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Highlights from the FotoFreo Photography Festival (Part 1): François Hèbel
| Over the next week, I’ll be posting my thoughts on some of the talks and exhibitions at the FotoFreo festival. First up are some comments on François Hèbel’s presentation at the conference on Saturday. François Hèbel is the current director of the highly-regarded photography festival Arles Rencontres de la Photographie. Arguing that we should push the boundaries in the display of photography, he stated that we should not ‘replicate what our ancestors are doing’. According to François, now that photography has been accepted by museums and galleries, there is a freedom to move away from the more standard modes of display, towards more experimentation in the use of colour and theatricality. I enjoyed François’ presentation of examples of exhibition displays from the festival in Arles. However, I would have liked more discussion on how the mode of display impacts upon the meaning communicated in the photographs. As much as I love innovation and experimentation, I feel it is important to have a reason behind why something is displayed in a particular way. I would have asked him about this at question– time at the end of the day, but he wasn’t there. Maybe I will just have to go to Arles to see for myself! To be continued - Shahidul Alam’s ‘Publishing from the streets: Citizen Journalism’. |
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