changes in a motif or a pose across a drawing sequence.
The subject in the photograph is also given real weight here, rather than being treated as a mere motif. By focusing on “the space between the photographer and his subject,” the exhibition points to distance, viewpoint and the quiet tension that can give an image its force.
Source : Le Monde – Arts