“In the objective of a globetrotter”, by Adélaïde Stephan
Unknown to the general public, photographer Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (1921-2004) had, according to his friend Michel Kempf, “The eye of the cartoonist who spots the line to be enlarged and a great sense of derision”. On the site of “La Gazette Drouot”, where you can see the photographs put on sale on June 26, 2020, it is rather his humanist gaze that strikes.
“Nothing violent, no wide-angle dramatization or close-ups that make you cry as was done in the 1970s”, notes Michel Guerrin, co-author of the exhibition catalog « “Realities” : an illustrated French monthly ”. Photoreporter for twenty years for the famous magazine, Charbonnier crisscrossed the world and France at a time when television was in its infancy and when charter flights did not exist.
Every first Wednesday of the month, Adélaïde Stephan, journalist at “La Gazette Drouot”, offers an auditory tour in the hushed world of auctions. From a sale made at the Hôtel Drouot, it puts the spotlight on an artist or a period in the history of art. From the “Pious Comic Strip in Medieval Times” to “Fernand Léger in Contrasts and Colors”, it sheds light on the sometimes obscure functioning of the art market. A.S.
“Auctions on air” (24 min.) www.gazette-drouot.com
“Maud, granddaughter of Gisèle Halimi”, by Ilham Maad and Merry Royer
(open.spotify.com)
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At the heart of this intimate and poignant podcast, the transmission of feminist values. In 10 episodes, Ilham Maad and Merry Royer interview daughters and granddaughters of feminists of all ages such as Maud Halimi, granddaughter of Gisèle Halimi, Sylvie Condé, daughter of writer Maryse Condé, or Blandine de Caunes, that of Benoîte Groult.
Maud, 28, recounts her close relationship with her grandmother, an emblematic figure of feminism and a great lawyer, who died last July. Gisèle Halimi, mother of three boys, has always regretted not having had a daughter and transferred all her love and her struggle to Maud. To the point of dedicating “History of a passion” to him, a story “Very personal, which had to remain within the family framework”. Maud confides in this relationship which certainly raised her but also stifled her. To break away from family pressure and break with the line of lawyers, she chose an artistic path.
Faced with this “Strong woman, who never spoke of her weaknesses, its weaknesses “, she often “Felt guilty for having had it all and not making it big enough.” She had everything to build. ” A fascinating series on these feminist struggles more relevant than ever. N.B.
“Wrestling Girls” (27 min.) open.spotify.com
