Luc Delahaye (born 1962) is a French photographer known for his large-scale color works depicting conflicts, world events or social issues. His pictures are characterized by detachment, directness and rich details, a documentary approach which is however countered by dramatic intensity and a narrative structure.[1]
Delahaye has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal twice,[2] the Oskar Barnack Award,[3] an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography,[4] the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize[5] and the Prix Pictet.[6]
Career
editDelahaye started his career as a photojournalist. He joined the photo agency Sipa Press in the mid-1980s and dedicated himself to war reporting. In 1994, he joined the Magnum Photos cooperative and Newsweek magazine (he left Magnum in 2004).[2] He worked during the 1980s and 1990s as a war photographer in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia, Israel/Palestine, the Gulf,[7] Chechnya,[8] and Lebanon. His photography was characterized by its raw, direct recording of news and often combined a perilous closeness to events with an intellectual detachment in the questioning of his own presence.[2][9] This concern was later mirrored in minimalist series published as books, notably Portrait/1, a set of photobooth portraits of homeless people and L'Autre, a series of candid portraits made with a hidden camera in the Paris subway.[7] With Winterreise, he explored the social consequences of the economic depression in Russia, "travelling from Moscow to Vladivostok, during which he spent months in the hovels of Russia's underclass".[7] In 2001, Delahaye conducted a radical formal change.[2] Documenting conflicts, political events or social issues, his pictures are made using large or medium format cameras, sometimes edited on computers and are shown in museums.[2] While exploring the boundaries between reality and the imaginary,[10] they constitute documents-monuments of immediate history,[11] and urge reflection "upon the relationships among art, history and information".[1]
Books
edit- Portraits/1 (Sommaire, 1996)
- Memo (Hazan, 1997)
- L'Autre (Phaidon, 1999)
- Winterreise (Phaidon, 2000)
- Une Ville (Xavier Barral, 2003)
- History (Chris Boot, 2003)
- Luc Delahaye 2006–2010 (Steidl, 2011)
Awards
edit- 1992: Robert Capa Gold Medal[2][12]
- 2000: Oskar Barnack Award[3]
- 2001: Infinity Award: Photojournalism, International Center of Photography, New York[4]
- 2001: Robert Capa Gold Medal[12][2]
- 2002: Niepce Prize[citation needed]
- 2002: Photojournalism prize, Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for war correspondents[citation needed]
- 2005: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize[5]
- 2012: Prix Pictet[6]
Collections
editDelahaye's work is held in the following public collections:
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia[13]
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles: 2 prints (as of June 2021)[14]
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta[15][16]
- Huis Marseille, Amsterdam[17]
- International Center of Photography, New York: 1 print (as of June 2021)[18]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 7 prints (as of June 2021)[19]
- Museum Helmond[20]
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa: 1 print (as of June 2021)[21]
- National Media Museum, Bradford, UK[22]
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco: 2 prints (as of June 2021)[23]
- Tate, UK: 7 prints (as of June 2021)[24]
Exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
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- Rencontres d'Arles festival (2001)
- Völklingen Ironworks (2002)
- Centre photographique d'Île-de-France (2002)
- Kunsthalle Rostock (2002)
- Kunsthal (Rotterdam, 2002)
- National Media Museum (Bradford, 2004)
- Huis Marseille (Amsterdam, 2004)
- Cleveland Museum of Art (2005)
- Sprengel Museum (Hanover, 2006)
- Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2007[25]
Group exhibitions
edit- 2014: Conflict, Time, Photography
Tate Modern, London, 26 November 2014 – 15 March 2015[26]
Museum Folkwang, Essen, 10 April – 5 July 2015[27]
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 31 July – 25 October 2015[28]
References
edit- ^ a b J. Paul Getty Museum. Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye. July 31 - November 25, 2007 at the Getty Center. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g O'Hagan, Sean (9 August 2011). "Luc Delahaye turns war photography into an uncomfortable art". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ a b "Winner 2000: Luc Delahaye - LOBA". Winner 2000: Luc Delahaye - LOBA. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ a b "2001 Infinity Award: Photojournalism". International Center of Photography. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ a b Searle, Adrian (6 April 2005). "What are you doing here?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Mohamed Bourouissa". Prix Pictet. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ a b c Lennon, Peter (31 January 2004). "The big picture". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Snapshot: 'Le Village' by Luc Delahaye". Financial Times. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ Weski, T.: Click/Double-Click, page 44. Walther König, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9.
- ^ Luc Delahaye: Snap Decision. Interview by Philippe Dagen.[permanent dead link] Art Press, issue 306, December 2004.
- ^ Chevrier, J.F.: Click/Double-Click, page 59. Walther König, 2006. ISBN 3-86560-054-9
- ^ a b Richards, Roger (August 2004). "View from the Photo Desk: Luc Delahaye". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
he received the Overseas Press Club's Robert Capa Gold Medal (2002 & 1993)
- ^ "Taliban". chrysler.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Luc Delahaye (French, born 1962) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Taliban". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Jenin Refugee Camp #1". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "About the collection". Huis Marseille. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Luc Delahaye". International Center of Photography. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Luc Delahaye". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "Museum Helmond". Museum Helmond. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Luc Delahaye". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "'Kabul Road', by Luc Delahaye, 2001". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Delahaye, Luc". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ Tate. "Luc Delahaye born 1962". Tate. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "Recent History: Luc Delahaye (Getty Center Exhibitions)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Conflict, Time, Photography". Tate Modern. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Conflict, Time, Photography". Museum Folkwang. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Conflict, Time, Photography". Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
External links
edit- "A Conversation with Quentin Bajac" (PDF), Galerie Nathalie Obadia.
- Luc Delahaye - Une position dans le réel. Artpress, June 2018.
- World mergers: Michael Fried on Luc Delahaye. ArtForum, March 2006.
- Luc Delahaye on the Getty Museum website.
- Luc Delahaye - Décision d'un instant. Artpress, October 2004.
- Luc Delahaye on ArtFacts.