This year 2020, the Franco-American photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Photojournalism and the Visa D’Or Award from Figaro Magazine for Lifetime Achievement. To celebrate these awards and the prolific and photographic career of Jean-Pierre Laffont, the Sous Les Etoiles gallery is exhibiting a collection of photographs: Twenty Five Icons of America. To see from November 3 to December 12, 2020.
©️Jean-Pierre Laffont
America, 50 States and the White House
For more than three decades, starting in 1964 when he moved to Uncle Sam’s country, Jean-Pierre Laffont traveled the fifty states in an attempt to document a wide range of fascinating American stories. He also photographed French and American celebrities as well as all the politicians of the time. From his eight years at the White House as a foreign correspondent, we retain images of several presidents. Jean-Pierre Laffont’s photographic work also includes photographic reports on the construction of the World Trade Center, on the Bronx gangs or even on the violence on 42nd Street.
©️Jean-Pierre Laffont
« When I think back to the individual photographs I took during this quarter of a century ” explains Jean-Pierre Laffont, “ the images seem at first glance to depict a ball of confusion … riots, demonstrations, disintegration, collapse and conflict. The images show the chaotic, often painful birth of the country we live in today: 21st century America. They do what photographs do best: freeze decisive moments for future examination. These photographs form a personal and historical portrait of a country that I have always considered with a critical but loving eye, and to which I am extremely grateful. »
©️Jean-Pierre Laffont
Jean-Pierre Laffont attended the School of Graphic Art in Vevey, Switzerland, where he obtained a master’s degree in photography. He is a founding member of the Gamma USA and Sygma Photo News agencies. His photos have appeared in the world’s leading news magazines, including Le Figaro, the London Sunday Times, Newsweek, Paris Match, Stern and Time Magazine.
To visit the exhibition, contact the gallery at 646-239-4851 to make an appointment
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©️Jean-Pierre Laffont
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