War photography seen as an art... The Musée de l'Armée invites you to discover Photographies en Guerre, its brand new exhibition, from April 6 to July 24, 2022. From the siege of Rome by the French army in 1849 to the terrorist attacks of 2015, photography has always accompanied wars, conflicts and attacks, and has always illustrated them, to give an account of the events and their violence around the world. But what realities does the commonly accepted expression "war photography" cover? This is the question this exhibition seeks to answer.
Responding to a plurality of uses,"concurrent, concomitant or successive", these photographs aim to"inform, document, prove, legitimize, deceive, denounce, bear witness, remember and - ultimately - represent war". The exhibition also explores"the complex relationship between photography and warfare, from the appearance of this new medium on a battlefield in the mid-19th century to the present day", and examines the aesthetic character of these images"by placing them in the artistic currents of their time, but also by showing the plastic posterity of images whose initial vocation was essentially practical or documentary".
A rich collection of 6,000 pieces that the museum is presenting, in part, here, with the aim of encouraging younger generations, inundated with a surfeit of information"in which images play an essential, even exclusive role", to exercise a critical eye on war and the image it is given through photography. A range of cultural activities is also planned, including concerts, conferences, film debates and other events. Should we put it in our diaries, folks?
Dates and Opening Time
From April 6, 2022 to July 24, 2022
Location
Army Museum
129 rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris 7
Prices
Tarif réduit: €11
Plein tarif: €14
Official website
www.musee-armee.fr
More information
Open daily from 10am to 6pm. Nocturne on Tuesdays until 9pm.
