Journal de France
Raymond Depardon: Humanity in Focus
February 20 - March 4
This brilliant self-portrait, co-directed by Raymond Depardon’s longtime collaborator and wife, takes a long view on the great documentarian’s life, capturing the entirety of French society over the decades. Preceded by The Eighth Floor.
Raymond Depardon’s brilliant self-portrait (co-directed by his longtime collaborator and wife Claudine Nougaret) takes a surprising point of view on the great documentarian’s life—not only as a filmmaker, but as a photographer of expressive precision, capturing the entirety of French society over the decades. The patience of this imagemaker’s practice is testament to an alternative to the hyper-fast, instant delivery of digital images that now dominates the culture, unveiling Depardon as a true artisan of the visual.
Preceded by:
The Eighth Floor / 8ième étage
Raymond Depardon, 2014, France, 14m
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